“Dear Jack…” That was how the first several installments of The Rucksack Letters initially began, much to the confusion of the emailed recipients. I was inspired to write my journey by the writings and legacy of Jack Kerouac, and in many ways I started writing these letters as an unauthorized …
I love Facebook. I can spend hours just scrolling through all of the things that my friends post, sometimes liking them and sometimes commenting, but mostly scrolling. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that it’s time very well spent, and although I help others develop their social media strategies, Facebook hasn’t done …
I had the honor of playing my version of Pink’s song “What About Us?” at the March For Our Lives in Sarasota on Saturday. You should be able to click on the link if you’d like to see it. While I was waiting to play, I was taking in the …
I’ve not always been good at social media. There are times I’ve been quite active on it, but it hasn’t all been good activity. A lot of it has been unproductive because I’ve just wanted to putz around, and some of it has been unproductive because I’ve gotten caught up …
Last week, I was watching one of the videos of the students from Parkland speaking out about gun reform, and I was struck with a thought. Several months ago, I caught Pink’s performance of her song “What About Us?” on Saturday Night Live, and I was immediately inspired to learn …
More and more, people are considering the possibility of a Universal Basic Income, a stipend received by all adult citizens which insures they can pay for their basic needs. Thomas Paine was one of the first to propose the idea, followed by the likes of Martin Luther King, Richard M. …
Before The Cowboy Cabaret show the other night at The Starlite Room, I moseyed on upstairs to say hi to the folks attending the play reading for which my show was moved downstairs. Of course, I ran into Jeffery Kin, the Artist Director at The Players, and dressed in my …
“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.” – Benjamin Franklin In 2001, I set out to find a world beyond the Judeo/Christian/Capitalist/Consumerist structure that made up the society I …
Some of my Facebook friends often send me private messages to ask if I am actually friends with some of my other Facebook friends. Three in particular are card carrying conservatives that often share posts and comments that most of my other friends find offensive, ignorant, or downright ridiculous. Though …
On August 4 of this year, I’ll be turning 46, and starting my 47 year of living on this great big dirt clod in space. While I really enjoyed being 44, 45 was kind of tough. When I turned 44, it was nice to share my birthday with President Obama, …
