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To my students, upon their graduation from high school, May 2015

Script for the commencement address at New Covenant School, May 22, 2015 Friends, parents, students, and—most…
To My Students: Please Remember

I guess nothing is more terrifying for a teacher than the realization that 99% of what…
Mnemosyne: Headmasters

We Americans don’t have a good mechanism for memorializing and remembering big moments. The Israelites had…
Can’t make this stuff up

Bruce: My laptop is dead…. Me: What happened? Bruce: It committed– What’s the name of the…
…and thanks for all the fish

Dear friends, On Friday, Joey announced via email to the NCS family that Coart & I…
No, Really, Two Is More Than Enough

I think I’m beginning to understand in a TINY way how ridiculous it is that life…
On All Things Directorial

…Musings on theater, life, and directing…. seasoned with a bit of “after midnight.” And written in…
Goodbyes. Or “Must the big Polack go?”

I think it was in a book somewhere that I picked up the idea of eschewing…
Protected: The goodness of the Lord in the land of the living

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Homage

Only a few occupations provide a euphoric sense of accomplishment as well as the release from…