The most important invention in your lifetime is… Last night I had a dream* that I had a 20-page essay on a theatre director due the next day. I had a thick book, a biography, about her (whoever it was) and planned to read that and supplement my paper with my review of the worksContinue reading “And the Winner Is…”
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I’m a To-Do Lister
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. Sing the title to the tune of “I’m a Girl Watcher.” Yeah, I know, the rhythm’s a bit off, but that’s how my mind works. And I am a to-do lister. I’m very big on making lists, and I find tremendous satisfaction in crossing items off.Continue reading “I’m a To-Do Lister”
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer, and Baby Machine
Think back on your most memorable road trip. The title of this blog post comes from a line I heard years ago. I talked about the whole event on my podcast, Audio Chimera, in an episode with the same title, so I won’t repeat it here. I exhort you to go listen to it forContinue reading “Chief Cook, Bottle Washer, and Baby Machine”
Working: Title?
What have you been working on? In my travelogue of the UK trip I mentioned how both Joyce and I wound up with a (non-contagious, thank goodness!) intestinal flu, and then returned home with colds. I still have only a lingering cough, but Joyce has had conjunctivitis twice and is relapsing back into a cold,Continue reading “Working: Title?”
Small Change
What would you change about modern society? The title of my post today was also the title of my first novel. Or should I say “novel”? It was basically an autobiographical accounting of the last days of my time in high school and a little while after in to the post-graduation era where I foundContinue reading “Small Change”
Why Actors Are Scum
Right up front: I totally disagree with the title. But that has been a long-held belief by those not in entertainment. And so, as a follow-up to my last blog post, I wanted to delve a little more into why actors and theatre people have often been, according to an Ordinance by the British ParliamentContinue reading “Why Actors Are Scum”