So, LA burned today. We’re very lucky in that none of those flames threatened our home, but they certainly threatened—and in some cases destroyed—many, many others, particularly those in the hills all over the southland. Several friends have had to evacuate their...

It’s windy outside like I don’t think I’ve ever seen in LA. We’ll get gusts up to 60mph+ tonight through to tomorrow morning, and they were so bad today that one of our neighbors had her car smashed by a fallen branch. Oof. It’s bad. And randomly right now…it sounds...

Whew. Tired today. But I got some good writing done in the end. I’m making this quick one because it’s sleeeeeepy time. Night night 🙂

I. Am. Wiped. But the shed shelves are up 😎 woohoo! They look great. It’s so much more organized in there and so much easier to get to stuff, since anything on the bottom you can just grab now rather than needing to take apart the entire pile of stuff. Oh,...

What is the greatest gift someone could give me? Time. Which isn’t practical, but that’s the first thing I thought of: more time. I feel like that’s the one thing that actually isn’t possible, so therefore it would be the greatest gift. Practically speaking?...

We’re five movies away from finishing Hitchcock. Wild. Tonight it was The Birds. It holds up in some ways, mostly in how influential it was on movies that followed. He did that back to back, in fact, with this one and Psycho. Pretty cool. But, yeah…home stretch, which...

Do I “play” in my daily life? What says “play” to me? I play constantly. Genuinely—Liz and I play games all the time. They mostly revolve around word/music games, where we make up songs or lyrics to existing songs. I guess it’s one, long improv game of yes-and. I also...

What are my biggest challenges? Getting up in the morning is one of them. I’m decent at it, to be clear…but it is a CHALLENGE every. Single. Day. I’m not joking about that. It’s truly a challenge. That’s a weak point for me when it comes to resistance—if I don’t get...

Happy New Year! It’s not midnight yet here on the west coast, but I’m going to bed, lol, so it’s an early well-wishes from me. I’m getting up on time tomorrow—a harbinger of the year I want, if you will. Kinda. Mostly, I just want the routine as quickly as I can get...

What relationships have a positive impact on me? Certainly my wife, my partner in all things: Liz. We are unquestionably stronger together than we are apart. My dogs are what I think of next—my constant companions, the structure to every day, even those that don’t...