Song of the Day – ‘A Change is Gonna Come’
(SNL returns from commercial break. Malik looks directly into the camera solemnly…) Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Carleton Singing Knights…
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Detective
In my actor/writer/producer cycle, 2016 has been a writing year. But not all that long ago, I was asked to come in and read for a Shakespeare play. I’ve had a monologue from Othello in my utility belt for years; this was the first time as a professional someone asked to see it. Earned […]
Head of Household
When I was about to get married, one of the marriage counseling things was giving this questionnaire to your aces to help you understand your strengths and weaknesses. The theory being, the people who love you unconditionally both know you the best and you know their critiques of you come from a good place. […]
Song of the Day – ‘Boys to Men’
Growing up can be a pain You’re not an man until you come of age We’ve given up our teenage years In the effort to pursue our career Who assumes responsibility Of having to support our families Who’s protecting us from harm Is there anyone around That we can trust So we search for […]
Song of the Day – ‘Across the Universe’
As I’m dealing with the weight of the world and various physical and emotional stress, this ‘Naked’ version of one of my anthems came on (while I was reading the last thing I wrote no less). Music is my drug as most of you know, and for a few minutes I let EVERYTHING go […]
#ImWithHer
Most of you were correct in your assumption of where I stood this year, and I can’t imagine anyone who is politically aware being undecided one way or another at this point, so I’ll try to keep this short. I’ll go ahead and say his name now. Given several opportunities to walk back his […]
Fearless
I didn’t have a song really hit me today, so I cede the floor to the daughter of a musical genius. Feel pretty good about the standard I’ve been holding myself to since Ramadan, but this is still great advice whether you’re an actor or a human being. Enjoy!
The Grand Old Party
Caitlin, when this thing blows, there isn’t going to be a magazine anymore. If you want to make this about Mike, make it about Mike. I don’t give a shit. You can resent me, you can hate me, but come Monday morning, we’re all going to have to answer for what we let happen […]
Empathy
empathy: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this We had a nice little team potluck at the Office […]
Song of the Day – ‘We Can Work It Out’
So, my plan coming out of Ramadan was for today to be the first ‘Soapbox Sunday’, where I’ll just talk about whatever’s on my mind. But last week was…yeah… So we’ll continue to monitor what’s going on. God willing, nothing else that screams EMERGENCY goes down in the next seven days. Ideally, this week will […]
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