I’ve had a few proposals this year to either adopt a lone cat who needed a home, or take care of one for some time in a foster care-like situation. I like the idea of having a pet, but I worry a lot about times that I travel, coordinating pet care, etc. I kind...
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It’s like Ireland Around Here
So I biked to my new office today for the first time. I’ve biked to other offsite meetings, but the new building I work in is surrounded by freeways and frontage roads and hasn’t seemed very appealing to get to until now. I just want to say that it was awesome and full of...
Continue readingFixing the Roof While the Sun…
So I’ve got these rotting boards on the outside of my house that have been making me nervous. They leave the house exposed, and I’m imagining mold and insects and all kinds of other stuff coming in. I want to fix it. But they don’t make these boards anymore so I’d have to switch...
Continue readingOh, Death…
My friend Brendan is featured in just about every story I’ve told in public. So many wacky adventures we’ve had together. I just got the news that his mom, who I always considered kind of a second, cooler mother to me, died on Thursday. I’m so glad that I was able to see her...
Continue readingGood at Life?
My 11-yo son said to me the other afternoon, “Why are you so good at life?” I was like “What? What does that even mean?” He was like “I don’t know. You’re just really good at life.” I’m pretty sure I was making mac & cheese and talking about car repairs at the time....
Continue readingSo I Have This Idea…
Every year ScriptWorks has a 48-hour Fling where playwrights get together and write 10-minute plays based on three ingredients. It’s a popular event and brings in a nice group of people from the theater community, either to write or be a part of the readings on Sunday (we all get together to read through...
Continue readingSoccer Thoughts
My son’s soccer team won a stunning victory against one of the areas’s top teams a few weeks ago to make the state championships for his age division. Last weekend he went to the tournament against teams from all over the state, and they lost all three games they played. The matches were tense,...
Continue readingQuick Peacock Recap (say that 3 times fast…)
Hey, the show went great! Not sure the total number of people, but we ended up with 52 tickets sold online, and then maybe a dozen or so folks came in to pay at the door. I ballparked 60-65 in the audience at some point, so I guess that sounds about right. (WHAT WERE...
Continue readingHittin’ the Mark: 35
Boom. 35. Now my kids will deem the event respectable. Me too. Possibly not without coincidence, my mother’s favorite age for someone to be was 35. Why? Young enough to retain a youthful vigor, old enough to have experience and wisdom. (or that’s how I interpreted her take on things) (I remember she made...
Continue readingInsurance!!!
Not gonna lie, I’ve been banging my head against the wall a bit today trying to wrap up what I hope is one last logistical hurdle to Sunday’s show. The city requires two different kinds of insurance when you put on public events at its parks: General insurance and Auto insurance. I’m good on...
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