[Special note: By "this morning" in the next paragraph, I obviously mean, "last week," i.e., when I began writing this post; as opposed to when I continued rewriting and editing it; as opposed to when I finally clicked "Publish"! Onward …] Walking home this morning (now known as "a week ago, 10/12/22"), after dropping offContinue reading “Procrastinators Unite … Tomorrow! (He said last Thursday)”
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Time Compresses: Everything new is old again ….
Recently, I ran across this passage while reading the UCLA Daily Bruin: We are in trouble. Serious trouble. Our nation, built on the foundation of justice, liberty and freedom for all, is now being threatened by a new enemy. An enemy that instills fear into the hearts of women; an enemy that yearns to takeContinue reading “Time Compresses: Everything new is old again ….”
The 2022 (Belated) Birthday Post—The Day After …
"i feel nostalgia for things i'd never known." — I Keep a Diary It couldn't have been more than a few years ago, during the early-to-mid-Aughts-heyday of the independent blogger, I brought this little site to life. I did so out of boredom during my time occupying an undeniably cushy but wholly uninteresting job. IContinue reading “The 2022 (Belated) Birthday Post—The Day After …”
Memorializing My Media
This is "memorializing"? It was just two years ago that I learned a completely new-to-me use of the word “memorialize” when I heard James Comey (followed by news anchors, pundits, and especially legal analysts )describe having “memorialized” all his conversations with then-president, Donald Trump. As I say in my sidebar, “Context is everything,” and atContinue reading “Memorializing My Media”
The MMXXI Birthday Post: Upon turning L
Why have Roman numerals endured, maintaining a hallowed (if not necessarily useful) place in Western culture? Better: How many people read that sentence and either ignore it or answer, “No idea,” and don’t think twice about it; versus my predilection to flashback to a MCMXC’s Arsenio Hall-bit that infiltrated pop culture enough to inspire aContinue reading “The MMXXI Birthday Post: Upon turning L”
Facing 50: Deconstructing and re-editing my three-act structure
I was born in San Francisco 50 years ago tomorrow, and for the last several months when anyone has asked me that most terrible of conversation starters—“How are you?”—I have replied with some variable of the following: “Hopefully, reaching the end of this 25-year midlife crisis.” As my few most-recent attempts to resurrect this digitalContinue reading “Facing 50: Deconstructing and re-editing my three-act structure”
Digitally Dusting-off a Decade of Unfinished Thoughts
Ideas, I’ve had a few…. A few million? I often listen to a podcast and hear a comment or story that triggers a response, one which I’d love to discuss and/or debate with the speaker, but doing so directly is not possible. Wouldn’t my little corner of the Internet be the perfect space? I exportContinue reading “Digitally Dusting-off a Decade of Unfinished Thoughts”
Planning on rebooting and now maybe Doing … Again
TREMORS: "We plan ahead, that way, we don't do anything right now." I am a “Planner.” A “Doer?” Sure. For years, decades even, I was a “Doer.” And even when I fell short of “Doing,” I drew from a war chest of great excuses, thereby allowing myself to retain that “Doer” mantle. And yet, justContinue reading “Planning on rebooting and now maybe Doing … Again”
The (still-not-quite) daily check-in: A journey in search of self-compassion
Self-Compassion:Graphic by Hugo Hinojosa for The Prospector (theprospectordaily.com) Yesterday was Monday right? I could swear yesterday was Monday. On Monday, I mentioned launching a “daily check-in” in this space, and yet, I realized that I set no goals; I only offered examples of what I intended to write using two previous, originally more private, let’sContinue reading “The (still-not-quite) daily check-in: A journey in search of self-compassion”
Writing about not writing: Creating a conclusion to a never-ending Series
I have focus issues. I suppose the title of this blog indicates as much, but when I first used it (literally 30 years ago for my UCLA Daily Bruin column), I did not yet possess that awareness. I considered “Out of Focus” a simple, slightly self-deprecating title that would simultaneously contextualize my column as oneContinue reading “Writing about not writing: Creating a conclusion to a never-ending Series”
Out of Focus 