Poetry for Dogs
My book, Throw Me A Bone: Poetry For Dogs, includes 31 poems written purportedly for a canine audience.
It’s available on Amazon — http://poetryfordogs.com — and priced to generate funds for three humane societies. (Writing poetry is not my get-rich-quick scheme, not a pyramid of dogs with you at the bottom. No.)
Psst. Wanna hear some lectures on marketing?
On Monday (8/30/10) at 6:45 p.m., I return to CCAD for the first of a dozen weekly lectures on consumer behavior. Come. This is your invitation. There are 100+ students registered for the class and it will be taught in a big, comfortable auditorium, so you can just...
Pride & Prejudice
"In fact, I can't think of another new work staged in Columbus in my 24-plus years as a Dispatch critic that has displayed so much promise or polish." That's Michael Grossberg in this morning's "Inventive adaptation displays promise" in The Columbus Dispatch. (Thanks,...
More LIP (Live in Person)
Here's where I'll be this week, yapping about this and that.Just in case time weighs heavy on your hands.Give Your TV A RestThe Columbus Metropolitan Club presents a CMCpm program: Break Free from TV: Real Things To Do in 2010Tuesday, January 12thsocial hour...
My Promises To You
Years ago, a teacher of mine, Ed Burghard — the very first time we met — told me about his Handshake Document. "Once I shake your hand," Ed said, "I automatically make these promises." He handed me a sheet of paper. "You may hold me accountable." I loved...
Caught In The Act
Suddenly, unexpectedly, I am an emcee for a theatre fundraiser tonight. Mrs. Isaac and I had other plans tonight: dinner with a couple friends from Available Light. But when the call came yesterday, asking me to emcee tonight, we all figured — support the...
Wife For Sale
SM in possession of a large fortune ISO five sisters from which one might be chosen as wife. Are you a single man with a large fortune in search of a wife? Are you a single woman in search of a man with a large fortune? If no longer, surely you once were.Bring...
YEAR TWO: Introducing Your Micro-Borrowers
Remember the recent update and request for charitable funds? Well, thanks to the generosity of donors like you (except they actually gave me money for this), Net Cotton Content has raised $412.79 for use on Kiva. Some of that is available for roll-over from repayment...
All The News To Make You Fit
I love David Brooks. Not because I always agree with him. Rather because he's always thoughtful and articulate. Sometimes, he's a wee too conservative for me. But he's always as smart as he is conservative. And that's all I ask. I believe that a great...
Your Invitation to Act
I'm on a mission.I'm looking for people who want to try doing what I'm doing. I am acting on stage as a way to raise money for a worthy not-for-profit theatre company. Why I'm Doing ItIt's for a lot of reasons. Mainly, I enjoy it.But that's too...
Pull ’em up — and keep ’em up.
I wrote about droopy drawers a year ago May, and I thought I might have had more of a positive effect.But, a year-end glance out the car window this week revealed that many of Today's Youth are hobbling around with their pleats at their knees.And, speaking of...
