Playing Catch

J. Scott Bronson

J. Scott Bronson

J. Scott Bronson

Okay, this post appeared in a noted Mormon Mommy Blog (C. Jane Enjoy It, of which I am a big fan since hearing her presentation at a symposium last fall), but it was a guest post written by someone I suspect is a “Mormon daddy,” plus it is a terrific post, so I’m including it here. Hope that’s okay.

The past decade has been brutal for J. Scott Bronson, an “actor/playwright/director, a cancer survivor and a couch potato.” He created a beautiful metaphor that helped him handle what otherwise could be considered an “unhandleable” situation.

You can read his post here.

Westover on Being a Cards Fan in 2011

besbol

besbolWith everything that’s going on in the world, sometimes you just need a good baseball post. (Especially since come this fall, it may be the only major sport left to follow for those of us in the U.S.)

Thanks to Jeff Westover for supplying this sweet diversion courtesy of America’s favorite pastime.

When he’s not blogging about baseball, Jeff is “a new media journalist” based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He’s a career counselor, human resource manager, business executive and entrepeneur who freelances on topics ranging from business to parenting (something he’s well qualified for, as the dad of seven children).

Read his latest post here.

Snider on Twitter

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sniderEric Snider is a freelance writer who I’ve been reading — and disagreeing with — for years. Mostly, he reviews movies, and our tastes in movies are pretty different. But still I read him. He might be the funniest, wittiest, snarkiest writer I know. And I’m not a big fan of snarky, but even his snarky is good. I’m a fan of Eric Snider.

Who else could write a manifesto on twitter this entertaining. (By the way, I follow him on Twitter, too.) (Even though he doesn’t follow me.) (Not that I’ve checked.)

Handslap Game

Hand Slap

Hand SlapRemember the hand slap game? Actor Kirby Heybourne and pal Lincoln Hoppe take it to a whole new level in this clean (but painful) video on its way to going viral.

Check out the latest update on Kirby’s blog here.

How to Write a (Grief) Memoir

Abel Keogh

Abel Keogh

Abel Keogh

Abel Keogh has been through a lot. He’s an author who lost his first wife to suicide. He is very open about the experience, including having written a book about it. He has since remarried, but the experience of his first wife’s passing and as a widower clearly shows through.

His latest post contains some of his thoughts on an excerpts of a memoir for someone else who has gone through the death of a spouse.

Notes from the Production of ‘Last Play at Shea’

Billy Joel and Rod

First post honors go to Rod Santiano, a director of photography who has worked on a number of projects, including the Liken the Scriptures series of children’s movies as well  “New York Doll,” a brilliant documentary.

Continuing the documentary theme, Rod has just posted on his blog about his work on “Last Play at Shea,” where he got to hang out with pretty much everybody who’s anybody in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (you won’t believe the list) and quite a few in that other Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Don’t miss Rod’s nifty summary of his three-year journey here.