TV

We Are All Commoners

05.02.2011 TV

Now that the royal wedding nonsense is over I can finally come out and say this:  I do not care about it, and frankly, I’m a little offended by it. I have a great interest in queens and kings and royal lines as a part of history. But maybe because I’m an American I find [...]

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The Play’s The Thing

03.15.2011 The life of the mind

My recent trip to see one of my plays produced brought the value of live theater right back to the forefront of my thinking. I’m a bit of a radical when it comes to theater history and philosophy. I don’t think that theater is a sophisticated development of advanced civilizations and societies. I believe that [...]

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Breaking Bad vs. The Biggest Loser: How Television Is Getting Both Really Good And Really Awful

01.24.2011 TV

Something interesting has happened on television over the last few years: TV shows have gotten really good. There have always been a few bright spots, but today there are some really amazing things available. More than ever before, it seems. And it looks as if that trend will continue. These shows are not, however, on [...]

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Three Secrets Of Dealing With The Press

10.13.2010 Business

While I am a strong advocate of the power of social media, working with the conventional press is still one of the most effective ways to spread your message and attract attention to your cause, product, or service. Working with the press is an important skill that many people simply don’t possess. But it’s not [...]

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Cultivate Connoisseurship

08.11.2010 Art

Do you feel like you’re always behind with EVERYTHING? Do you find that you can never get through your list of tasks, and worse than that, all of those other things in life keep nagging at you? Do you feel like you’re under pressure because your TiVO or DVR is full of recorded shows that [...]

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