Well, the fourth of July is coming up, and you know what that means: that on Thursday people all over these United States will only have five more days until my birthday! But it’s also Independence Day. And whether you’re planning a get-together or just wanting to enjoy the fireworks with friends and family, there […]
June 25, 2013
I’d been pretty on the fence about what to think of all this NSA surveillance, and then I heard someone make the most logical point I’ve ever heard: he reasoned that the NSA says it’s stopped 50 terrorist attacks. Then he pointed out that 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks. Thus, ergo, Quad Erat […]
June 18, 2013
I’m in Birmingham, Alabama for the week. A few thoughts so far… Had a layover at LAX. Never been to LAX. Puts a pretty serious dent in my “Airports get nicer the further west you go” theory. Yikes. Horrible airport. Cranky employees. In case I doubted I was in LA, though, 2 things happened: Someone […]
June 13, 2013
Listen, Oliver, buddy… I get it. I do. You’re a tough cat. When we met you at the Humane Society, they called you Brute, because you pushed everyone around. After we got you to our house it took you about one day to decide not to take any crap from the dogs. You even took […]
June 10, 2013
This weekend I ran the Dirty Half Marathon. It was intense. The build-up got to the point where at the starting line I was ready to do an about face and run the other direction. Why? First, my friend Mark who I run with signed us up, and I knew it was largely a series […]
June 6, 2013
**This is a continuation of the story that begins here. I’d highly recommend reading that first to be caught up. It won’t take that long, I promise. So… The lead actress and the director arrived at last. She wasn’t really speaking because she’d lost her voice that morning and was going to have to croak, […]
June 4, 2013
Putting together any kind of creative performance – dance, a play, shooting a film – requires such delusional, quixotic optimism, that when I got a call this Saturday asking if I was available to play a part in a scene for a web series on Sunday, and the associate producer said: I knew there was […]
May 31, 2013
An unusual Friday post: just a quick note. The incredibly warm and kinetic Susie Lindau, over at Susie’s Wild Ride, is undergoing a double mastectomy this morning. She’s been very funny and upfront about the whole experience, and – thanks to the organizing efforts of BrickHouseChick at Swimming To My 50’s – a number of […]
The Byronic Man 
July 1, 2013
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