City of Writers: A Weekly Newsletter
In early 2021, I decided to work my hardest at removing myself from the iron grip of Google and Facebook. I succeeded for a time. But the nature of my business is connecting with people, and therefore I returned to them briefly. The biggest step I could take personally as…
When I first started studying the history of my adopted hometown, the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort was an important part of that studying. I asked myself, "What is this place?" Then, I realized what it was. This is the oldest surviving building in Las Vegas, Nevada, nestled right in…
I timed my reading of “A House of My Own” by Sandra Cisneros so that I would finish it before I saw her speak via Zoom at the 2021 Las Vegas Book Festival for their NEA Big Read presentation. I ended up scoring a signed copy of “A House on…
I've gone through a handful of A5 planners and notebooks over the last few months, trying to find something suitable to help me run my life. I could show you the receipts of how many I've tried! In fact, you may have seen one version of it on my Instagram.…
Wow, a mixtape! It's been a minute. Hope you enjoy it! Sometimes by Britney SpearsCome and Get Your Love by RedboneI Wish by Skee-LoMr. Loverboy by Little MixNiggas in Paris by Jay-Z and KanyeI Wish You Would by Taylor SwiftLush Life by Natalie ColeSleep Walk by Santo and Johnny
I've been in a funk lately. Really, extremely asocial. Hating that I am alive and hating the world. I know, is the sky blue or what? I'm always mad at the world for one thing or another. Today is my Friday. My first real Friday in FOREVER. I got paid…
Let's make one thing clear: Ursula Bonadeo is a fictional character in the greater scheme of Borgia history, a composition of the women Cesare romanced during his time. However, I have a humongous problem with her. She is the weakest female character on the show, and poorly constructed. I don't…
If there’s one thing I am proud to share with my fellow Americans, it’s the automobile. No place else in the world loves their cars as much as we do. Mind you, not all Americans feel this way. But I do and I don’t give a shit about those who…
The Internet as we know it today was born on September 2nd, 1959 in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. The proliferation of personal computers that connected to the Internet became commonplace in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Being connected to the World Wide Web allowed…
Billboard magazine – and their accompanying music charts—have been the defining music industry trade magazine since 1894. Any musician who believes they have made look at the Billboard charts for recognition in the music business. Of the top ten albums on the Billboard Rock Albums chart as of August 2012,…