PSA – Gay Rights

A very well-done PSA by one of my students.  I am playing a small role.

The contents of an old purse

Seven pens, including a yellow highlighter
Boarding pass for NWA
A quarter, a dime, and 8 pennies
A brochure explaining “Your Urinary Tract Infection”
Three lipsticks
Two chapsticks
A mirrored compact, made in Korea, gift from a Korean student
A large plastic hair barrette, bearing evidence of a teething puppy
A pair of tweezers
A receipt from Goodwill in Santa Barbara
A receipt from Bob Evans in Indiana (sausage gravy!)
Fourteen used glucose testing strips
A pill, possibly antibiotic
A button

Why Occupy Wall Street is Winning the Narrative

Because the premise of our story has never been “money triumphs over love.”  That is a premise guaranteed to end in tragedy.

We will choose “love/truth triumphs over money” anytime.  That is a comedy, or an epic, or an epic comedy, where the little guy triumphs over greed and selfishness and hate.

Love is the prize.  That’s why Occupy Wall Street has already won.  They won the narrative as soon as they took a stand for compassion, for empathy, and for justice.  They win hands down, 99 to one lonely percent.

And the people rise up to bring a “comic corrective” to the tragedy that lonely one percent has tried to write for our country.

On Comedy, Tragedy and Democracy

A guest essay I wrote for the Naples Daily News.

 

Dr. Lerna Lott’s House of Edumacation – Episode #1 Comedy & Democracy

Dr. Lerna Lott and her students:

 

Help Rick Scott Customize his Form Letter!

UPDATE:  I only had one response to my mad lib challenge on the Rick Scott letter.  Thank you!  Here it is! Remember to send to your favorite local Florida newspaper to show your support:

Dear Editor,
When Rick Scott ran for Governor he promised to create socialists and turn our economy around. I voted for Rick because he’s always been a Dr. Mengele, not a politician. While politicians usually disappoint us and rarely keep their promises, Rick is refreshing because he’s always crossing out his word. His policies are helping to attract missing teeth to our state and get people back to work. Some of the special interests are attacking the Governor for making drool-covered decisions, showing talkativeness, and doing what he told us he would do. Rick Scott deserves our unwavering and enthusiastic support.

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Rick Scott has emailed his supporters a form letter with the suggestion that they forward it along to their local newspapers. This seemed like a great opportunity to help customize Rick’s letter, “MAD-LIB” style. Enter your text below, and I will fill in and publish your customized letter later this evening!

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A link to the original letter is here, but don’t peek until you’ve submitted your answers!

Billion Dollar Cheney — the song

I wrote and produced this back when, made the animation in Flash. The band consists of a bunch of great musicians from Bloomington, Indiana, with Jenn Cristy backing me up on the vocals, and Marv Druin playing the killer guitar licks. I had a heck of a time trying to convert the original .swf to QT, but the Internet has a way of taking care of these things, as someone apparently got my Flash video and uploaded it to Google video:

It’s all still true, and Bush and Cheney have never been held to account for their misdeeds.