Celebrating Family, Friends, Fun & All The Craziness

Wishing you and yours a wonderful celebration of family, friends, fun and all the craziness of the holiday season! Merry … More

Ten Things I Don’t Want to Hear Two Days Before Christmas

Here is my Ten Things I Don’t Want to Hear Two Days Before Christmas list: I have a Christmas lunch … More

Acting, Hacking and Hollywood

Talking with Jerry Doyle earlier in the week, what started as a tangent to a conversation on terrorism turned into a … More

Christmas Spirit, It’s Free

Christmas can be a tough time of year. I know this from experience. It’s easy to become overwhelmed with the … More

The Terror in the Torture Report

It was several years after 9/11 before I had occasion to once again board a plane. Arriving at airport security, … More

Book: HOUSE BROKEN by Sonja Yoerg

“introspective character-driven women’s fiction with smart writing” I first discovered Sonja Yoerg when her nonfiction book about animal intelligence, CLEVER … More

Will We Ever Bring An End To Domestic Violence?

When Football executive and former NFL player Troy Vincent appeared before a Senate committee examining the NFL’s handling of domestic … More

Book: THE SON by Philipp Meyer

” an incredible historical fiction … a full-belly satisfying feast” A sprawling family saga spanning the 1840s to 2012, The Son … More

Words: “…The Gulf Between Practice and Profession …”

“One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing … More

Lost In Translation Of GoldieBlox’s Ad

GoldieBlox released a video ad introducing their new action figure for girls (video below). I was thrilled to read in the press release … More