Author: Bill Gauthier

• Breaking Chains, or A Writing Post That Will Only Probably (MAYBE) Appeal to (Some) Writers

  Last year, I don’t remember when exactly, a piece about Jerry Seinfeld popped up on my Facebook wall that actually made me click the link. I don’t hate Seinfeld, I…

• Death, or A Weird Few Months

  In the last two or three months, three people I’ve known have died, and I found out about a death of someone else I knew from back in 2012. It’s…

• The Growth of Bill Gauthier, or Happy Anniversary, My Darlings

  This Saturday marks my 5th wedding anniversary to Pamela, and I have to say that I’m a little surprised. Surprised that five years have passed, surprised that she’s been by my…

• A Final Visit, or Seeing Your Roots Shrink

  On April 20th, my mother sent me and my sister, Tracy, the following message on Facebook: Got some bad news a little while ago. Uncle Pete found out last week…

• Who Am I?, or Harlan Ellison is 80 Tomorrow & I’m Just Coming to Age at 36

  Something happened recently that made me question myself. I won’t go into specifics but it made me really question myself. I came out stronger, I think. And a better person, I…

• It’s a Beautiful Day In This Neighborhood, or Why Mr. Rogers Matters

  This will be my second time writing about Fred Rogers, the first was back in September 2011 when I was still attempting to write my ill-fated MediaBio blog. The reason I’m returning…

• Riding the (Radio) Waves, or Listen to Me, Mom!

  Sorry about the silence of the last…oh…shit. I just looked it up and my last post was in February! Bad blogger! My apologies, my adoring public. I could give you the grocery…

• Leggo My Egon, or Goodbye, Mr. Ramis, A Childhood Hero

  I’m saddened, as are many, by the news of Harold Ramis’s death. If you’re in my generation, his contribution to Ghostbusters is the thing you automatically think of. I don’t know…

• The Middle Ages, or How John Green Messed My Head Up

  So last week I sat down to watch John Green‘s Vlogbrothers video called, “A Middle Aged Man.” The title should have tipped me off right from the start. But it…

• Hoping to Write Words, or The Virus: A Week In Review

  I’m writing this on the iPad, so if there are major typos or just seemingly illiterate stuff that pops up, that’s probably why. I dare not try going into the…