Since it’s a holiday, I’m throwing two songs into this blog, one now and one at the end. This one doesn’t have much connection to the holiday except the first line of the second verse, but it’s one of my favorites. (And no, not just because it has my name in it.) Here it is.… Continue reading July 4, 2014
Author: popcornjack
June 29, 2014
The reason I use a pen when I do my crossword puzzles have nothing to do with being egotistical and showing off. I have plenty of other outlets for that. (You’re currently reading one.) It’s just that pens are much handier than pencils. That’s not to say I don’t make any mistakes with the pen,… Continue reading June 29, 2014
June 25, 2014
My oldest nephew is going to be a senior in High School this fall. As such, ever since I moved back here in April, there has been a steady stream of mail with his name on it from pretty much every college that has a charter. (Some of them are smart enough to know who… Continue reading June 25, 2014
June 21, 2014
After three years or so, I’m still not sure I’m sold on my Kindle. I’m not normally much of a traditionalist, but there is something to be said about holding a book in my hands while I read it. Granted, I’m sure some of that longing come from the fact that I’m a writer. People… Continue reading June 21, 2014
June 17, 2014
For old time’s sake, I have two soundtracks for today’s blog. Here is the first one. (Trust me it makes sense. Well, as much sense as anything I do does.) Between graduating college in the spring of 1993 and leaving for San Francisco that fall, I had a really cool summer job. Every year during… Continue reading June 17, 2014
March 24, 2014
I was going to write a blog about serious and important, as well as life and the choices we have to make, that was also going to serve as a shameless plug for my last book, in hopes to goose sales a little bit, but then a friend of mine (one whom has presumably not… Continue reading March 24, 2014
March 9, 2014
My router finally died the other night. It had been on its last legs for quite some time so this came as nothing of a shock, except it chose to die right before I had two days worth of writing assignments to do. Much like dishwashers and beer coolers at restaurants that never break at… Continue reading March 9, 2014
January 16, 2014
My penmanship has gotten pretty impressive. It may not sound like much and it certainly isn’t anything I aspired to, but it’s important in a passive yet funny way. I’ll get there. When I went to NYU there were five separate acting programs to choose from: Strasberg, Adler, Playwrights Horizon, Experimental Theater Wing and Circle… Continue reading January 16, 2014
January 11, 2014
My friend Alan recently forwarded me and a couple of our friends who are also industry professionals a link to an article about a bar in London called White Lyan with the question “Seems like interesting concepts, to be sure. What do you think?” I read the article a couple of times and realized I… Continue reading January 11, 2014
Janurary 4, 2014
Usually when I write a blog, I know sort of what I’m going to say, at least to get to whatever the point of it I might be trying to make. In other words, the moral of the story is usually in the back of my mind when I start writing. This day the moral… Continue reading Janurary 4, 2014
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