We Just Don’t Play Anymore.

"Hey! Don’t do that!" "Be careful! That kid might be a biter." "She might pull your hair." "He might be a bedwetter, and you just stopped doing that.” These were the well meaning, but confusing, voices of our parents and guiding mentors while we were growing up. When all we wanted to do as kids…

An Actor Remembers When…

Headshots were Black and White. Your floorboard was covered in trash, old sides, fast food bags and the "Bible of Southern California." The Thomas Bros. Guide. You had a pager. For your Agent to contact you.  But you had that one friend who would always send you, "58008". You walked into the audition waiting room. Psyched…

Morning In Hillcrest

Morning Pages at the Starbucks and I'm needing to wake up. I'm lucky the barista with the short hair and jean shorts remembered my name and order. Because without her help, I would've forgotten why I was here. Now, in this early morning, I sit at a bar height table in the corner of the…

They’re Amazing. How Did They Do It?

Baseball players get home runs. But they also strike out. Babe Ruth, The Great Bambino himself, did it 1,330 times. Football players get touchdowns. But they also drop the ball. Brett Favre was the first NFL quarterback to pass for 500 touchdowns. But he also fumbled the ball almost 200 hundred times. Miles Davis is arguably…