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I have only one goal for this blog post. And that goal is to write THE WORST BLOG POST EVER!!! Actually that’s not true. My real goal for this blog post is to write a blog post. And I am going to accomplish this goal by writing THE WORST BLOG POST EVER!!! Let me explain. […]

Step #1 For Everything

If you’re like me, you have slightly less than a bajillion things that you want to do during the course of your life. For me, there’s an endless list of silly musicals, feature films I want to make with my friends, open a coffee shop called “The Aromadillo”*, and create a miniature golf course where […]

This world is filled with tons of stupid quasi-spiritual sayings. Sayings like "Whenever God closes a door, He opens a window." (Why is God always a "He"?!) and "If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting." (Whenever anyone says this one to me, I always think to myself, "if you keep doing what you're doing, then you're going to get punched in the face!*) Today, I am going to add to

It’s 6:47 am. I’ve been up since 4:05 am. I usually get up early, but not this early. Last night, I set my alarm for 5:00 am, but for some reason, my mind felt like waking me up at 4:05 am was a good idea. Stupid mind. I usually set my alarm for 6:00 am, but last night, I set my alarm an hour earlier because I was going to get up early and WRITE! So when

I’ve wanted to be a writer for the past 42 years. There have been times in those 42 years when I’ve written things that have achieved some success: plays, musicals, sketch shows, and television pilots. A friend and I even co-wrote a feature film script that we co-directed, and the film premiered at the Sundance […]

I have Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that attacks my nervous system, which makes walking difficult, causes extreme fatigue, and affects my balance, so I almost always feel like I’m at sea. But, believe it or not, having MS has some advantages. Like the preferred parking my handicap placard provides, the buzz I get from the massive dose of Benadryl that accompanies my twice-a-year Ocrevus infusions, and the time I lied to my boss when I called