Category: Columns
Shaken, Not Stirred
Sometimes you hear news which you know really doesn’t affect the world too much, but makes you stop and pause because of how it affects your world. That’s how I felt a couple of weeks ago when one of my…
Falling Down
The same thing happens each year. My theatre friends try to goad me into auditioning for a musical. I remind them I can’t sing or dance. The show passes by, only for the same cycle to repeat six months or…
Regular Guy’s Afternoon Off
I think everyone has wanted their own Ferris Bueller moment. You know, the day when you simply throw all your cares away and grab life by the scruff of the neck instead of going through your daily business. That didn’t…
Loud Clothes and Bad Jokes
I have spent much of the past few weeks on stage at the Hanover Little Theatre. Actually, my participation in “The Fox on the Fairway” took much more time than that, but I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining….
A ‘Hunk’ of Nostalgia
Because I grew up with seven older siblings, I developed a great appreciation for classic television. I have great memories of the shows I grew up with – “ChiPs,” “Three’s Company,” and the Saturday night tandem of “Love Boat” and…
Turn TV Good Again
We have a problem, people. A problem with our television sets. Actually, I feel no animosity toward the sets themselves. The developments in television technology never fail to astound me, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. But…
I’m a Girl Scout
Over the summer, I made a decision I never would have predicted for myself. Some peer pressure played a role. I had already done some things which made the final step a lot easier, but that didn’t make me less…
Post Office Memories
I loved my college years for many reasons. I didn’t have a lot of responsibility, I learned a ton of things, plus I made some of the best friends you could ever imagine. But one benefit of those four years…
Mmmmmm, Pi
As a kid, I didn’t really eat pie very often. When we had dessert, I most often went for cake or ice cream. Or brownies. Or some combination of those. Or all of them. Regardless, I have developed an appreciation…
Time for The Brians
Each year, people analyze the quality of the field vying for movie awards. They proclaim whether it’s a “good year” for The Oscars. I think 2012 will go down as one of those years which people will say that the…