I’ve been thinking a lot about toast and how everyone takes it for granted. I mean, how many foods taste great uncooked and taste even greater after you’ve heated them up? 10? Maybe? Maybe 12? It’s not a lot.
So … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Tobie Giddio

Image created for Tiffany & Co. by Tobie Giddio, reproduced courtesy of the artist.
Tobie Giddio grew up on the New Jersey Shore where she fell in love with fashion and art from the books and magazines in her basement … Read on Macduff...
My One-Word Review of My Realization Out of the Blue Yesterday That Mayor McCheese was Just an H.R. PufnStuf Rip-Off
Devastating!
(fortunately, thanks to the power of the google machine, I found out this morning that the wicked were punished.)
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
Once again it’s been a while since my last track on the virtual lp. I’ve started playing piano again of late. Not sure what’s triggered it, but it’s fun. Here’s a mimosa toast to piano, on this Saturday morn.… Read on Macduff...
Shine On Harvest Moon
The bliss starts about 45 seconds in.
(As an aside, I first discovered this video about 13 years ago, and for a stretch I must have played it 15 times a day. Good times. Good times.)… Read on Macduff...
Four more things we learned writing “Mankind’s Last Hope”
A week or two ago I took a crack at jotting down a few lessons learned from the MLH experience. Here are four more before it all fades into sandy dream fragments……
1. There are life-enhancing creative outcomes short … Read on Macduff...
Here’s something messed up
It’s the year 2007. 2000. 7.
I’m calling bull-ass* on that one.
* “bull-ass” was my 7-year-old’s best-guess attempt when we asked him if he knew the curse word that started with bull. “Bull-ass?” he said. And oh, how we … Read on Macduff...
My One-Word Review for Tom Shadyac’s “Evan Almighty”
“HoneyGodMadeMeNoah”
(runner up: “OhGod!YouMorganFreeman”)
The days of experimenting with my eggs
have fallen away.
No fennel. No onions any more. No rosemary, no cheese.
All these, pulled beneath the surf
like Godzilla, turning her scaly back on us, taking our
early egg experiments down with her
in a foamy splash.
It’s … Read on Macduff...
Five things we learned writing “Mankind’s Last Hope”
Well, it was a pretty great experience watching the live version of Mankind’s Last Hope come together under the expert direction of Bob Lundy-Paine. Long journey too. I thought, before things fade too much, I’d take a few minutes to … Read on Macduff...