I went to Disneyland for a few hours yesterday and found some things I like and some I don't. I normally post on Flickr, but I didn't take any good pictures this trip, so I'll just dust off Live Journal for this one ( Read more... )

I was awake at 5:31 this morning. Were you?

Stupid government tricks #440,681,099,726 ( Read more... )

I got busy this week and missed a turning point I meant to watch for. As of this week, George W Bush has killed more Americans in Iraq NOT looking for Osama Bin Laden than Bin Laden killed in the 9/11 attacks. And the number is rising daily.

A nice relaxing weekend...in the midst of cranking out "Splurge Guns" for Bugsy Malone, Jr., opening in two weeks at Conejo Players Theatre (Conejoplayers.org). Six Model-II and eleven Model-III are now finished and waiting for a "live fire" test. Now to start on the twelve Model-I splurgers. So far I've gone through four ten-foot lengths of ABS ( Read more... )

Today, I honor the people who died and have yet to die from 9/11 by ignoring every newspaper, radio, and television special, retrospective, miniseries, commentary, biopic, docudrama, debate, analysis, speech, and editorial about the attacks and go about my life.

Vacation, jury duty, then a few weeks of frantic effort to catch up with work. In the midst of that, getting all the props ready for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum at Conejo Players Theatre (www.conejoplayers.org). Oh, and at the same time, the dedication ceremony for the new orchestra pit and updating the theater web site with the ( Read more... )

Last weekend was the annual white water rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River. This time we all stayed inside the raft (raft good -- rocks bad, or as our guide, Dan, likes to say: it's a short drop and a long swim ( Read more... )