III: Shallow Throat

Suddenly, it’s been commented on, I have a “cosmopolitan” inflection with my voice.

Not an accent.

Not a regional dialect.

How the fuck, and when the fuck, did this happen?

Have all my twangs amalgamated into some princely velvet?

Are the push-ups actually working to improve my chest, shoulders, abs AND diaphragm?

Has growing up in central Jersey, coming of age with a surfboard under my feet, working in NYC, doing summers in south and north Cali, having family in D.C and Seattle and San Diego and PA, hanging in Cabo, visiting Chicago, Boston and FLA, conversing with Londoners, Parisians, the Dutch, the Flemish, the Portuguese and ex-patriots, writing and presenting finally paid off?

Or do I articulate well with a lot of fine-tuned regional drunks wasted on champagne?

I guess that’s a redundant question.

Keep reading. Just 2 more new entries to go.