money on the table
Adam Carolla often muses over the elusive possibility that Guns & Roses will reunite and tour. He always asks the question: “How much money have they left on the table, just because they can’t get along enough to play a few shows?” Axl Rose refuses to reunite with the band. It’s difficult to imagine how […]
when I say “we”, I mean “me”
I’ve been all up in my head about my blog for the last week or so. I’m always very self conscious about it, but sometimes that self consciousness decays into inaction. In a recent post, I talked about how awkward I feel about the darkness of some of my topics. I got a comment the […]
Inaugural Wine Wednesday
My friend Nate (aka “Super Nate”) have decided to institute a new tradition: Wine Wednesday. Every Wed evening, we do a stand up comedy set at Wiseguys Comedy in Salt Lake City. Following the comedy club, we convene at my studio for an informal wine tasting party. This week was the first such pairing of […]
The Wisdom of Penn Jillette
Confession: I’ve been hooked on Celebrity Apprentice. I started watching it because on of my heros, Adam Carolla was on it. Since his firing on the show, I’ve become very interested in Penn Jillette. In the board room, Mr. Trump was talking to Penn about a recent project on the show: Donald Trump: “Do you […]
I hate the way this mirror makes me look
I’ve been feeling very aware, and very self conscious of, my habit of metering my words and my presence when I’m around people I don’t know that well. I don’t like this. It doesn’t serve me or anyone else. I’m getting very frustrated. My cousin Melissa is one person that I am the least guarded […]
Victory Lap
Do you ever wonder about those people who just seem to be larger than life? I do. I want to be one of them. I’m not gonna risk looking pretentious to you and pretentiously claim that I don’t want to be a bad ass. We all know of one of these kind of people: They […]
babies, beer, and rock
Every once in a while, life hands you an experience that is pristine and beautiful. I recently had one that I’d like to share with you. First, I need to tell you about one of the most important people in my world, Jack Keith. We met as band mates in the band Shades of Sound […]
break the spell of the typical
Do you ever find yourself thinking, “Hold on… Hoooooooold on here…. what the FUCK am I doing??” I’m very reticent to post this. I hate “boo hoo” blog posts. My friend Jory has been urging me to get more real, to be more vulnerable. I thought I was being vulnerable over the last several years […]
Sins of the Parents visited upon their Children
Let’s talk about that song that we all love to hate: “Daughters” by John Mayer: Fathers be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers So mothers be good to your daughters too – John Mayer, “Daughters” They say that sometimes when you hate something, it’s […]
Houston, we have a problem
I feel like such a piece of garbage lately! I woke up around 1pm today. Same with yesterday. Same with the day before. When I have a project that I’m very interested in, or an important deadline (and when do neither of these conditions apply to me? NEVER), I have a tendency to push my […]