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I have the line above (without the expletive deleted) taped to the wall by my computer. It serves as a reminder to me to aim for succinct sentences that move my story along. Please let me not be the only […]

And other fantastic words. (Short blog here (I know, everyone heave a sigh of relief.) By the way, I never mean to be long-winded but I find it hard to stop once I start going. I love words. I’d like […]

Time is an odd thing. It flits, it flees, it flies. It scampers ahead on soft, velvety feet and we don’t even notice its passing. Sometimes we have too much of it; often much too little. I worry that I’m […]

1) I believe (but correct me if I’m wrong) that tonsillectomies were performed by hooking the tonsils through the nose with a metal implement and then drawing(yanking) them out. It must have hurt a lot.2) Tre-panning- this involved drilling small […]

More boxing and writing analogies The first time I punched someone in the face I stopped and said I was sorry. “Don’t apologize!”my trainer, Eric, screamed from the corner, “Hit him again.” He had to toughen me up. The weird […]

RIGHT HOOKS, WRITE BOOKS I used to box back in Oakland, California. I started as a way to control the stress I was feeling after my best friend died. I figured hitting things was one way to deal with the […]

This morning when the Lucy factor (see previous blogs) and I went out for our daily hike, there was a low mist on the ground and the mountains up above us were wreathed in fog. Familiar landmarks and trees took […]

Ok, I was going to include something in the title there about Britney Spears or her little sister (not so little anymore, I guess) but I feel mean taking pot shots at that infinitely sad family so I stuck with […]

Let me preface this by saying that I come from a marketing and promotion background. When I owned my little independent record label we were driven by direct promotions whether to the independent retailer or directly to the fans. We […]