This is an early chapter from my novel-in-progress What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. I have prepared this opening and am offering it up for feedback, as it is still a work in progress. “She wanted to call …
His name was Derrick Jones – The ones Before George Floyd
I remember what happened to Derrick Jones. But I didn’t remember his name. I only remembered the incident. I had to Google him. Derrick Jones was a barber in Oakland, California. He was a black man. And he was also unarmed when he was shot to death by two Oakland police officers. The officers who …
On the Subject of Speed and Privy Members – An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle
Here is an excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle, a story about being down and out and punk in the big city. Available on Amazon.com It was an unusually cold night. The biting cold seemed to make the night extra dark. A good gust of wind would shoot by now and then as Preston …
The Friend Who Changed My Life. Twice.
I’m sure everyone has someone who has helped guide them through life, either on purpose or inadvertently, someone whose actions help you realize something about yourself, or the world around you, or just had a big impact on your life and outlook. I have a friend like that. But she didn’t just open a door …
2.23
On May 8th, 2020 I, along with thousands of other runners across the United States, went out and ran 2.23 miles to honor slain runner Ahmaud Arbery, a man who was killed by two white assailants for one reason and one reason only: Because he was black. May 8th was Ahmaud’s birthday. He would’ve been …
History repeating Itself: And the Band Played On
Biology is weird. I found out that people who run a lot, like me, have much lower incidences of skin cancer than people who don’t run, which is kind of odd. Runners are outside all of the time. Our exposure to the elements, and the sun, should keep that rate level or make it rise, …
Covid-19, Loss, and Anger – Trying to Keep it Together When Remembering Tom Regnier
Occasionally I’ll blog or post about the Shakespeare Authorship Question, a topic I have been somewhat obsessed with for many years. Most of my friends don’t seem to be terribly interested in this topic, but I find the whole subject quite fascinating. The forces behind the Shakespeare myth reveal many intriguing facets of culture and …
People I May Know. Finding People on Facebook
I have a lot of friends on Facebook, and virtually all of them are people I personally know or people I’ve gotten to know virtually through other sites such as Livejournal. (Yes, Livejournal, where I started my online presence! Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m old.) Occasionally I’ll peruse the “People you May Know” section of …
Novel excerpt: Skye Comes Home – Novel in Progress
This is the opening for my novel-in-progress What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. I have prepared this opening and am offering it up for feedback, as it is still a work in progress. Walking down her street, she …
Gender Swap Casting: My Casting Choices for The Producers
My last post was an episode of Gender Swap Casting, in which I proposed casting women in the roles played by men in a remake of Mel Brook’s original The Producers with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. (Plus one mimbo for the Lee Meredith role!) What is gender swap casting you say? In the Wake …