Santa College

It’s appropriate that my photograph is directly to the right of each new blog entry. Looking at that beard every day like I must reminds me that I have to finish that damned screenplay. As I’ve mentioned many times, I made a commitment January 1, 2008 not to shave again until Ash Wednesday is done. I also pledged long ago not to mention the script again until it is completed. But I’ll make an exception today. On this Christmas, I must confess that the one overriding reason I feel motivated to keep writing is so people will stop calling me "Santa Claus." I get it every hour of every day.

A Very Special Christmas Greeting

This is a truly heart-warming video that I felt everyone must see. This is what is known as a "flash mob" and happened five weeks ago in a mall on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Speak of tidings of comfort and joy, this is it! Merry Christmas everyone!

John Lennon Redux (& other tributes)

      

I’ve been waiting for weeks to make this posting, a tribute to John Lennon on December 8th, the 30th anniversary of his assassination, but I had a terribly busy Wednesday and Thursday this week. Pearl Harbor, JFK in Dallas, the Moon Landing, John Lennon being gunned down while entering his Manhattan apartment. All of these were iconic events. All of these had in common the singular reality that literally everyone in its respective generation remembers it like it was yesterday and knows exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the shocking news. And it was shocking, like losing a best friend or an idolized older brother who was so cool, so beyond cool, that you wished everyday you could be just like him.