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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A few shots from our successful May 29th benefit… ...
I’ve been listening to the radio show On Being occasionally for years now. For a long time in Austin it was on really early, from 6am-7am Sunday mornings, I think. This coincided with runs I went on with my friend Dave every other week. So the radio would come on to wake me up,...
Continue readingI found out last week I’d been nominated as Rookie of the Year for my new softball league. Which isn’t something you expect to hear when you’re deep into your late-late-late-30s, but it’s a real honor and I’m excited to tell my middle-school MVP son about it. In other related news, our softball team...
Continue readingSo I’ve got this one-act (60-70 minutes) comedy I’ve been sitting on for a while, and ScriptWorks is going to host a reading of it with some wonderful actors on Sunday, May 19th, at 6:30pm at Hyde Park Theatre. It’s free, open to the public, there will be wine and snacks, AND the piece...
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