2008 December « Crisis? What Crisis?

Archive for December, 2008

Write Now

• December 31, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Memories, Writing
Tags: Elizabeth McCracken, Fine Arts Work Center, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, novels, playwriting, voice

Happy New Year (And Now)

• December 31, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Chicago, Memories, Travel, Writing, mid-life crisis
Tags: Budapest, Buddha, New Year, Obama, Prague, Stevie Wonder

Crimes and Pardons

• December 30, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in History, Politics, presidents
Tags: Bill Clinton, Eugene Debs, George Bush, George Steinbrenner, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Hoffa, pardons, Richard Nixon

The Last Word

• December 29, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in History, conspiracy theories
Tags: 9/11, CIA, Gulf of Tonkin, Kathryn Olmsted, Northwoods Plan, radiation experiments, Richard Hofstadter

Food

• December 28, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Food, mid-life crisis, veganism
Tags: cooking, dieting, eating, gaining weight, grocery shopping

What, My Lai?

• December 26, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in History, War
Tags: Abu Ghraib, atrocities, Deborah Nelson, Haditha, My Lai, No Gun Ri, war crimes

Hell is Christmas with Other People

• December 25, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Comedy, Connecticut, Holidays, Movies
Tags: Christmas movies, Denis Leary, dysfunctional Christmas, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, The Ref

A Merry Zagmuk to All

• December 25, 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in History, Holidays, Religion
Tags: Babylonians, Catholicism, Celts, Christmas, Christmas carols, paganism, Romans, Saturnalia, Zagmuk

Neurotica

• December 23, 2008 • 7 Comments

Posted in Words, Writing, mid-life crisis
Tags: anxiety, creativity, Hans Eysenck, neuroticism, past-life regression, therapy

Back-Patting Blues

• December 21, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Writing, theatre
Tags: Dramatist Guild, freelancing, playwriting, productions, recognition