Sure, you have lots of "must-dos" this Wednesday. Gotta keep the spouse/partner/better-half happy. Brush your teeth. Make phone calls. Cut loads of auditions. Go prospecting for jobs. Fulfill obligations of all kinds. Pick up the kids...whatever... But somewhere, somehow, find the time to...
. You know the handy phrase: "...if you need something done, ask a busy person..." People ask me to do stuff alla time. I take it as a compliment: that I'm a busy person that they can rely on me But here's where the "busy person" trait fails: with a person who's a people pleaser...or an...
(Sorry, but you gotta read through this whole diatribe to get to the voice over lesson here...bear with me?) This Winter, as in all seasons past, there will be natural calamities, and dangerous conditions...and there will be human casualties. In Las Vegas, a young student hits another student at...
...I had a moustache. For a TV News Anchor...that's odd. Surveys show that viewers have a lower level of trust for on-air newspeople with facial hair. After all, what are they trying to hide? That's ultimately why -- 20 years ago -- I shaved it off. Nothing has convinced me to bring it...
The internet created a monster. Like Frankenstein -- if we lose control of the thing we've created -- well, things turn bad in the end. BUT, the internet also gave us a gift...many gifts. And if we use them cleverly, we can avoid the villagers with pitchforks and torches. What monster did the...
Time and time again I've been on the receiving end of voice-over largess and beneficence. In other words, plenty of people have helped me out along the way; sincere, well-meaning people. In fact, among the many creative freelance professions, voice-actors have a reputation of being some of the...
Since last Wednesday, I've been staying at a friend's cabin North of San Fran in the coastal Redwood forest. The comfortable but spartan cabin has no WiFi, and AT&T apparently doesn't reach in between the tall Sequoia Sempervirens either.How'd I do? Surprisingly well.Now, mind you, we would...
Though July 4th 1776 was the day marked with a declaration of independence by the colonies against British rule, our country was far from independent OR free from horrible battles for the next 5 years.By the time it was over, the Hessians, the French, African-Americans, spies, loyalists, patriots...
When's the last time someone used the phrase "long story short"....and it EVER ended up being a short story?Why is it that when I hear "...long story short..." in a conversation, I always brace myself for a LOOONG story? I'm beginning to think it's some sort of subconscious sadistic and cynical...
Monday I took a day off my usual TV job. A "comp" day as it were. ...compensation for working Memorial Day.But I didn't really get the day off, 'cause I spent the time in a vision/planning retreat with the other members of the board of Boys Town Nevada. Yes, the original Father Flanagan's Boys...