Sometimes you hear news which you know really doesn’t affect the world too much, but makes you stop and pause because of how it affects your world. That’s how I felt a couple of weeks ago when one of my oldest friends in the world posted that the place where we worked at teenagers had […]
The same thing happens each year. My theatre friends try to goad me into auditioning for a musical. I remind them I can’t sing or dance. The show passes by, only for the same cycle to repeat six months or so later. If I had only brought a video camera with me to the York […]
I think everyone has wanted their own Ferris Bueller moment. You know, the day when you simply throw all your cares away and grab life by the scruff of the neck instead of going through your daily business. That didn’t happen last week, but I did indulge myself in some of the movie character’s shenanigans. […]
I have spent much of the past few weeks on stage at the Hanover Little Theatre. Actually, my participation in “The Fox on the Fairway” took much more time than that, but I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining. I don’t know why because that’s what I will end up doing anyway. The whole […]
Because I grew up with seven older siblings, I developed a great appreciation for classic television. I have great memories of the shows I grew up with – “ChiPs,” “Three’s Company,” and the Saturday night tandem of “Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island” – but I also cut my comedy teeth on the “Dick Van Dyke […]
We have a problem, people. A problem with our television sets. Actually, I feel no animosity toward the sets themselves. The developments in television technology never fail to astound me, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. But the things that appear on my screen have started to bum me out more and […]
Over the summer, I made a decision I never would have predicted for myself. Some peer pressure played a role. I had already done some things which made the final step a lot easier, but that didn’t make me less nervous as I reached the point of no return. I joined the Girl Scouts. The […]
I loved my college years for many reasons. I didn’t have a lot of responsibility, I learned a ton of things, plus I made some of the best friends you could ever imagine. But one benefit of those four years at Allegheny College which I don’t always appreciate is my familiarity. This came back to […]
As a kid, I didn’t really eat pie very often. When we had dessert, I most often went for cake or ice cream. Or brownies. Or some combination of those. Or all of them. Regardless, I have developed an appreciation for pie later in life. I will never turn down some warm apple pie or […]
Each year, people analyze the quality of the field vying for movie awards. They proclaim whether it’s a “good year” for The Oscars. I think 2012 will go down as one of those years which people will say that the field for The Brians – my yearly awards for the movies I see in the […]