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”
Category Archives: Blog Notes
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”
Thirty-six Days of HoliFilms continued: But Why‽
As I mentioned at the end of my New Year’s Day post, “I just need to keep showing up.” Though I have long hoped to make my writing my “work”—or a core element of it—at least in the near term, the work I want to write most likely offers little financial reward. Since my wifeContinue reading “Thirty-six Days of HoliFilms continued: But Why‽”
Happy New Year: Once Upon a Time … Rebooting a Decade With Year 1
Photo by: Markus Winkler on Unsplash I realize saying “good riddance” to 2020 became cliche around midsummer of that turd of year, but right now, as I sit aiming to accomplish my first SMART goal 2021, I can’t help but hope a decade from now I can see last year as the nadir from whichContinue reading “Happy New Year: Once Upon a Time … Rebooting a Decade With Year 1”
New Year, New Decade, New(ish) Focus: Beating Spider-Man to the Reboot Championship
courtesy Nina Matthews Photography I’ve lost count, but math doesn’t lie. Over the past four weeks, I’ve drafted this post at least a dozen times. It doesn’t feel like four weeks, but I began on New Year’s Day. It doesn’t feel like my fingers have crawled over this keyboard for 20 hours (or more), andContinue reading “New Year, New Decade, New(ish) Focus: Beating Spider-Man to the Reboot Championship”
WriMoBloPo 2019 Day 4 Day 1: So Many Drafts, So Few Posts
NaNoWriMo began four days ago. I am not writing a novel, but last week, I planned to utilize NaNoWriMo as motivation to create my own, let's call it, NoBloWriMo. Or AarBloWriMo? Hmmm … maybe WriMoBloPo? Maybe I need to keep working on this. I digress. I'm not writing a novel. I'm writing a screenplay. ForContinue reading “WriMoBloPo 2019 Day 4 Day 1: So Many Drafts, So Few Posts”
Writing Remains Hard: The All-in-One Sequel, Remake, and Reboot
Hello. Anyone there? I’m back. Or, am I? Hard to know. I’d like to think so, even though I’m not sure what being back means; what I’m back to; what the results might be. Hell, I started this post two weeks ago. I spent a lot of time away from it, thought I’d finished it,Continue reading “Writing Remains Hard: The All-in-One Sequel, Remake, and Reboot”
Out of Focus 