by Bill McCurry | Nov 5, 2013 | Depression, Humor, Life, Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve learned how to derive an extraordinary amount of self-esteem from washing dishes and scooping cat litter. That’s because we unemployed people have to seize our ego-boosts wherever we find them. Folding laundry may not seem like something to celebrate, but after a...
by Bill McCurry | May 16, 2013 | Creativity, Depression, Humor, Marriage, Relationships
My wife gave me that look again yesterday. It’s not really a bad look, but it is specific to certain situations. I like to imagine that at some point General Custer was talking about whether to ride down to Little Big Horn or to just go home and drink beer. And I like...
by Bill McCurry | Apr 29, 2013 | Confidence, Creativity, Depression, Humor, Marriage, Relationships, Writing
Writing brings out the mental illness in me. My wife can testify to this. I’m in control of my behavior almost all the time. As Mark Twain said, “For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.” If I wake up to find my brain mired like a mammoth in...
by Bill McCurry | Dec 7, 2012 | Acting, Creativity, Depression, Humor, Writing
I’m thinking about murdering some flying cows. It wouldn’t be hard, at least on the technical side. They’re cows, so they’d just stand there and take it, or maybe they’d chew their cuds and hover a little. But I’d struggle on the emotional side, because they have huge...
by Bill McCurry | Sep 21, 2012 | Creativity, Depression, Humor, Life, Writing
Inspiration sucks. It’s like that five dollar macchiato you drink every morning to get yourself going. Then one day the cat barfs on your shirt and makes you late, and you don’t have time for Mr. Macchiato. You can’t get yourself going without it, and at work you just...
by Bill McCurry | Aug 19, 2012 | Depression, Humor, Life
My brain and I are no longer on speaking terms. He’s given me the central nervous system equivalent of a sharp kick in the shin. Or to put it another way, if he were my roommate he would have just stolen the last piece of my birthday cake from the refrigerator. I’m...
Recent Comments