Duty Now For the Future
During a slow moment at my glamorous day job in the entertainment industry, I found myself surfing the website of the musician Brad...
The Dark End of the Street
Cordova Street is a small, seedy avenue located somewhere south of oblivion. Jutting obscurely off Vermont near Washington, it’s just...
Broken Dreams, Broken Lives
There are certain points in our lives -- if we allow ourselves to slosh honestly around inside our head -- when we face the grim...
We All Live In a Yellow Submarine
I can remember exactly when the “problems” started. It was early 1970, and I was in the car -- a gold 1966 Chevrolet Impala – with my...
The Laws of Gravity Hill
As I hit the 10 mile-per-hour hairpin turn near the top of Lopez Canyon Road, Heart’s “Bebe Le Strange” comes blasting out from my Volvo...
Animalize!
I used to be an edgy guy. Seriously. Total bohemian, outside the mainstream and all that. In my head I was consumed with being the next...