What’s the Big Deal About Turning 40?

The big question for me in the last few days has been “are you OK?” whenever the topic of my 40th birthday came up. And the answer? “Well, I’m not dead yet.” I admit, it’s a response that’s fairly non-commital. I don’t hate the idea. I don’t love the idea. It just, as they say, [...]

Diary of a Seekster: Where The Daily Show meets Daily Om

Since my earliest memories I always struggled with the idea that I had to be all things to all people.  We work so hard to keep various elements of our lives separate and distinct to the point that many of us have panic attacks about whether or not to “friend” a colleague or a family [...]

Random Word Generator: Meditation on Ice Cream

Pensive
Crust
Dandelion
Tug
Clouds
I sit still for five minutes fixating on the tinny sound of a rusty ice cream van willing itself down the street. There are banana bombers and nutty buddies in their protective ice crusts waiting to be freed from the sad, humiliating parade. But I can not move. I am sitting zazen, watching my thoughts [...]

Regular Shuffleboil Blogger

 
For those of you who have not checked out Shuffleboil yet, shame on you. I am so very proud of my friend and writing colleague John Mitchell who started this wonderful ezine last year. It is full of some of the most intriguing content I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve learned about graphic novels, [...]

Shuffleboil: Hey! I’m Trying to Eat!

 
Check out the latest in “My Next Top Reality” at Shuffleboil and see what I can and can not stomach in the world of reality TV.

Shuffleboil: America’s # 1 Writer

Check out my lastest installment of this weeks’ “My Next Top Reality,” a column on Shuffleboil. I discuss a great idea to bring together the striking writers and reality show producers. Judge for yourself. Also, a mini-rave review of AMC’s Original Series, “Mad Men.”

My History with France

When I was in high school in Texas, I had a French teacher named Monsieur White. He was the golf coach. His hair was a greasy silver mess over a hopelessly flaky scalp. M. White wore leisure suits and had some sort of an ear, nose, throat problem that forced him to spit out the [...]

Shuffleboil: What the hell sort of happiness is this?

Check out the second installment of “My Next Top Reality” column featuring a few words on exploring the new world of children’s television.  Now in Shuffleboil.

Shuffleboil: Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares”

Check out my inaugural column “My Next Top Reality” featuring a few words on “Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” at Shuffleboil.