Not too many years ago, I was in the very definition of a soul-sucking job. I knew it was bad news by Day Two, but with a kid on the way, I did my best to mentally buckle down until I could escape. It was a long road, but what brings me joy every time I think to those dark days is that it was writing and creativity as much as anything that saw me…
Why am I a voiceover guy? Because even though having this much fun should be illegal, it isn’t. But my love for voiceovers and voice acting goes deeper than simply having fun. While I collected a lot of the same comic books and Star Wars toys of my generation, I also collected old radio tapes with wild and reckless abandon, even to the extent of getting a working radio that looked like an old-time radio,…
I recall a pleasant chat with one of the founders of the 48 Hour Film Project about producing, how so much of producing means making lists, and how I often fell into that role. “Someone found out you were responsible, huh?” she said, knowingly. Upon consideration, ‘someone’ figured that out over 20 years ago, when I first started being a crew chief and then stage manager for theatrical productions. Being a stage manager led to…
I feel I have many missions here on this Earth. However, one ongoing mission is definitely to cause people to spew coffee from their noses. In that spirit, I give you Lauren Modery’s open letter to people who live in tiny houses. Feel free to add your comments and coffee choices below.
Why am I a writer? Because I keep on coming back to it… and happily so. When a new film comes out and I see an interview with an actor or director, I often see them say they do what they do because they “couldn’t imagine doing anything else” or perhaps even that they’re “not good at anything else.” For those of us who to aspire to be some small measure of renaissance men and women, this…
Long, boring pages on websites explaining what will or will not be found on said websites are about as exciting as actors laying pipe. However, it does seem like a bit of context and identity is in order. So, for that reason, this blog post is here to serve that purpose and then fade into the background, unless it needs to be called back into action. Way back in the truly wild Internet, the first…
Incubation always seems to take too long in hindsight. Or does it? After sitting on my to-do list for a long time –even before I was tracking to-do lists via Workflowy— it finally made sense to launch my website anew. And now it seems inevitable. This time, I’m using WordPress, a tool I’ve grown quite fond of while using it to maintain my company website. This site, however, is meant to be more personal, more full…