Francis, Shut Up!

—The Obscure Penguin— (Originally written Nov., 2018) My first play was “Merry Christmas Crawfords” in Junior High. I recently found the script stashed away in a plastic bin.  It’s funny what you keep.  It was a typical school play, a silly family story. Back then I was shy, or I should say cautious, because I […]

Texas Equivalence Measure

—The Obscure Penguin— For those poor souls who aren’t from Texas who simply can’t understand why Texans are the way they are, I’ve created this equivalence measure to try to communicate to them in their own language, describing what a Texan is: If I lived in New Jersey and hung out with Bruce Springsteen, that […]