Do you enjoy your job? I always said, “I love my work but hate my job.” Teaching theatre and directing shows, working with students—this was my life’s work. But navigating the job, which included committee work, assessment (which, I always quipped, “begins with asses”), filling out endless reports (do I really need to do Sarbanes-OxleyContinue reading “My Job…”
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Most Ambitious DIY
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I think, after years of refinishing furniture and building and staining bookshelves, my most ambitious DIY project would be creating a costume for a Steampunk Grim Reaper. I started with the base being an Australian drover’s coat, and added a skirt lol mask fronted byContinue reading “Most Ambitious DIY”
Trump and Covid
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Unprecedented—the use of which exploded when we encountered trump and covid.
Gift? Maybe
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I’m not sure this precisely qualifies but I distinctly recall the day the departmental secretary called and said my dissertation had been accepted by the graduate division. The real gift? Calling my Dr. Schrum as she congratulated me.
Me, Myself, and Aliens
Often, people have asked me: what is it with you and aliens? If you check out this webpage you might think I claim to have been abducted. This is totally untrue— I don’t think I was ever abducted by aliens. BUT! I love conspiracy theories…or at least I did until the whole QAnon nonsense triedContinue reading “Me, Myself, and Aliens”
Make Me A Video Star!
As my longtime friend and collaborator Jeremy dePrisco would say: LINAP. It means, “Like I need another project.” But of course I have one! It’s not an extraneous one, and fits nicely into the mission of creating a new theatre/performance company; I’ll be writing more about that in future blog posts. The new project isContinue reading “Make Me A Video Star!”
Concert? Oh Well…
So I’m a bit bummed out. I discovered that one of my favorite bands of all time, Riverside, is coming to Pittsburgh. And I would love to go. The timing works out great. They probably even have parking at the venue. But I checked one important thing: standing room. A few years ago I attendedContinue reading “Concert? Oh Well…”
Friendships #2
BFFs? I know a guy! In fact, five of them. I mention them in Audio Chimera Episode #61: the friend group that grew out of a theatre production. Early in my teaching career at Penn State Hazleton (1993 to be exact), I directed Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw—with the production being an outgrowth ofContinue reading “Friendships #2”
Faust: Ever Striving
My encounters with literature, whether dramatic or narrative, have been wide-ranging. From the briefest (the poems of Richard Brautigan, as tightly constructed as any haiku) to the epic works of Neal Stephenson and Thomas Pynchon (I read Gravity’s Rainbow three times), my reading list has been extensive. Of course I’ve only scratched the surface ofContinue reading “Faust: Ever Striving”
On Friendships
My first podcast of the new year and of the new season (#6) will be on friendship. It will contain some musings on how to make friends, as well as some specific friendships that I had over the years. And I should mention, all three have ended. Having friends is very important, especially if youContinue reading “On Friendships”
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