I started this website in 2011, the year I began a big, bold, utterly disastrous venture as a freelance journalist. The point was to showcase the best articles I had written over the previous decade, mostly as a staff writer for alt-weekly newspapers. (Shout out to New Times / Village Voice Media alums!) But freelance took way more hustle than I could summon. Around June 2012, with my 35th birthday looming, I decided to make a career change. So I became a speechwriter — and I’ve been one ever since.

For a dozen years, this website has been floating through cyberspace like a ghost ship. I remembered it in June 2024, paid the fee to regain access, and decided to use it to write… well… whatever the hell I wanted..

It feels right, because even though I’m no longer trying to freelance, I do miss having the freedom to write in my own voice — about topics of my choosing. In keeping with the old-school theme, I’ll be trying to blog here, share my passion for storytelling, maybe even tell the story of my own life.