I’ll Get To That Podcast Sometime, Honest

Sorry I haven’t gotten one recorded this week.  I know what I want to say and I have the music selected, but time (as in lack thereof) and fatigue (why do I feel like a need a vacation to recover from my vacation?) have conspired against me.  I definitely want to get one recorded before this . . . → Read More: I’ll Get To That Podcast Sometime, Honest

Acting Like I’ve Been Here Before… Oh Wait That’s Right I Have

Best laid plans, etc etc blah blah blah… I had genuine hopes to complete the first draft of the chapters for Steve Crumbacher (Crumbächer) and Steve Hindalong (The Choir) last week.  I ended up getting somewhere between a third and halfway through the Steve Crumbacher chapter without even looking at the Steve Hindalong chapter.  Ah well.  . . . → Read More: Acting Like I’ve Been Here Before… Oh Wait That’s Right I Have

It’s My Birthday And I’ll Work On My Book If I Want To

Yes, today is my birthday.  One more year until I run headlong into fifty.  Ah well.  No deep thoughts on the subject; I seem to be taking this birthday as far less of a mid-life crisis moment than is my regrettable norm.  Working on the book is assuaging any “what am I doing with my life” . . . → Read More: It’s My Birthday And I’ll Work On My Book If I Want To

No Podcast This Week

Too busy pounding away at the book.  . . . → Read More: No Podcast This Week

In Case You Missed It (Since Most Everyone In The Media Did)

A news item came across the wires earlier this week.  Since it had nothing to do with Barack Obama or Britney Spears the story received scant notice on these shores, back page mention if mentioned at all.

It happened anyway.

The name Ingrid Betancourt may ring a bell.  She was among the hostages who were recently freed in . . . → Read More: In Case You Missed It (Since Most Everyone In The Media Did)

It’s. A. MOVIE!!!

In these troubled times, there are many disturbing stories flashing across our digital television screens. Wars and rumors of wars (now where have we heard that before), economic woes, social discomfort…

… the alarmingly large number of people with nothing to do except make Halloween a year-round affair by playing dress-up as they attend Thursday midnight premiere . . . → Read More: It’s. A. MOVIE!!!

Podcast Update — July 16, 2008

This week’s podcast talks about the people behind the sport of NASCAR, and also about the shared joy of living.

Most of the text this week comes from blog posts I’ve written the past couple of days.  I hope you don’t me using them again, but since I believe I got certain things right the first time . . . → Read More: Podcast Update — July 16, 2008

Heaven Is A Better Place Today

We are a society inured to death.  It is filler for the back page, a faceless news item quickly scanned and responded to with clucked tongue and mumbled expressions of what a shame even as the names involved are forgotten, the actual persona forever an intentionally unexplored mystery.  Some reach out with the open hand of . . . → Read More: Heaven Is A Better Place Today

I Bring News: Your News Isn’t News

Every once in a while, the San Francisco Chronicle forgets its prime directive of inserting obsessive Giants and 49ers coverage among its daily minimum requirement of Christ and Christian-hating drek by actually reporting the news.  One such slip-up occurred today with mention of how a San Francisco city IT worker decided the best way to ward . . . → Read More: I Bring News: Your News Isn’t News

A Mini-Rock Opera With Real Characters And Plot

Depending on your year of birth and musical inclination you might remember Ambrosia, a band which started life in the mid ’70s as an eclectic prog rock ensemble and gradually moved into a more pop direction.  While never a major player in the music scene it notched a few hits still occasionally gracing the oldies side . . . → Read More: A Mini-Rock Opera With Real Characters And Plot