Love Always, Joe

To All the Amazing, Loving and Supportive People in My Life, I’ve written countless songs, short stories, pitches and screenplays in my life but this is by far the toughest thing I have ever had to write. As you may or may not have heard, in January 2014 I was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral …

How to Function In the Midst of Overstimulation

Imagine yourself standing at the corner of 47th Street and Broadway, the belly of the beast: Times Square. All senses are alert and overwhelmed – dozens of variously sized mega-tron advertisements, bight flashing lights, unorganized traffic with frustrating tourists bumping into you – yet seemingly immobile – smells of burnt peanuts and boiling hotdogs, the …