Never let them tell you that Public Radio isn't thought provoking.  Of course by thought provoking, I mean hearing myself arguing with the smarmy little git on the other end of the broadcast.  As though he can hear me ( Read more... )

So, I got back from physical therapy today and picked up a call from my wife.  She told me that she was closing the fundraiser.  She sounded very shaken.  I asked her what was going on and she told me that we had met the amount for donations (and then some) because someone came into the local newspaper office that ran the story in this week's paper ( Read more... )

Are you a spy?  Are you a pro-ball player?  Are you a gritty cop?  Debutante with a double-life?  How about a surgeon?

No?

Maybe what you are lacking is a voiceover!  Your life probably just needs that added narrative boost, to make it better, sexier, quirkier.  Like Grey's Anatomy.  Might as well add in some quirky indie rock music with a female ( Read more... )

Stress research statistics indicate that moving is one of the most stressful events in an adult's life.  It's up there with a death in the family, starting a new job, or being sent to prison.  Since conflict is one of the greatest motivators/elements of storytelling, it's also no small wonder that some of the greatest stories ever told involve ( Read more... )

I'd be lying if I said 2010 was uneventful.  In the last year, my family has gone up and down.  We've added (the baby!), Fate has taken away (my last remaining grandmother), it's the calculus of the gods.  I started off 2010 hoping, believing that things would change by the end of it, and no, President Obama hasn't been talking to me on FaceBook.  ( Read more... )