Tomorrow, at the bright and chipper hour of 9am, I’m going to be in a TV studio smiling nervously, sweating, and shaking ever so slightly. This will be because I’ll be backstage at KDKA’s Pittsburgh TODAY Live with Jennifer Antkowiak, waiting to talk about the upcoming Book Boot Camp we’re running at Fat Plum. I …
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Ready for my closeup
Today I was talent. Specifically, the local cable company was filming a commercial at my local coffee shop (Cummings Candy and Coffee, on Main Street, you should stop by when you’re in Butler); and as I’m friendly with both the cable folks who were making the spot and the folks who own and work the …
Hecklers needed
As I mentioned over at Sticky Notes, I’ll be venturing out into public this week. Thursday evening at 7pm, I’ll be speaking at the Barnes & Noble in Cranberry Township, on Rt. 19 near I-79. The event is “Your Own Words,” a monthly meeting organized by the store. It’s described as “a hybrid between book …
Finding love online
I fall in love over the Internet regularly, maybe every week. Usually it’s a crush I develop based on someone’s writing or opinions. These are passing flings, short-lived obsessions, wherein I’ll read everything the person has written online until I’m convinced we were meant to be, that if I were to fly to whatever city …
The dark side of home improvement
It all starts with buying one very funky thing. Once it’s in your house, everything else that is not sufficiently funky starts to nag at you, wanting to be replaced. You then replace them, one by one or in big groups, until everything reaches or exceeds the level of funkiness set by the first thing.
Watching paint dry
Robert Benchley wrote, “Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.” My life is dedicated to proving this true. This summer there are many things I should be doing: building and expanding and updating websites for clients, reviewing and responding to manuscripts …
Renovated
WARNING: A self-absorbed home renovation project post follows. I’ve mentioned My Arduous-Although-Small Bathroom Renovation Project, but I never told you how it wrapped up. The contractors finished their various bits some weeks back, and I’ve enjoyed having a working shower (as opposed to a leaking shower) much more than I’d anticipated. The humid western PA …
Who’s hungry?
Last year I created and managed the props for the Butler Little Theatre’s production of Over the River and Through the Woods, a play primarily about family and love but also about food. During the play, the characters eat and eat, and eat. Eating is hard to manage while acting. There’s the risk of having …
Things to do in Pittsburgh when you’re dead
I’m not actually dead, nor even resting, unfortunately. But I may be dead by the this time next week, given the full slate of activities I have lined up. Local folks might want to join in (for the activities, not the dying of exhaustion bit): Thursday, June 3 Geek Night the 35th, Church Brew Works, …
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Turn of the screw(top)
Sorry posting has been light this week. I’m trying to enjoy a long-needed vacation. It surprises me how much trouble I have relaxing, even in the most idyllic of settings. Fortunately, there’s some wine on hand to help. On that topic, here’s an interesting bit of information from Bonny Doon Vineyard on the virtues of …