Ditching the Fitbit
When I was traveling out west a couple of weeks ago, I suddenly got the urge to do some research about the Fitbit that’s been on my wrist 23.5 hours a day for the past 3 years. I read a few articles that talked about negligible radiation associated with the Bluetooth elements of it....
Continue readingA Slow Thought Movement?
I think about this off and on, and wanted to finally get it down in some notes. I feel like I’ve been fighting against these forces in my life where there’s tremendous perceived value in instantaneous decision-making. I’ve worked in jobs where the people who get the most attention and praise are the ones...
Continue readingA Million More to Go… to Los Angeles?
This is kinda preliminary, but I’ve had some interest in this piece we did a reading for in the spring by some theater folks in Los Angeles, so I’m waiting to hear more. But I’d love to do that play (which is a bit of a satire of recent election shenanigans) while it’s still...
Continue readingThe Cross-Eyed Loon
I’ve completed a draft of the pilot episode of this Maine-based sitcom I mentioned back in May. The current name of the show is THE CROSS-EYED LOON, inspired by The Cockeyed Gull, a real place on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland. Here’s a quick summary: In this pilot episode, a...
Continue readingCome and See THE PACT!
We’ve had a couple of good reviews in Broadway World and Central Texas Live, and there may be another one or two coming, but audiences have been uniformly really positive and enthusiastic. If that’s not all, an old work friend of mine busted out of the theater the other night when the lights came...
Continue reading“Get Ready”
I heard an interview with Sheryl Lee Ralph (from Abbot Elementary and Dreamgirls) the other day. And I want to say first off that she’s great and talented and has an exceptionally resilient attitude and deserves all the awards she can get. One of the things she said which resonated with me – when...
Continue readingMiddling in Midland
Okay, we were in Dallas, not Midland, but that’s a headline I’ve always wanted to write. Our team got off to a rocky start at the World Series this year (3rd qualification in 5 years for me) but we started hitting better once we got slotted in the “losers’ bracket” and clawed our way...
Continue readingGlory Days
After visiting a couple of old friends out west, and attending a memorial service with them too, I was loaned some old photos I hadn’t seen in forever. That top/left one is a high school gig I had with my old band Reverse (nice mod tie and electric drums, yo!). And then these are...
Continue reading3-Year Spine-iversary
It’s been three years this month since I had this procedure which shook things up a bit for me. There were ups and downs that first year, but since then I guess I feel like I’m 80%-85% of where I’d been before. Which isn’t too bad. I’m off to the World Series of Softball...
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