Okay, so it’s not exactly Homestar Runner –unless you’re thinking of some of the alternate realities Strong Bad emails visited, but there’s an interview and clips of their new surreal Disney XD cartoons in this Vox article. Update: And for those of you who miss Homestar and Strong Bad, there are some wonderful new ‘toons as well, including this particularly meta one.
Dear Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: I don’t want to put a damper on things. My wife and I are about to plunge into your third season and I couldn’t be happier. Your second season was phenomenal. It was full of moments where we asked, “I wonder when they’re going to deal with [X]?” And then you did. In that episode. And the story barreled forward. Do you realize how rarely we’ve gotten to see that kind…
How could I not be interested in the work of Oliver Sacks? It’s not just the one about the anthropologist on Mars (though I have that). Sacks explored the human condition in a multitude of cases where the humans in question were grappling with many rare and unusual conditions. What is life? What is humanity? What is perception and consciousness? These were some of the questions he touched on in an engaging writing style that…
Why am I an actor? Because being paid to play ain’t a bad way to go. I actually started acting somewhat by accident. In high school, I had been recruited by the school’s drama department to help out with productions backstage — based on my obvious qualification of hanging out downstairs between classes where the theater was located. During a production of The Man who Came to Dinner, the actor playing Mr. Baker was a no-show. Since…
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…