timaversJun 8, 20241 min readConstanze (see disambiguation)Catherine Leigh Henley (née Smith), widely known as Constanze of the all-female pop/rock/soul band (the) Reveries was born on June 8,...
timaversMay 23, 20243 min readSlightly More Than…NOTE: this post comes with a giant content warning. I’d say trigger warning, but it might be triggering. How many enemy combatants did...
timaversMay 6, 20243 min read“…not made of steel.”As I crossed the bridge into Roosevelt Square I encountered a somewhat common sight. The woman in the black medical mask and glasses...
timaversApr 26, 20243 min readCoach Behavior, Not ErrorIndulge me if you will in two points. People make mistakes — they aren’t their mistakes. If you notice a pattern of undesirable behavior,...
timaversMar 18, 20234 min readElevating Teams and Avoiding BreakdownsThere’s a relationship between productivity, quality of labor, agency, and autonomy. Good managers understand this. A team member who is...
timaversFeb 28, 20234 min readFOX’s Action (1999) — A Contextual RetrospectiveOn its surface, “Action” starring comedian Jay Mohr, Ileana Douglas, and Buddy Hackett is a 1999 single-camera, dark comedy about the...
timaversJan 3, 20233 min readThe Last Right: Dignity in the TikTok EraOn the way to see The Whale with my younger daughter yesterday and we talked about the potential content of the movie. As has pretty much...
timaversJan 2, 20232 min readJanuary 2, 2023There is no greater recipe for disaster than following your heart. We know that following your heart leads to utter failure in at least...
timaversSep 6, 20224 min readOn Art and FandomFor the first time in about 20 years I went to a show Sunday. We used to call them comic book conventions, as opposed to trade shows we...
timaversAug 30, 20222 min readLifetimeLife is so incredibly short. I lived at home until I was 22 and then very quickly got my dream job, had a family, lost the job, got...
timaversAug 21, 20224 min readSour EnergyOnce in a while you meet somebody who uses a lot of their energy trying to bring other people down. Decades and centuries ago, this took...
timaversAug 18, 20224 min readYour Business Isn’t Dying, It’s Growing - A ParableWhen I was a kid, I liked the solo career of Sting. Alright, that sure is a weird way to start a missive about professionalism in the...
timaversAug 16, 20221 min readTen Simple Affirmations to Change Your WorldNobody is owed or can take your energy from you. Pull their plug at anytime. You have a right to an opinion but an uninformed or...
timaversApr 16, 20223 min readWordsI sit here with the cursor blinking at me like the eyes of a critical judge about to lay down my sentence. I need to say something. It’s...
timaversApr 12, 20225 min readVariants and Adaptations v. The PivotWhether you’re a Disney+ fan or a comics’ reader you’re surely aware of the term variant. And this goes hand-in-hand with adaptation....
timaversApr 1, 20222 min readThursday Night Rant: “I’m Sorry!”Boy howdy I’d love to be mindlessly binging TV right now. Instead I’m writing… this. If there’s one thing I am growing entirely...
timaversJan 29, 20222 min readThe Most Important Thing I KnowLife is funny. Most of the time we think we have it figured out. Then a seemingly random event will strike as if to puncture the thin...
timaversJan 16, 20224 min readStory SketchesHere’s a little info on my creative process and an example. A lot of my ideas start with simple phrases that I like. From there, I push...
timaversJan 10, 20226 min readGames Extraordinaire vs. UnaccountabilityI was all of 15 when I started “working” at Games Extraordinaire. Working at the time consisted of this. Over the summer of 1989 my mom...
timaversDec 18, 20216 min readMax Headroom: 120 Minutes Into The FutureThis. Is. Fanfic. Last updated 20150930 30 years ago, the Max Headroom virus was born. It now infects systems globally, "personally"...
