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It came to me like a vision: fresh-baked, still-warm chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream. It’s the little things, really, the simple things, that sustain me. I’ve been meaning to integrate digital blips and beats with my acoustic guutar for ages. It’s the impetus that led me to Kevin’s studio to remix “Summer’s Gone”…

Listen, if you read my previous post and think I’m moping around feeling sorry for myself, let me set the record straight. Yes, I’ve been sunnier. But I’m fine. I’m well. There are a million reasons to believe. Here’s one: I have a show on Friday night. I came home from work, stripped down to…

If one more person asks me if something’s wrong … I might just have to tell them. Everyone’s been asking. “Are you allright?” “Is everything ok?” “You seem off, something goin’ on?” My parents, my colleagues, the guy at Starbucks. How do they know? It’s like I’m wearing a badge or something. It’s like I’m…

Please, just gimme’ one more day off. I’m just not ready for Monday. See, as the weekend goes, Fridays are an immediate goner. They’re like Thursdays. You’re totally shredded and just wanna’ watch TV and have some Lean Cuisine, except you can sleep in Saturday morning. But I never sleep in anymore. Maybe it’s part…

A colleague asked me on my way out of the office last night, “Are you going to this birthday party thing?” Despite my affinity for the birthday boy, I didn’t have the juice, the enthusiasm, or the stomach, for a night of drinking. From the moment I woke up, checked into work, and took a…

I went to high school with a guy named Darek Thomas. Darek was a mop-topped, bespectacled Texas boy. He was quick with a smile, yet often had a slow simmer of rage bubbling just below the surface. He was devoutly Christian, but still liked to get his party on. He was one of the Conestoga…