Blog Category: Impression Technique

I’m sick of the phrase, “KILL IT!” Or “STOP WATCHING & START HUSTLING!” Or “TO WIN THE GAME YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT!” I am sick of business inspirational slogans. They don’t work. They aren’t true. I have lost all of my money listening to them. I bled out my mouth in the street trying […]

I told Mollie, “hate” is a strong word. She hated something that seemed small and not worth hating. Why such a little girl has to have such a big emotion? But I guess I am inflicted with that mental rash as well. What I hate:  1) Owning Shit… I don’t like to own anything. I […]

“If it wasn’t for my parents, I would have killed myself,” Michael Ellsberg was telling me. I hadn’t seen him in four years. But then he sent a random text and by coincidence he was just a block away. The sun was out. I had nothing to do but wander. I was looking for a […]

John Wallace, former star pro athlete was telling me how great an athlete I was. “I saw you break dance, man,” he said, “that requires athleticism. That requires coordination.” He said, “I used to break dance every day. I’d get into battles. You got it.” “OK then,” I said, “We’ll battle after the podcast.” But […]

Harrison Ford was a carpenter before he was the biggest star in the universe. George Lucas needed carpentry work on a door in the studio. Harrison Ford knew Fred Roos who was working for Lucas. Ford had briefly known Lucas because he played a small role in the movie, “American Graffiti” (remember that pre-Star Wars […]

I was going to get fired. I’d get to the office late, close my office door, and then try and write fiction all day. Then at 4:45, before it got dark, I’d sneak out, walk to the highway and hitchhike home. Hitchhiking helped me overcome chronic shyness. I’d look forward all day to it: who […]

Since they’ve been born I’ve been afraid of three things:   One, that eventually they would hate each other.. Only because many siblings do. So I take these photos to show them all the times they’ve loved each other. That they delight in each other’s company. Two, perhaps egotistically, that they would call each other […]