Looking natural onstage is one of the hardest things to learn. I studied how I stood and what I did with my hands in everyday life, so I could stand onstage, just being, and feel natural. It’s not as easy as it sounds. But it makes a huge difference to not have to worry about…
And oh, how I miss it. What I seem to be losing is agility in thinking. And the ability to multi-task in my thinking. This is most obvious in trying to absorb new music. Holy fuck. Dealing with notes, words and rhythms. My brain just gets increasingly numb. And I get more and more frustrated…
I swear (often – as you probably already know) – I get tired of seeing studies about weight loss that simply rehash the same old/same old. For example, here is a study about studies! Review of high-quality, follow-up studies of obesity treatments That, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. And I guess…
I don’t hate dogs. Some dogs, I actually like quite a bit. But I do not want to own a dog. My family had one dog. I don’t even remember what her name was. She was a stray, largish and her coat was blond. I firmly believe she was the basis of all the stupid…
I have a saying when I see someone do something particularly stupid and dangerous – You are going to end up as a sad, sad story in the Merc. The “Merc” is our local newspaper, The Mercury News, (yes, thankfully, we still have one – although it has been downsized a lot) and the Local…
I think I was born to do theater. I am a person who wants to stay up late and then sleep-in. Now that I work part time (from home) and only have to be on the clock from 1 pm to 5 pm, I can indulge my natural penchant for being a night person. I…
I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, what one would call a “foodie”. For one thing, there are a whole slew of foods that I have no interest in every tasting. To add to this natural predilection, I grew up in Michigan in a household where salt was an exotic spice. I pretty…
