I enjoy hypothetical questions – the ones that let you talk extemporaneously about any topic, the kind of question that is restricted only by your own imagination. I do, however, enjoy giving Smart Alec answers. If a genie could grant you one wish, what would you wish for? A ...
For some people, Halloween is just another day. I am not one of those people. To me, All Hallows Eve is bigger and better than Thanksgiving. I don’t really get Thanksgiving. I don’t eat turkey, and I’m not a big football fan. I do love the parade, though. It’s the only time of year I ...
I love to dance. It’s a shame I’m not very good at it. In my head, I’m Fred “Twinkle-Toes” Flintstone, a large man but one with balletic prowess, agility, and grace, in the way the Stone Age cartoon character would drift down the lane at the bowling alley, twinkling his toes, but, ...
My birthday is quickly approaching. They seem to come faster each year, like the centripetal force of a penny swirling around a proverbial drain (if you’ve ever dropped a penny into the cone-shaped tub at the newly renamed Kamin Science Center, you know what I’m talking about). I am older ...
I have a love/hate relationship with my phone. It's a fantastic device. It's a camera, calendar, and calculator. It's even a coach. The phone tracks the number of steps I take every day and keeps me off the couch. This phone does everything but beams me up to the starship Enterprise, but my ...
On Sept. 4, my short play, “The Bowl,” will premiere as part of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival at Duquesne University’s Genesius Theater. The Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) takes plays from all over the country through a blind submission process. Fourteen local theatrical ...
