Robyn Weisman
fiction
Online Help
08.26.08
The world of employment agencies and temp workers is a bizarre one, and when it intersects with a graveyard shift proofreading at a legal firm, things can can get downright maddening. Here, Robyn Weisman recounts the experience of working with the kind of woman that temp agencies just love - pleasant, chatty and eager to increase her words-per-minute - and watches her true identity emerge over the course of the night. Art by Danny Jock.
science
Breeders Pt. 3: Faux Pimping
02.20.08
In the third segment of Robyn Weisman's "Breeders" series, we find her with some swagger amidst the breeding set, and for good reason - by her side is a healthy new filly, Birdie, out strutting her stuff with mom and mom.
The Jewish Question: Breeders, Part 2
02.26.07
It took a while, but Robyn Weisman returns with her second piece on horse breeding; this time relating the Jewish-ness of a certain strain of Straight Egyptian horses to her own ancestry. The fact that over a century ago, Arab nomads who bred stallions reviled a palomino type as "the yellow of the Jew" speaks to a culture to which history has not always been so kind. Weisman puts it in perspective, and gets in a few political jabs to boot.
Breeders, Part 1: Semen Collection Deep in the Heart of Dubya
04.19.06
Ah, horse breeding in Crawford, Texas...What's with those Shetland Pony penises? Do Republicans really jack off horses? Not all Arabian horse breeders are as bad as "hell-uv-a-job" Michael "Brownie" Brown. Robyn Weisman explains why.
sport
Big Horses: A Triple Crown Report
07.06.07
Mid-summer, and the big three are over, and again no Triple Crown. Robyn Weisman looks back at some of horse racing's bigger names, from the 70's packed with Trip winners, to this year's strong filly Rags To Riches