A week ago, I started Monday with a carryover of Sunday’s blues. It wasn’t the best. But today is a new Monday, a new week. And I feel new as well. I didn’t do anything extraordinary over…
You Have Got to Be Kidding
This week promises more 90+ degree temperatures in Los Angeles, right through the end of the week. That would be the start of October, for those keeping track. Yesterday I read a report about “Indian Summer” wrapping…
Feeling Like a Dummy
I think the heat has had some sort of cumulative effect on me, as each afternoon finds me longing for a nap. I haven’t actually given in to the yearning, but I do yearn, just the same. …
Chairman of the Boards
Mr. Moses Malone passed away this weekend, and that news reminded me of a one-time interaction with the man (posted previously here). If you’re 8 and you’re told someone is 60, you wonder how they’ve managed to…
Can We Talk?
Okay. Yesterday I shared some of my Rock Camp prep with you, and it was honest. I didn’t shy away from the details (stink factor, ahem), and that was good. Cut to one day later, and I’m…
Never Too Late
Yesterday I came across an excerpt from a new book, Getting There: A Book of Mentors. The piece was written by Matthew Weiner, creator of the fab show “Mad Men.” (Here’s the link to the piece.) I…
Mitzi Friggin’ Gaynor
Yesterday I was about to leave the house when I caught sight of my hair. It has a habit of doing this flip-out thing on the sides. It doesn’t make sense, really, and I can’t claim it’s…
I Used To Be Young
Have you ever found yourself at a show, watching the crowd around you dance and exert more energy than you can possibly muster? And even though you’re into the band, all you can do it sit in the…