seanessay.com If you wondered and half hoped that the “Carlin” being “met” was comedian George Carlin, then you are in luck. Here’s a link to a review of the screen biography now out, George Carlin’s American Dream. Here’s a link to a respectful essay in my old blog, George Carlin and Diversity. Here’s the connection: […]
Hasty Word What Might Have Been
seanessay.com After a new milestone of 125 posts, it’s time to catch up and ponder blog status. Catch up The trouble with having a self-imposed word limit is you leave stuff out. In my recent posts, here are two things I could have said: During my Schizophrenia piece, in my part on celebrities being harassed […]
Schizophrenia Seen From Middle Age
seanessay.com (1,000 words) The first time I knew anyone living with schizophrenia was when a college classmate in her late 20’s, “Shawna,” was acting a little strange. A group of us slightly older students (early to mid-20’s) were leaving the younger ones to their long counter nook upstairs, “the Soup Kitchen” while we gathered at […]
No Placeholder Today
seanessay.com As the headline says, no placeholder today. This even though I have a piece nearly already composed in my head, but for now, I think I have to learn a lesson to be more time-organized, a lesson best reinforced by having nothing to put up today. Catch you on the flip side; see you […]
Seeking Savoury Subjects for My Blazing Blog
seanessay.com Rather than put in another “place holder” I thought I would just “put it out there:” Any questions or topics for my blog? As some orator said, “If so, speak.” (comment) OK, since you insist, here’s just one place holder, from Free Fall Friday, for today’s post: prompt-He was 92 When you age, I […]
Speak Up to Bring Down
Speaking up is hard for anybody anywhere; I sympathize. Brian Tellerico, during a review of a four-part show about sex predator Bill Cosby, wrote “How Cosby was enabled becomes a backdrop for the show, but Bell avoids pointing fingers in that department, in a manner that could be frustrating for some. The idea that “someone […]