From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Second City – scholarship and all that

May 26, 2009

As a few of you may have read already, I received a partial scholarship to the Second City for the intensive improv session I signed up for. Pretty exciting stuff made even more manageable by the scholarsship process. Although to be honest with you, it wasn’t the easiest process to complete. I’m sure lots of [...]

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Inside an Improv Workshop

May 21, 2009

Last night I conducted an improv training session for a youth group that is mentored/supervised by my friend Amber. She is always looking for something different and, of course, positive for them to do. She brings in guest speakers and group activity coordinators who conduct sessions lasting between an hour and an hour and a [...]

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Thinking on Your Feet

May 20, 2009

Thinking on Your Feet
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to blurt out an answer in a hurry, and either the wrong thing came out or nothing came out at all? It’s a situation we have all been in at one time or another in our lives.
How do you remedy that situation? [...]

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Improv – A Means to an End?

May 19, 2009

I am reflecting on the art of improv in today’s world. What has driven me to improv? The challenge of getting in front of people and having nothing prepared and coming up with something that makes them think or maybe laugh. To me I’d rather hear them laugh at this point in time, but I [...]

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Wolfram Alpha – a new way to search for answers

May 19, 2009

I have been reading about WolframAlpha over the past few weeks and it seems to be coming to a head about now, since it has hit CNN.
Most people, I would imagine have not heard of this new type of “search engine” which is more like an answer finder than a web site finder. It takes [...]

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The Importance of Mentors

May 15, 2009

Have you ever made a decision that you were going to change your life? Have you ever thought to yourself, “This is it. I am going to do ______.” And then you took action. You followed through and started to pursue that goal and things went south. Your friends and family, without really saying it [...]

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A New Hope – Second City and the Return of Boy Wonder

May 11, 2009

We had a great rehearsal Sunday (yesterday) although I was late. (a rare occurance)
I was riding out along 422 when my motorcycle started acting funny. Seemed like there might be a short in the wiring or something. It would run fine and then sputter and then catch and take off. I debated turning around, and [...]

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Swine Flu – Sick!

May 1, 2009

We are inundated with swine flu information and propaganda. You have to have heard at least 100 stories in the past couple days or you are living in a hole in the ground somewhere (hopefully not near a corporate pig farming operation) and how much of that is hype and media vomit? Or how much [...]

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