What’s the first impression you want to give people? By answering this prompt, I feel like I’m taking notes for an online personal ad. Speaking of which, I’m often amazed at how much truth is revealed in the subtext of such ads. I used to present some in my Playwrighting class, and ask, “What isContinue reading “First Impressions”
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The Perfect Song
So often, when one hears a song, especially when it’s played at a significant moment or time in one’s life, one thinks of it as a perfect song. There’s nothing that could be added or subtracted to improve it. Sometimes, that response will change over time. A song starts playing on the radio, or onContinue reading “The Perfect Song”
The Famous Ones
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? There was a long-running TV game show in the 1950s and 1960s called What’s My Line? Regular people and celebrities would enter, sign in (please!), and then the panel would question them in order to guess who they were or what they did.Continue reading “The Famous Ones”
Welcome to Macintosh!
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). One of the projects I’m currently working on* has the working title of Digital Tech Memoir. It’s a recounting of my life with computer technology, reflecting both the development of said technology and how I’ve used it in my personal andContinue reading “Welcome to Macintosh!”
Health Again
I’m releasing this blog post on the day of my scheduled echo and stress tests. I’m hoping they find nothing abnormal, give me the proverbial clean bill of health, and that the strange sensations I’ve been experiencing are just me being hyper aware of my body, or perhaps the effects of mental stress. I’ve notContinue reading “Health Again”
The Paperback Trade
I always walked to grade school because I lived less than two minutes away. Out the back gate, half way down the alley, turn right, down another alley for a half a block, cross the street, and enter the school. Very easy. It was a longer walk at the end of the day because weContinue reading “The Paperback Trade”
The Fragility of Health
One of my favorite and most often-quoted poems was written by Richard Brautigan and included in his beautifully-titled collection, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork. I can’t find my copy at present so I will have to rely on my fragile memory to recall it. Please forgive any errors, and I put XX since I don’tContinue reading “The Fragility of Health”
The Fragility of Health
One of my favorite and most often-quoted poems was written by Richard Brautigan and included in his beautifully-titled collection, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork. I can’t find my copy at present so I will have to rely on my fragile memory to recall it. Please forgive any errors, and I put XX since I don’tContinue reading “The Fragility of Health”
Heh, Heh, Heh
What will your life be like in three years? In Catholic high school, we had a couple of nun jokes. I’ll omit them here, but the punch line to one was, “All of the other nuns said, ‘Heh, heh, heh,’ and the one said, ‘[gasp!]’” Let me know in the comments if you want theContinue reading “Heh, Heh, Heh”
Caught in the Web(page)
What are your favorite websites? Do I have favorite websites? There are those places I love to hate: Facebook is one of these, and how many of us are sorry we sold our souls (and posted all those photos we probably have no other access to now) to the great and powerful Zuck? Sidebar: yes,Continue reading “Caught in the Web(page)”
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