Party blast … or party bust … it’s up to you to make it fun
This year, be the party captain of your soul, be the mingling master of your fate. Whether you’re a host or a guest, the next party you’re at can either be a bust or a blast – and it’s all up to you. Party-goers owe it to their hosts to be at the top of […]
Loafing … creatively
Hey, I have to send a major THANKS out to the new editor at Creative Loafing — Cooper Levy-Baker — for providing a link on his paper’s website to my MC Reality blog. The exposure is massively appreciated and my column is the only non-print-associated blog listed in the section of Suncoast Links. Makes a […]
Pricking our hearts … giving pelican-style
I heard from All Faiths today, and in just one week, Reality readers have donated $612 to help feed the needy and hungry folks in our community. That’s the equivalent of 970 meals if you can believe it! Isn’t that amazing? I’m really blessed (and I don’t say that lightly) and very grateful for the […]
Fatherly lessons I wish I’d had
This piece originally appeared in print in June 2007. I think it was a wish list of my own really — wishing I’d had a Dad who not only stuck around, but taught me how to stick up for myself from an early age instead of having to learn it all firsthand at the school […]
Opening the Kimono — sexy stuff for a stormy Sunday
Sounds sexy, right? And it is. (more on that later) Opening the Kimono is the name of a book I just finished reading a few minutes ago. Let me set the stage: I woke at 7 am this morning to go outside and tackle my untamed yard. My yard grows rabidly and I’m always behind […]
RSVP — French for “I’ve got class”
I just today received my first invitation of the 2008 holiday season. They’re late in coming this year, but they might just be fewer than years past. I think the economy has relegated most parties to the sidelines. The invitation, to which I unfortunately had to send regrets, inspired me to post the following rant […]
MC in print in the Bradenton Herald
Happy day after Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoyed a fabulous day with friends, family, critters, nature, football, and food! A slightly different version of a blog posting I made earlier this month was picked up by the Op/Ed editor at the Bradenton Herald. If you’re interested you can link to that commentary by clicking here: […]
Wake up, MC, there really is a Santa Claus!
After yesterday’s blog posting, It’s About Love, a reader wrote to me and encouraged me to find some way to do my annual fundraising drive for All Faiths Food Bank despite the fact that I don’t have an in-print column. The thought hadn’t occurred to me, really, and I’m really thankful (in the spirit of […]
It’s about love
When you share what you have with someone else, no matter what word you throw at it – charity, compassion, philanthropy, kindness, generosity – really, it’s all about love.
The not-so-rhetorical question
This above all: To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — Hamlet Act I, Scene iii “Just who the hell do you think you are?” my high school choir director demanded. That was years ago, but it might […]