What I Was Supposed to Get Out of Jury Service and What I Got Instead People like to tell you that being a part of a jury for a trial gave them a new sense of appreciation for the court system. The videos preparing you for jury service like to…

Men Most Macho in the Theatre June 22, 2022, 8:55 pm Filed under: American, feminism, movies, theatre | Tags: American, American Buffalo, cinema, macho, Ray Liotta, theatre, True West, WTF podcast, WTF with Marc Maron When I saw Ray Liotta had died, I was shocked and saddened. I was a…

Do I Make Media? For jury duty, we had to fill out information about ourselves that the lawyers then used as conversation points during jury selection. The first lawyer looked at my occupation (writer, podcaster, theatre maker, performer, Feldenkrais practitioner) and said something that I couldn’t understand at first. He…

Melt the Guns June 8, 2022, 11:01 pm Filed under: American | Tags: Brer Rabbit, gun-totin’ communists, guns, His Girl Friday, Kids in the Hall, melt the guns, production for use, The Front Page, wild feral hogs, xtc Whenever I see a story about gun violence and it makes me…

No Right to Be Disappointed in Me June 2, 2022, 11:15 pm Filed under: Acting, art, Art Scenes, dreams, education | Tags: disappointment, Oscar speech, potential, teachers, teaching An artist friend told me about a dream they had in which one of their artistic teachers asked what they’d been up…

The Ship Is Turning There was a week when a lot of good things happened at once. It felt so strange and I realized that I had grown very used to things going either badly or just sort of going. It felt like I’d been on a giant ship and…

May 19, 2022, 10:51 pm Filed under: art, Creative Process, Quitting | Tags: Artist, haunting, imaginary “friend”, Jobs, Mr Slugworth, My Real Job, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory For years, I was haunted by a man with a briefcase who followed me everywhere I went. He wore a suit…

Maybe Stick Around Twitter a Little While Longer? May 13, 2022, 11:04 pm Filed under: community, Quitting, Social Media | Tags: billionaires, content, creepy billionaires, Elon Musk, Facebook, Instagram, Social Media, Tik Tok, twitter Twitter has never been my drug. I wasn’t into it when it started and I only…

How to Be with a Grieving Person There are a lot of things I wish I’d known when friends and family have lost loved ones in the past. I wish I could have known them without knowing such grief myself but unfortunately that is how I learned it. I noticed…