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Today it's the government's turn to take a beating. New England is infamous, I mean famous, for our Town Meeting form of government. Now I don't mean your jumped-up city council, representative forms, Mayor, or other big city things. No Town Meeting is Annual in the spring, and maybe a special one in the fall …
An anecdote that I favor is about a trip to New York City in the mid-nineties. I was still working as an applied anthropologist, and I was going to do a fast consulting job in the Seaport District. I flew in and grabbed a cab right out of the airport terminal building to my friend's …
I was in grad school in Pennsylvania, and hanging around my apartment one night, I tuned the radio to a local college radio station. It was featuring a performance by a performer I was not familiar with: Warren Zevon. His material hit a chord, and within a week I had bought a copy of his …
There is fear, and then there is FEAR. The two are related but different. fear In a way, I might fear losing my job. But I can buffer against that through behavior: I get good evaluations, match or exceed expectations, prudently save against the unplanned for, and keep my feelers out for the next stage …
Stage Fright That evening, I was about to sit on the little stool on the stage of the Cafe Why Not for the very first time. I asked Jerry, the manager, for tips on being successful. Now, Jerry was not a performer, but he offered me the advice that I did subsequently hear from others …
Being an applied anthropologist did mean doing field and archival research. But by and large, it wasn't just meant to sit on a shelf. It was being done for an immediate purpose. In my case, it was primarily done for the creation of public programming for communities, to enhance cultural awareness and support the continued …
I take issue with the old proverb that "A jack of all trades is a master of none." I was disabused of this take on things during my frequent visits to a mentors studio in Baltimore. Warburton was not the master of my apprenticeship by any means. I didn't know what I wanted to be, …
I'm not the only one in the crowd who spent years looking for a soulmate. My friend John wanted one that did not light his fuze. His penchant for being trenchant and "overly direct" among our friends eventually led him to Carol. Carol could calm a raging sea with wit and humor. She seemed to …
Just like software, there is always a beta edition that we are experiencing. It's called life as we live it. You can always rest assured that it flows on, and not necessarily as you would please. Now I know that most of us desire our "Pie in the Sky by and by" now, not later. …
When I was a kid studying Judo in New York City, all the toughs thought Judo was for wussies. It was a sport, not a real martial art like Karate. Inevitably, street corner punks with nothing more to do engaged in arguments concerning who would win in a fight between a karate guy and a …
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