PinnedAirport (1970): An Imperfect Best Picture Nominee for Our Imperfect TimesThe Academy Awards are around the corner, and no doubt the viewers at home are eagerly awaiting which of the presenters will be slapped…Mar 9, 202351Mar 9, 202351
Possibly Standup: “We’re All a Little Gay”So now we come to what started this odyssey. Back on November 7, 2020, I wrote the first draft of this routine. I do think this is probably…Aug 4, 2024Aug 4, 2024
Line up for LinesFolks, I’ll make this short and sweet. Or bittersweet, more accurately. My fifth novel is titled Lines. It looks like this:May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
From the Department of Tortured PoetsSince today is Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d share some misplaced passion from thirty-odd years ago: Vintage poems from my college days…Feb 14, 2024Feb 14, 2024
So Why Did You Do It?The last thing I expected to be reading this morning was an article entitled, “‘So why did you do it?’: Explanations provided by Child…Dec 31, 20231Dec 31, 20231
Publication Day for Deep Roots!Today is the official publication day for Deep Roots, my fourth novel. Friends and family have told me they have already received their…Sep 5, 20231Sep 5, 20231
Published inDebuggerThe Old Man and the GamepadNew tricks for the old dogJan 19, 2022133Jan 19, 2022133
The Space KnollI recently screened a film, After Life, by one of my favorite directors, Hirokazu Koreeda. The question the film asks of its recently…Aug 24, 202150Aug 24, 202150
I Can’t Hear YouSomebody made an audiobook of my second novel, and I had no idea it existedJun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021
Published inOneZero‘Grand Theft Auto’ Got Me Through QuarantineHow playing a violent video game brought me peaceMay 19, 20214May 19, 20214
To Costco, or Not to CostcoThe last time I drove my eighty-year-old mother to her neighborhood Costco was February 27, 2020. There it is, in my Quicken ledger…Feb 13, 20212Feb 13, 20212
Ginny, Our Little Girl, from Beginning to End.It’s ten to ten, Monday morning. I’m upstairs in my home office, staring at the monitor when my phone vibrates, a text.Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020