Category: Article
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Forty-Two Places – The Tours!
From the pubs he ate in, to the canals he walked along, let me show you what it is like to walk in Douglas Adams’s footsteps!
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Life After Death
The ghosts drift down the cliffs under cover of mist and sea-spray. The deep basso of foghorn a warning. My dog runs, uncaring, over sand and rocks, splashing through waves. When the ChuckIt flies, he is swallowed by wet cloud drifts blown against the headland. When he reappears, carrying the neon orange toy, his tail…
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Happy 42nd (+5) Birthday to Me!
Five years ago I went on a quest. A quest to 42 places that occur in Douglas Adams Novels, over 42 days, for my 42nd Birthday. Beginning on March 7 (The 42nd Anniversary of the first radio broadcast of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy), you’ll notice some changes to my run-of-the-mill, whatever-is-up-with-me-now, Aspirations Blog.…
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“How are you doing?”
People say they learn from their animals: how to give and receive unconditional love, live in the moment, enjoy life. Today my talking parrot taught me who I really, REALLY am.
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Word for 2020
One thing that sums up how I will keep 2020 focused and on-track
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Sexy, Party of One?
When I voice a character, when I get on a stage, when I write dialog, my choices are informed by the intention I choose to put behind them. If I forget to choose, the output is bad.
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December Daring
I’ve been reading this book since Apr 23, 2012. (According to Goodreads.) But have I? Have I really? Of course not. The book is only 278 pages with indexes and appendices. I read more pages of fiction than that in the last two days. What’s really happened is that I have wanted to read this…
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Finnemore Fridays: Who are the bad guys?
One reason why I am such a huge fan of John Finnemore is that his humorous sketches convey a clear and unambiguous message about who the bad guys are in our world. Bad guys are not interested in 1) Being Nice 2) Having Fun or 3) Empathy. DOWN WITH BAD GUYS!MORE GUYS IN THE WORLD…
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Finnemore Fridays (Early Edition!): Millionaires at Halloween
Millionaires have enough space to not throw things away. Or to dip them in chocolate.