The Very Short Blog with The Very Long Name

(Said with passion in a Zoom meeting with friends; attributed to Joe Matthews and/or Frank Lawler): "I'm gonna kill you for the rest of...

Here's a few key things to know about Manila proper. One, it's hot. Not always, but generally. The heat outdoors can be sweltering under...

A move abroad can mess with priorities. So it is with this blog. It's going on half a year without an entry. But I hope to get back to it...

Why does someone start a blog like this? It's not that there's a certain topic in which I have expertise and with which I feel I should...

Does it say something about my life that the emoticon I use as often as the smiley is this one?:

Outlaw use of the phrase, "Let's dive right in."

What if there was this entity called The Time Being. Would you do things for him?

I tried teaching my dog to write my business correspondence, but I've given it up as a lost cause. A waste of time. He simply couldn't...

You often remember something complimentary that someone said about you. Like when the head of my graduate program in musical theatre...

I am stunned by how many of my friends claim they never listen to lyrics. Me, I can't help listening to them. In fact, often I can't get...