Okay, I’m alive! It wasn’t NO big deal, and I have lots of thoughts about the process – which I hope I never forget or minimize. But less than a week later, I feel good again. Energy’s back, not taking any crazy meds, and feel better. So… thumbs up. This is a FALL RISK...
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Tomorrow I’m going in for a procedure I didn’t see coming, and wish I didn’t have to do. It feels like a test somehow, like pushing back against all the anxiety and the resistance to medical attention I saw in my mother. It’s low-risk, but it’s not no-risk, and I’m struggling with it off...
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Why are they semi-events? Oh, different reasons, I guess. One’s not really an event yet, but there’s potential; one’s an event but it’s not really something to crow about; and the other may or may not happen. In no particular order: 1) Tuesday, August 27th: I told my softball buddies that I’d put on...
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Just a real quick shout-out. We did kind of a barebones partnership with a teacher-run theater group this summer. Somehow all the pieces worked out and they’re doing a trial run at Hyde Park Theatre opening Sunday night. Here’s the Chronicle listing. A bit awkwardly phrased but… it looks legit! I’ll be bar-tending and...
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Saw Toy Story 4 over the weekend with both kiddos. We were sitting there minding our own business, sucking down some bottomless popcorn and enjoying the pretty-well-crafted plot, when this scene pops up. I was like “A’s hat!” and then the Alamo Drafthouse staff came over and told me to leave. Not really. I...
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I’m almost embarrassed (though, really, kinda proud) to say I’ve seen this wonderful movie three times IN THE THEATER over the past month. Once by myself, once with my boss and his wife, and once (tonight) with my teenage son. The pacing, the writing, the chemistry, the comedy is all top-notch. It’s a laugh-fest...
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CUL-DE-SAC by John Cariani opens Sunday, July 21st at Hyde Park Theatre Tickets available HERE. (discounts for teachers and students) All is not quite what it seems for three couples living on the same suburban cul-de-sac. The Jones’ seem to be all that the other couples ever wanted to be. This is a shocking...
Continue readingSamya Rose Stumo, the niece of an old classmate of mine who moved to Austin a few years ago, died on the infamous Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 (the second Boeing 737 crash within five months). This GoFundMe page has been set up to create an initiative for young leaders like Samya to improve healthcare...
Continue readingMy dad and I were traveling around the northeast earlier this month – which was a great opportunity to catch up and bond – but I didn’t get back in town until Father’s Day (ironically enough, I guess). When I did, I found that my boys had created a pretty epic scavenger hunt for...
Continue readingDouble zing! Caught up with The Mole in Vermont, first time we’ve seen each other about 20 (zoikes) years. The beer still tasted good, the conversation was easy, and we planned out our reunion album and tour to kick off next summer. I just gotta limber up and work on my paradiddles. Great people,...
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