A man was sprawled across three entire seats in a theatre. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, “I’m sorry sir, but you're only allowed one seat.”

The man groaned but didn't budge one inch. The usher became impatient. “Sir,” the usher announced, “If you don't get up from there, I'm going to have to call the…

The older I get, the more concerned I am about my ears. They're easily half of my skill set, and how many of us know an older rock and roll roadie turned theatre tech doing audio who's lost huge chunks of his/her hearing? Who may or may not recognize this, and may or may not know how to compensate for it. One of my worst nightmares is becoming that tech.

So - the older I get the more I pay attention to taking care of my ears.

The first thing I tell anyone who…