I am honored to have been selected for the cast of Listen to Your Mother Chicago 2014. I'm honored and nervous but perhaps not for the reason others in the cast may be nervous. I'm not nervous about being on stage. I've been doing theatre on and off for more than 30 years. I'm more … Continue reading Listen to Your Mother Show: Be careful what you wish for
Listing Beyond Forty
Below are 13 possible answers to a common job interview question. I don't recommend you use any of them. "Describe a time when you were challenged." 1. What does that have to do with anything? 2. Describe a time when I was challenged? By a "job?" Please. Nothing so banal as a mere job can … Continue reading Bad responses to a job interview question: 13 variations on a theme
This is part of my Fiction Friday series. "He doesn't even know me. All he knew about me was that one comment, which he completely misinterpreted, but suddenly this guy has a PhD in everything that's wrong with me and feels it's his duty to let me and everyone else know. I hate Facebook." "True, but sometimes … Continue reading Friend request unacceptable
Hammervision posted a 2014 Academy Awards Drinking Game. It was fun to read, but I don't plan to play along. I'm a bit too old to have a Hollywood awards show dictate my alcohol consumption particularly on a Sunday night. Couldn't there be a healthier way than an Oscars drinking game to make the Academy … Continue reading An Oscars drinking game but with exercise
For the monthly ChicagoNow Blogapalooza bloggers are given a topic to write about at 9 PM and publish a related post at 10 PM. Tonight's challenge was "Write about fear, or lack thereof, and the role it has played in any aspect of your life." Autonomy has been fairly constant in my life well before … Continue reading How I got beyond my fear of losing control
Kim Z. Dale 