Homage. That was the first word slotted atop Colin’s bonus round of vocab for this past week’s Spelling Test. We had just run through the main list of 25 words, which to my delight he aced, when we rounded the corner and focused on the five extra-credit words that always kick things up a notch….
It’s hard to believe how much emotion a simple little text can carry. Yesterday I woke to one that carried the weight of the world. Just as I was getting out of bed – moments before dropping my feet to the floor to make the mad dash around the apartment in order to get the…
So we can pick ourselves back up! I have a friend who is especially sensitive to “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Days like today… I think we all feel that lump. So, she got me thinking… I was at the gym after work, watching the constant news coverage. Every machine around me…
I’m not a TV junkie – AT ALL – which stands in stark contrast to my formative beginnings. My Mom LOVES to tell people that I learned to read at a very early age just so I could flip through the weekly TV Guide and circle in Crayon every show I dubbed Must See TV….
“Don’t be queer!” ~ ”Oh, that’s so gay.” ~ ”Shut up, you faggot!!!” I believe in freedom of speech. I also believe that sometimes we stretch our freedoms a little too far. So, while I’m firmly opposed to censorship, if I could ever pull a Quantum Leap and pinball backward in time to set right what once…
“How did you and Sean become so close?” That question was lobbed my way a few weeks ago; asked by our mutual friend Denise, who once upon a time – long, long ago – knew my best buddy Sean before she knew me. That’s the funny thing about Facebook. It pulls forth so many people…
When most people part ways, they take a few photos or fall into a great big bear hug. Me? I make a movie. Or – at least – that used to be my M.O. Back when I was young, dumb and surrounded by chums. Those glorious college days when I thought nothing of cobbling together…
“There’s no way this is SPAM!” Thats was the message my best buddy and site designer, Sean, appended to the lengthy, incredibly complimentary e-mail addressed to me that he had found snagged in The Ed Zone’s filter a few weeks back. This message wasn’t the usual plea we so often receive from Crown Prince Mombosa…
It’s not often you get that rare vantage point where you see a hero come to form before your very eyes. Sometimes we look back and realize that a particular individual played a momentous role, and that term gets rightly put in its proper place. Most times we view from afar – as some courageous…
What once was lost… must now be found! Either that or I’ve got to quit theater cold turkey. No more acting. Nor Writing. No Viewing. Bye Bye, Spotlighting. Everything must go or I’m going to go crazy because every time I get involved in a show and get swept up by the magic of it…
