Man! I was dreaming! An email: another literary agent had heaped praise on my book, This is How it Begins, calling it emotionally moving and superbly-written. And this after two other offers of representation– how was I to choose? Ah, it was such a good dream. Meditating this morning, I had a sudden pang because […]

Last week, I mentioned that I was studying Buddhist precepts at the Zen Center I go to. It’s taken a surprising amount of my time, given that we have to write two essays a week for five weeks, each about our reflections on a particular precept. And I wonder why I’m not writing more?  What […]

Yes,  yes, I know. MIA. Big time. It was, you know… life. Intruding. Extruding. Imploding. Not one thing, but an aggregate of STUFF conspired to knock me off my regular posting. Mea Culpa.  I know there’s really no excuse, but that won’t stop me from listing them: TOP 10 REASONS WHY I WASN’T POSTING 10. […]

Voice actors are, by and large, as agreeable a bunch of people as you are likely to find in any given workspace. Convivial, pleasant, and almost always entertaining, they are less prone to the excesses of egotism afflicting the greater pool of actors in Los Angeles. Perhaps it’s because they’re heard but rarely seen; perhaps it’s […]

Annyong haseyo! Many pleasurable greetings!  Are you one who is wishing to travel abroad, yet lack the financial means to do this? Do you wish to experience a new cultures and traditions without need of a passport? If this one is you, please to join me! Gather under my umbrella, and together we will experience […]

Gleanings from a week’s worth of idle, non-productive scrolling. I waste time so you don’t have to! Sheep sheep sheep! They’re overruning the internet this week! First, a little known phenomenon—sheep cyclones (via towleroad): What can whip these diabolical Baa Baa Bad Sheep into submission? Call in Babe, the… rabbit? My friend, Sally Nemeth, posted […]

If the last audition I went on results in a booking call from my voice agent, I’m gonna owe my son Ben big time. It’s like I’m being attacked by those floating spores from “Avatar.” I got called in for a mocap game. Mocap stands for Motion Capture; it’s where you get suited up with […]

I have definitive evidence, recently obtained, of the Existence of Evil: Cashew Brittle is insanely easy to make. It’s a one-way trip to overeating hell. I’m talking about gathering ingredients, mixing them together, putting it on a tray and munching on it, all under, oh, 20 minutes. Ingredients readily available in your kitchen. No preheating the […]

The end of one year and the beginning of another is a time rife with reflection and revelation. Here is mine: I have a problem. I’m hoping that, by talking about it, I’ll be able to finally get some help and work through it. The problem has flared up over these past weeks and is […]