Like most people, I’ve watched the process of impeaching Donald Trump with some level of interest. However, compared to other things that have happened during the 3 years of his presidency, I haven’t paid day-to-day attention to every nuance and development. A few days ago, as things began to crescendo towards conclusion, I actually spent some time thinking about the…
Category: Pop Culture
Hate
The world is filled with hate. I struggle with it. I fight it in myself all the time. But I have to finally admit it. I too am filled with hatred. It’s bursting from within me, it fills every fiber of my being. I struggle to contain the hatred, on a near-daily basis. I am literally triggered by it. It…
Don’t Cry Because it’s Over….Smile Because it Happened
When my mom met Dennis, I was 9 years old. They married when I was almost 11. For the next 47 years, Dennis became my one and only dad – the fulfillment of my many childhood dreams to even have a real dad.
My Unlikely Career. A Retrospective, in 4 decades. Part 5.
Part 5. The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves. - Steven Spielberg In the prior 4 posts of this series on My Unlikely Career. A Retrospective, in 4 decades, I really dove down into my background. How I got to where I am today,…
My Unlikely Career. A Retrospective, in 4 decades. Part 4.
Part 4. "That was some of the best flying I've seen to date — right up to the part where you got killed." - Top Gun, 1986 The 80s were when I came of age in this industry. Top Gun was the highest-grossing movie of that decade, and my oldest son was born in 1986 after his mom's water…
My Unlikely Career. A Retrospective, in 4 decades. Part 3.
Part 3. “…And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?...” – Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads, 1981 Interestingly, this classic debuted in 1981. As did I, at least from a professional perspective. That was a long time ago, and I never really examined the idea of “how did I get here” until I started…