Murdering the Facebook Monkey

by | Jun 24, 2014 | Communication, Life

A couple of weeks ago I was shamed into cutting my Facebook time down to 10 minutes a day. I experienced mixed success with that, which bothered me a little. So last week I decided on a whim to stop checking Facebook at all for a while–maybe a week. No...

Why Twitter Doesn’t Suck

by | Oct 31, 2012 | Acting, Communication, Humor, Life, Writing

I broke down and dove into Twitter six months ago, on the advice of several strangers. They didn’t have candy, but it turns out they did have good advice about Twitter. Here’s why their advice was good: First of all, I don’t use Twitter to talk to my friends....

A Particle of Discretion

by | Aug 24, 2011 | Life

My father gave me a singular fact that shows how he felt when I was born. Our family was scattered all around town in about 20 homes. He could have called his mother and asked her to pass the news to the rest of the family, but he didn’t. Calling every home himself...