Commentary

I’m all over the place. I mean, like, more than usual. I think it’s time for a new Commentary.

I am thinking tonight of several key projects, and I am thinking about my approach to the work, and I am thinking about how I’m going to get all of this stuff done, and the answer is that I won’t, unless I’m a little strategic in how I prioritize.

If your holiday is a celebration of kindness, of giving, of joy, I would be honored to share in those aspects with you.

Dear reader(s), I’m fond of the expression “Once you’re 90% of the way done, there’s only the other 90%.” This is because, as a writer, I must be bad at math in order for the cosmic balance to be maintained, for the same reason that Ryan Reynolds must secretly have something wrong with him, I don’t know. Maybe he likes bread-and-butter pickles. Something. It’s also because, as it turns out, doing things is harder than you’d think. What kinds of things? Most of them, as it turns out. However! There is also a cosmic balance in the difficulty of things, in that for every hard thing, there must also be a corresponding easy thing. However! This is less helpful than you might think. I’ve come up with some examples: Hard: Getting out of bed early in…

Why is it we can put a man on the moon but we can’t design Christmas lights that last more than one season?

It’s 11/11! Make a wish! Was your wish for a stream-of-consciousness commentary post? I’ll never tell!

How are you? I am…having a little bit of a rough time of it.

I think you can get away with a “dear reader” type of commentary filled with the banal details of what you had for breakfast last Thursday as long it’s not every week. Or every two weeks.

One thing I’ve been discovering as I’ve started submitting things to places that might want to publish them is that there is actually a “market” for reprints.

When I have a chance to see a band live, I get as much out of the experience as I can. Seeing a show is a good reminder that the secret sauce is hard work.