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May all beings be happy May all beings be safe and healthy May all beings live in peace Happy holidays

“Define happiness, someone asked me recently. Absorption, I said instantly, and anything that gives me an inner life and a sense of spaciousness, intimacy and silence.” Pico Iyer in this article I half-read in the L.A. Times. I read it, then forgot where I read it, then went looking for it, which is how I … Read more

This is a dude dressed as Santa who is eating a sandwich while playing pinball on Hollywood Blvd. You can’t really tell, but it’s also raining. I took these on Saturday after we did an improv class at Second City for Paul’s Birthday. It was really fun. You can definitely see why people say improv … Read more

I’m actually going to post a picture, soon as I fine the cord to download my camera’s contents. Until then, a fun fact… I think that I get about 10 hits monthly from people who search for the title “Two Ways of Seeing a River” by Mark Twain which I once referenced it in a … Read more

Today was not really a “secret” birthday, but it was kind of a secret. What made it kind of a secret was the fact that I switched the date of it on Facebook to an earlier date. I did this for a few reasons. 1) I’m not really a birthday person. If you are one … Read more

Yesterday was my dad’s birthday. He would have been 80. Rest in Peace. This is always a weird week anyway. Cancerversary. Like unmarried couples who have a hard time choosing a date to commemorate–the day they met, the day they fell in love, the first time they had sex?–I have a hard time pinpointing the … Read more

I’ve had them three times today, including right now. The ones I have right now have lasted for over an hour. I’m tired of them, but too tire to anything about them, like trying to stand on my head and drink water, or hold my breath, or scare myself. i’m thankful I don’t get hiccups … Read more

Went to early morning gym class and stayed the entire hour. Accomplishment! It’s a fine class, with stepping and moving of weights, but the teacher plays the music so loud I want to smash my mini-barbell into the mirror right where her face is reflected. Can I really be the only one who feels this … Read more

And overall, not a bad week. The short film script of my short story “My Panda” adapted by Paul, was named second runner up in the CAPE digital shorts contest. Prize: $100 and a mentor. The mentor is the cool part. As a balance, my first rejection arrived (from Shenandoah) for an essay I recently … Read more

“ABC is close to giving a pilot order to a modern version of the classic 1970s TV actioner “Charlie’s Angels.” When I read the opening line in this Variety article,my first instinct was to punch a wall. Like many others, I’m quickly feeling over-saturated by the seemingly constant stream of adaptations of properties that in … Read more