How to Be Well

Leave the ants until another day. Same goes for the trees, including the neighbors’ encroaching, invasive species. Sleep at will. Eat whatever sounds like it will stay put. Take a really hot shower on a really hot day. Negotiate with those around you and make it...

I Saw a Seer. A Seer I Saw.

In 2008, I had my palm read. Here are the notes from that reading, along with my current understanding (if any) of them. Need to control anger while directing This probably goes without saying. When I’m being directed, anger never helps me act better. When I...

I Don’t Care if Actors to Come to My Shows

Let’s say you’re an actor, working on great, stimulating, heart-swelling and mind-expanding projects. Labors of love. By day, you do work that pays the bills; by night, you live your passion. But let’s be clear about paying those bills: You’ve...

The Wrong Kind of Orgasm

I’ve done extensive research on this topic over the last 40 years or so, and although my woman n is small, my man n is notably larger. This is true both for number of participants and number of events per participant. The conclusion my research points to is...

Closing Night

Sometimes, as a performer, surprising things happen. In fact, I’d say that part of the joy of performing is dealing with surprises. Much of the time, I feel crazed and irritated by surprises, but the more I improvise, the more I treasure them. I’m involved...

Voice Recognition

For a while I thought I could just record my thoughts with my phone and come back a year or two later and know what I was talking about. From the edited transcript of moderately intriguing thoughts below, I see now that might have been an error in judgment. The basic...