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I’m white. I’m white-bread, Western European, privileged as they come. My Irish heritage provides me this small sliver of oppression I might be tempted to cling to. But come on. I’m white as fuck. All the characters in everything I … Continue reading →

Very slow, in fact. I was perusing some of my previous articles looking for something I thought I’d written about the table read of my play “It’s Not Love on My Part.” Alas, it seems I only thought I’d written … Continue reading →

I ran across this in my twitter feed yesterday: For my love of writing, I tend to follow back authors who follow me. It’s just decent to do so. Many of them are self-published, especially on Amazon. I sympathize with … Continue reading →

So there I am, brushing my teeth. My sink is right next to the oversized luxury tub that my wife uses like, what, maybe once a year? So I glance into it and what do I see? A spider. Every … Continue reading →

My job takes me all over central California as well as a bit of the south. Two places I pass by nearly every week are the Salinas Valley State Prison and the Coalinga State Hospital. The prison in Soledad harbors some … Continue reading →

This article appeared in my feed today. It recounts the conflict between the estate of the inimitable Berthold Brecht (administered by his daughter, I believe) and a German theater director well-known for his extremely liberal interpretations of the plays he directs. … Continue reading →

My white kids are home from school today with their white parents to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. day. Celebrate. The word celebrate has been used a lot today, mostly on the news. But is that the right word to use? … Continue reading →

Happy Veteran’s Day. Happy Remembrance Day. Red Poppies, flags waving, pomp and ceremony to revere the sacrifices of men and women who fought and died, and those who fought and carried home visible and invisible scars wrought by man’s inhumanity … Continue reading →

Anthony does write, to be sure. But sometimes Anthony gets to sing. Friday night will see the opening of our local production of Les Miserables.  We are a small town theater group, so what we’ve done is recreate the 10th/25th … Continue reading →

So, Father’s Day has come and gone. Mine was very nice. I got the sweetest cards from my wife and my daughter, and of course a wonderfully funny and insulting one from my sons, because that’s how they roll. And … Continue reading →