Illinois Seasons
Some things don’t change. Black, rich Midwest soil accepts new Iris bulbs in anticipation of Spring colors. Victoria & Nancy supply the elbow grease. CourVO
View ArticleTake a Day
All my professional life I’ve never been able to take off my birthday. The all-important November TV ratings period happens in November, and unless you’re coughing up blood, you’d better be at your...
View ArticleArmageddon or Armament?
Doncha love the way doomsayers are licking their chops over 2012? In their minds, everything from Mayan calendars to planet alignment is fodder for tales of the end of the universe as we know it. Of...
View ArticlePublic Speaking Is…
…said to be the #1 thing people fear most. (It’s actually looking like a fool they fear, but Public Speaking tends to make you look foolish). It never ceases to amaze me that people think I’d be a...
View Article“Long Story Short…”
When’s the last time someone used that phrase on you….and it EVER ended up being a short story? Why is it that when I hear “…long story short…” in a conversation, I always brace myself for a LOOONG...
View ArticleMental Prep
Zion National Park…just a hop, skip an’ a jump from Vegas, but light-years from the mindset of The Electric Daisy Carnival madness happening there this weekend. Tuesday morning, I leave for VOICE 2012,...
View Article5 “Breaking Bad” Lessons You Can Apply to Your Voice Acting Business
You haven’t seen the Emmy-award winning show? OK, sign-on to Netflix and start watching. The first four seasons are available (no commercials!) Most who have started…can’t stop watching. The AMC...
View ArticleLevee High Apple Pie
Serious pie from the Blue Owl Cafe in historic Kimswick, MO on the Mississippi River South of St. Louis. Supposedly there are 24 apples in this pie.
View ArticleTo Have Friends…
…you have to BE a friend. You’ve heard that…right? But how often do we live it? I have the perfect real-world example. This last weekend, I spent time in Ft. Worth, TX to visit my middle daughter,...
View ArticleMERRY CHRISTMAS!
….regardless of your views…the world has never been quite the same. My Christmas wish, is for you and your family to enjoy all this life has to give. I’m sure you’ve worked for it! Merry Christmas!!!
View ArticleThe Patterns of Pace
My Dad was born about the time the Ford Model-T became popular. He died in the middle of the digital boom, even though he wasn’t part of it. I marvel at the changes he experienced, but I’m even more...
View ArticleTruckee/Donner, CA
Truckee, CA is a small, quaint community just North of Lake Tahoe. Truckee has a rich history in the mountains near Squaw Valley. It’s set in what’s known as the “Tahoe/Donner” region. You’ve heard...
View ArticleGuess Who Came to Dinner?
Remember yesterday I said the coolest thing in Vegas was SXSW-V2V? Well, that was a mistake. I forgot that Peter O’Connell was in town…. not for SXSW, but for one of his many marketing commitments....
View ArticleR & R
Rumor has it, they speak something akin to English in Ireland. I hope so, ’cause that’s where I’ll be for the next week, and I don’t have time to learn a new language. As we’ve discussed here before,...
View ArticlePassages
Friday morning I leave for Ft. Worth, TX to see my daughter play her last game of regular-season organized soccer. She’s a striker on the Division-1 Texas Christian University Horned Frogs team....
View ArticleChristmas, A Week Early
To match holiday schedules with almost 20 people, I’ve had to move my family Christmas calendar up a week. I’m in the Midwest with lots of family and plenty of cold weather. nieces, and grand-niece...
View ArticleThe Innocent Audition
Did I mention that through all the holiday rush my wife broke her ankle in two places? ‘Tripped over the dog, and fell on a hardwood floor. Our Orthopedic Physician says it’s one of the most common...
View ArticleZion Nat’l Park
A brief interlude from Voiceover, people & politics. This is a spiritual place of respite in nearby Utah. CourVO
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