5000 What?

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? “It all started in a little 5000 watt radio station in Fresno, California.” That is of course a brilliant start to an autobiography, but it wouldn’t be mine. It actually comes from Ted Baxter, the pompous anchorman character on on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from theContinue reading “5000 What?”

Too Shy, Too Shy…

What advice would you give to your teenage self? My title of course references the song by Kajagoogoo. Now, if I gave advice to my teenage self, would he listen? There’s a famous quote by Goethe who suggests that young people never listen to their elders and that they have to discover things on theirContinue reading “Too Shy, Too Shy…”

Cliches To Live By

What principles define how you live? Shakespeare used serious elements in his comedies to make them more realistic, and added comic elements to his tragedies to heighten (or deepen) the gravity of the action. We see a strong example of this in the Scottish play with the Porter, who plays at being Hell’s doorman; it’sContinue reading “Cliches To Live By”

The Best Relationship Advice Ever

If you want really good relationship advice, don’t look to self-help books or see a therapist. Answer one of those “wrong number” texts and play along. Or maybe you haven’t gotten any of those texts. I get them frequently, and once had three in one hour. The unnamed sender pings you with something like, “Ariana,Continue reading “The Best Relationship Advice Ever”

Advice?

List the people you admire and look to for advice… This is a difficult prompt. “List the people you admire and look to for advice?” Well… That seems to be two different categories. There are a lot of people I admire, but I don’t have access for communication. Many are dead; Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Campbell,Continue reading “Advice?”