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A Roller Coaster of Interpretation: The Leviathan Of Habit
On Friday, I rode Leviathan, the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada. It was awesome. A CHILDHOOD FANTASY COME TRUE As a kid, did you ever fantasize about having an amusement park to yourself? Wonderland’s Fast Lane Pass comes pretty close to making that fantasy come true. We were strapped into Leviathan for a […]
My Plays Are Wiser Than I Am: A Reason to Write.
July 11, 2012
On Sunday, I discovered that my plays are wiser than I am. REREADING AND RELEARNING On Saturday, over drinks (natch), Wayne floated the idea of producing either Paris is Dead or Sunlight. Accordingly, I reread them the next day. As I reread them, I was surprised to realize that I had much to learn from […]
The Game of Living: Are You Playing?
February 20, 2012
Growing up, I was very much a games nerd. I still am, really. I played everything, from role playing games, like AD&D and Harnmaster, to the classics, like Risk and Monopoly, to complex simulation games, like Rise and Decline of the Third Reich and Squad Leader. I played a lot of Warhammer 40K and Blood […]
Imagining the Worst Is Such An Easy Thing To Do.
October 15, 2011
The audience of his peers had transformed into a righteous mob and it could smell his uncertainty. The presenter, after a shaky and uneven talk, had not provided a strong response to the first question posed to him and — even worse — had become defensive all too quickly. The next person’s question was a […]
From Bad To Good: All At Once And Of A Sudden.
September 16, 2011
I watched the two old naked guys emerge from their normal spot under the trees, cross the sand, and dive into the surf. After a quick dip, they emerged from the sea with broad smiles and walked slowly back to the shaded spot from whence they had come. I had been coming to Little Palm […]
An Important Piece of The Puzzle: The Words Matter, Inside and Out.
September 1, 2011
The words we use affect us, whether we are describing our own behaviour or the behaviour of others, whether we are using our inside voice or outside voice. I learned this important insight in New Zealand, thanks to a short introductory seminar to the methodology of the Virtues Project, taught by two of its founders. […]
A Variant On Pascal’s Wager: You’ve Got Nothing To Lose When You Address Your “Minor” Hardships.
August 19, 2011
I suspect, when people finally learn that Charles Foster Kane had whispered on his death bed the name of a long lost sled, some thought, “is that it? A sled? Really?” I’ve noticed that people frequently react in this fashion to the sources of their own sadness, hurt, or anger: “Is that it? That? Really?” This […]
Before Good and Evil: A Feeling Needs No Justification.
August 9, 2011
I wonder at what point in human history we started to evaluate whether or not our feelings should exist and whether or not we should express them. For example, when did we start thinking and saying, “I don’t have a right to feel the way I feel” or “I have no reason to feel this […]
A Lesson From Paradise: Eat, Drink, and Feel Sadness!
July 19, 2011
A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled upon a very specific process that helped me sort my shit out. It still does. Currently, my friend Nadine is trying to sort her shit out. I can’t be certain my process will be of any use to her but it might be and, if not her, maybe, […]
July 18, 2012
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