So, yesterday, Freda and I had a chance to take advantage of the extremely nice weather. First off, we went to the Walnut Street Theatre for their production of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple." Really funny show, though I think Freda and I were the youngest couple there by at least 30 years. I mean, there was a guy behind me talking to his ( Read more... )

...by saying that so far, despite a few iffy days, 2008 has gotten off to a pretty cool start. I was still feeling rather blah when the New Year began. I've been waiting for the results of my pulmonary function test, to see if, maybe, the asthma I had as a child might be coming back (or something else) and might be causing the problems I've been ( Read more... )

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So, Christmas Eve 2007 got off to an inauspicious start. I had to work, which is no big deal. I was in at 9, so that the latest I'd have to stay would be 5. I'd hoped to get out earlier, though, as Christmas Eves past have tended toward not being busy at all, thus precipitating into early dismissal. However, that day, it turned out that there ( Read more... )

I've really wanted to update this for a while, but I just haven't gotten around to it. It's kinda bizarre to look at the events in between the last time I updated (late Sept) and now. Things have happened, and things also haven't happened. So, in order to catch my reader up to speed, I'll use pseudo-bullet points to describe my life, as it has ( Read more... )

For some, this may be the third time you're hearing this, so I'll make it quick.

My book, "Under the Bridge," has been accepted at Lucy Rose Publishing.

And, there was much rejoicing. "Yay."

More details are surely in the coming....

“It’s as if I’m being whittled away, piece by piece,” said Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor in the long running sci-fi series “Doctor Who.” And in a way, that’s kind how I felt after hearing the news about the closing of the AMC Orleans 8, which became official on Labor Day ( Read more... )

Whew! What a busy past couple of weeks it's been for me ( Read more... )

I'm deeply entrenched in my new novel, "The Great Northeast." Everything about it just feels so right and incredible. I really think this could be the strongest thing I've ever written. I'm very excited and energized when I get to write in it. It's also shaping up to be the longest thing I've ever written. Basically, the story itself is split ( Read more... )

That's how I was wasting time not too long ago. I'd just finished another successful night of writing so I felt inclined to engage, in the comfort of my ventilated basement, in something I've always enjoyed doing but just haven't done enough in my lifetime. During Tweedy's guitar work toward the end of the song, I broke out my nonexistent Fender ( Read more... )