by admin | Dec 28, 2011 | Defies Description
The news has not been good for actors and actresses recently. This week Forbes and MSNBC both listed acting as a pursuit that is going the way of typesetters and elevator operators. Their days, according to these media outlets and the raw statistics, are numbered....
by admin | Dec 22, 2011 | Defies Description
Last month I finally finished my book, Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast. It was extremely cathartic. As my friend Cassie and I poured over the pages and I made the numerous revisions, I suddenly began to understand that I have lived a fairly remarkable...
by admin | Dec 21, 2011 | Defies Description
As I alluded to on Facebook yesterday, St. Chickalaus Day is upon us. Over the last 23 years, this somewhat fowl patron saint of over-commercialized holidays has rocketed to stardom, certainly on a par with the train with the square wheels in the Land of Misfit Toys....
by admin | Dec 16, 2011 | Defies Description
A few weeks ago I had a lengthy discussion with a friend of mine about the regrets they’ve had in their life. It was a pretty deep discussion, one that I had trouble following as I am pretty much regretless. I live a Frank Sinatra kind of life. If you recall the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2011 | Defies Description
Ah, it’s wintertime again. And while I don’t get to enjoy the full effect of winter here in Florida, a recent trip to Seattle gave me a chance to truly enjoy one of the great pleasures there – boot season. I know, you thought I was going to talk...
by admin | Nov 28, 2011 | Defies Description
When George Carlin was just starting out, he used do a skit called the Hippy Dippy Weatherman. It was a brilliant riff on the hippy movement, especially when he would get caught up in the Highs that seemed to always be hovering over a part of the country, particularly...
by admin | Nov 25, 2011 | Defies Description
A friend of mine and I were on the phone the other day and he was telling me about the new dating etiquette that seems to be taking hold in Washington State. He had met a lovely lady who he just wanted to be friends with and she had given similar signs that that would...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | Defies Description
For the second time in my adult life I will not be at home having Thanksgiving. The holiday gods have smiled on me once again and I will be in Key West, where it will be sunny and in the mid to upper 70s. But don’t think for a moment that I will be missing out...
by admin | Nov 23, 2011 | Defies Description, Relationships
Several years ago now, I got a strange gift from my ex-whatever. Well, she wasn’t an ex yet. We were still a year away from ex-ing but I didn’t know that at the time. Why was it a strange gift? Well, first, it’s not exactly something any guy would...
by admin | Nov 17, 2011 | Defies Description
As I was finishing my memoirs over the weekend and finally getting the book off to press, it dawned on me that I’ve been married to an awful lot of women. I’m not even counting the times I came close, only the times rings have been involved and vows...
