I have always found many parallels between the physical things I do, such as karate and ballroom dancing. Both are graceful and include choreography and require intense focus and stamina. More surprising perhaps is that so many of the principles of karate are related to what I do every day. Trying to adopt the “karate-do”, [...]

In the business of voice over, you have to “put it out there” every day, auditioning for potential clients and for people who sit on the far side of an agent. Often, you never hear anything back – not even a thank-you. You learn pretty quickly not to invest anything in the auditions other than [...]

At the very end of the new Simpsons Movie, a single bird song is audible. That bird is the Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus, a member of the blackbird family that has sometimes been called skunkbird because of its contrasting light and dark plumage. The bird is a long-distance migrant, traveling from its wintering grounds in southern [...]