The whims of pop-culture taste can be cruel and impulsive.  Fashion, music, television… nothing is guaranteed to last for any length of time.  Today’s “Gangnam Style” is tomorrow’s “Macarena” (literally – I mean, they’re basically the same song).  But sometimes the victims of culture shift seem to come out of nowhere.  In response, I present […]

With Steve of Every Record Tells A Story being my featured blogger of the moment, it seemed like a great time to have a 20 Questions interview with him.  If you’re not familiar with him or his site, now’s the time! Hey, Steve from Every Record Tells A Story , Let’s Play 20 Questions! 1. What quality do you most admire […]

In may wayward youth, as I focused on writing and performing, I wound up taking a lot of side jobs while other people built meaningful, lasting careers.  Some of them were your standard barista/pub worker jobs, but there was a litter of oddities… jobs that now appear as mysterious blanks spaces on my resume.  But […]

First, the winner of the photo caption contest – after much thought, much creativity, and probably much mild nausea, we’ve reached the winner for the, um, au natural photographer caption.  Please take a moment to visit the thoroughly interesting and well-written webiste Every Record Tells A Story, who is my new Featured Blogger.  Congratulations on your […]

I’ve been looking over your case and, I have to tell you, I think it looks very strong.  With my help, not only will you be hailed as a hero, but we’ll both get very rich. Ah, but perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself.  I know there are lawyers just everywhere, so why, you might […]

Andrew L.  3 Stars.  I don’t know if this is a criticism or a compliment, but there’s almost too much to do.  There’s literally no possible way to do everything you’d like.  On one hand that’s great, but it can get frustrating.  “I want to be a surfer, oh wait, I want to be a lawyer, […]

Last week’s caption contest had a lot of great entries. If you haven’t, you really should take a moment to read the entries here.  Narrowing it down to 5 meant finally just flipping a coin, basically.  But flip a coin I did, to reach these finalists.  (Also, there were some great ones that I finally […]

A Q&A regarding The Byronic Man, now on Twitter… Q: Well, The Byronic Man on Twitter!  Are you excited? A: Oh, definitely!  The same way blogging is such a great way to force yourself to write and publish without over-thinking, and to build community, I think this could be a great new venue. Q: Why […]