text: The Peeps Easter miracle
  Easter — Easter On Easter Saturday, I binge-watched some historically-based shows on the cable TV "Story Channel." It's an obscure one that replays the old 640/280 SD screen size programming on 720 HD screens. …
  Mystery: Are hams anti-Semitic or a practical alternative to lamb?
  Lent Day 40 — Lent Day 40 Here it is Easter Saturday, the day before the big mystery about Jesus rising from the dead. I looked forward to Easter when I was a kid, I'd say through junior high school. That meant our family ritual of going to the church early for a pancake…
  Hankering for happy endings
  Lent Day 39 — Lent Day 39 On the "Today Show" this week, the hosts interviewed an author about her book about the five languages of apology: asking for forgiveness, being accountable, offering restitution, changing future behavior, and expressing sorrow. Being a screenwriter, I hadn't qualified apologies like that, but those five languages are…
  If I were a rich man, ya ba dibba dabba
  Lent Day 38 — Lent Day 38 If we're talking about material abundance, there's plenty of that in the world. The main problem is the wrong people are the most abundant. Tevye, the poor Jewish milkman in "Fiddler on the Roof," lamented that God made many poor people. …
  I hope your memories are fond ones
  Lent Day 37 — Lent Day 37 The role of elders has changed since the advent of the internet. It used to be that the older members of a family or community were the keepers of wisdom and stories of their ancestors. …
  Extroversion on demand
  Lent Day 36 — Lent Day 36 Do we end up like we are because of predestination, or are we sculpted by the choices we make based on our free will? Growing up as a Presbyterian, I learned about being predestined. Thinking back, I was a shy kid but, at the same time, could…
  Worst possible Christian Lenten scenario
  Lent Day 35 — Lent Day 35 I was watching irreverent comedienne Sarah Silverman on HBO last night. "Jesus didn't get famous until we killed him," she said, referring to the mainstream Jews' plot to capture the guy and string him up. Back when Jesus was alive, mainstream Jewdom was still sacrificing critters as…
  can you go through this again.
  thx alan o. — can you go through this again. i made some edits but thinking i was changing the meaning. you're a little jargony and your sentences need to be shorter / split up. thx alan o.
  can you go through this again. i made some edits but thinking i was changing the meaning. you're a little jargony and your sentences need to be shorter / split up.
  thx alan o.
  After mailing my taxes, I rested
  Lent Day 34 — Lent Day 34 On the seventh day, God gave himself a well-deserved rest after giving humans dominion over our blue planet. Despite our use and abuse, the place has stood up pretty well over the millennia. Whenever I finish a project, that's when I can take some time to rest. …
  Lent Day 33 — Lent Day 33 My sister and I grew apart during high school. She was more of a renegade. I was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative and didn't cause any trouble. I was the one my friends' parents wanted to have a conversation. When I grew older, I shed my Republican ways, became…
  Have Typewriter-Will Travel: I'm a filmmaker & author. My book "Beyond Heart Mountain" was just released by Winter Goose Publishing www.beyondheartmountain.com