Woman is mowing her lawn in the 102-degree Texas heat. Riding a lawnmower. A four-foot venomous snake falls from the sky, lands on her arm, and wraps around it. The…

While hiking Muir Woods National Park, a grove of coastal redwood trees, we had the following two encounters: Seeing Elysha's New York Yankees cap, a man said, "Oh, you're from…

We arrive in San Fransisco to discover that Elysha has left her medication at home. She calls her doctor and arranges for her prescription to be refilled at a local…

"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a Stevie Wonder song you've undoubtedly heard many times. It was Wonder's third Billboard chart topper and has become a classic still…

I was waiting to board a plane in Charleston, South Carolina. The airline attendant had called for the parents with small children who needed assistance to begin boarding. A woman…

On the eve of the third and final show of "You're a Monster, Matthew Dicks," I was greeted in the theater lobby by an employee named Warren, who had seen…

One complaint I had about the Barbie movie: I ended up in a theater where the film was subtitled, presumably for someone in the theater who was deaf or hearing…

Here's how you can tell that "Barbie" - which I have seen - is an outstanding film: Conservative creeps like Ben Shapiro, Ted Cruz, and Elon Musk hate the movie.…

Here's a weird thing about my recent solo show, "You're a Monster, Matthew Dicks" that I did not expect: I kept crying after the show. I stepped back into the…

I recently completed the three-night run of my solo show, "You're a Monster, Matthew Dicks" at Theater Works in Hartford. I now find myself in that strange space where I…