Christopher Meeks's Blog, page 26
April 11, 2009
AVOIDING BAD NEWS
Last night, my cousin Liz visiting from Denver, my wife Ann, and I decided to see the Groundlings, a comedy troupe on trendy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Liz was excited because she could see a section of the city that she's seen for years on TV shows. Also, considering that each day we're assaulted with bad news--such as this morning's paper that Six Flags Magic Mountain stock has been ...
April 5, 2009
THE INTERNET VS. NEWSPAPERS--AND BOOKSTORES
Advertising Age wrote last week, "Amid 23% population growth in the past two decades, U.S. newspaper circulation has dropped 20% --one reason your morning paper, downsized every which way, is no match for a stiff breeze. Craigslist, siphoning off $7 billion worth of classifieds, is another." I then read in the New York Times on Friday that the Times, which owns the Boston Globe, has ...
March 27, 2009
A SOUPCON OF FAME
I'm seen as an upcoming writer--and I feel it. Twenty-six years ago, I received my master of fine arts degree in professional writing from USC. Twelve years ago, I wrote a play called Who Lives? where I had become utterly fascinated about a true event: a citizen's committee devoted to choosing a handful of people who might live from among thousands dying of kidney disease. What constituted ...
March 21, 2009
FROM A MIDWESTERN CHAIR
Cheers from Minnesota, where winter ended about twenty minutes ago. Snow stands in pastry puffs here and there. Birds flutter onto naked tree limbs while squirrels forage for food on the ground. One senses hunger, and the buds inside the bushes and branches are thinking of awakening today. Yesterday reached 45 degrees. I'm here for the weekend to visit with my parents in their assisted living ...
