The Things I’ve Never Done
Things I’ve never doneSome I’m proud I never did,While wistfully thinking of those I’ve never tried.There was one time most grimWhen a divine force snatched meAs I teetered on a limbI’ve never helped an old man cross a streetSplendid Ladies weren’t required to be oldJust neat, maybe sweetLiking when they responded to:“If I may be...
Read More Out to Lunch
Store OwnerThat’s a nice hat; why didn’t you buy it from me? I carry hats like that. CustomerYour door was closed. Store OwnerThe sign said out to lunch, didn’t it? CustomerSo that’s why I didn’t buy it from you. Store OwnerI was going to come right back. CustomerI was here for a couple of minutes...
Read More “Discovering the Wheel”
(They think– I think not) Actually “They Discovered the Sled “ Quiz time: What do people do when they can’t find work for an extended period of time? What is, or would be considered an extended period of time for the average person What denotes the terminology, average person? Not to worry, it isn’t my...
Read More What Gets To Me?
I guess most of us have one thing or another that gets to us no matter how many times we see or hear about it. I mean it’s difficult for me to keep from tearing up when the nightly news comes on and we see a group of returning soldiers being greeted by wives, girlfriends,...
Read More A Little More From The Old Guy Another incident popped into my mind about a visit with the Old Guy. As usual he began with a statement, which would have come across to an untrained ear as totally out of reasonable context. I had long since become a trained listener. I’m one of those people...
Read More This Old Guy
When I least expect it a guy or gal comes in for an audition and without warning brings with them a slice of life I wasn’t at all planning on. Sure I conduct my auditions on schedule; the show must go on and all that sort of thing applies, but somewhere along the way a...
Read More Friends Bearing Gifts
When a pleasant surprise is just what it purports to be, it is then that we have both pleasantness and the unexpected of the two joining forces: AKA “Spirituality” TODAY (in particular) Very early in my morning; The economy and the heat of the day, neither of which came as a pleasant surprise, bore nothing...
Read More Looking Back
The other day, for whatever the reason, I found myself wondering about years past, as I looked in the mirror during my early morning “get ready” for work routine. It was a good thing. The way it used to be, way back in the fifth or sixth grade. I’m sure most of you over the...
Read More Where Do You Want This Tank Put?
“Who cares? What difference does it make? What are you worried about?” 1937, upstate New York, summertime; endless performances by an ensemble of players; there for the money; there for a chance; there in order to survive the enduring heat, and best of all to feed an inner drive to be discovered by a “somebody”...
Read More “I Wrote A Blog”
“I Wrote A Blog” Entitled: “From the Heart”; Taking a stand for what you believe and what it means to the actors of Los Angeles and all over the country; perhaps the world. *** Straight from the shoulder was a way of communication taught to me at such an early age, I doubt if I...
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