So, this is the traditional costume of These united States of America? I suppose it is vaguely reminiscent of certain Native American garb, but I think a little bit of “Vegas Showgirl” has crept in there as well. UpdateI’m now linking to the image directly. The original caption read: Shandi Finnessey, Miss USA during her …
This DVD offer is no longer valid — Ed. 2015-08-12 Well, finally! Lookit-Intense Films is finally offering its first DVD available to the public, Weather Man, by The Fuzz. This film won the DC 48 Hour Film Project last year, and I was lucky enough to be a part of it. Now, you too can …
A few years ago, while on a streak of otherwise very interesting Bill Bryson books, I came across his then-newly-in-paperback A Walk in the Woods, and it sparked my interest in one day hiking the Appalachian Trail. Recently I’ve been trying to get fit, but I haven’t had any real goals to press me along. …
So, today I’ve added a new colophon to the site. I also— oh… —ahem— col•o•phon n. an inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts relative to its production Anyway, I also noticed that this is, officially, my 250th post. Huzzah! Oh, er… huz•zah n. an expression or shout of …
A new trend in email spam is to add a couple of random words from the dictionary to the end of the subject heading, which somehow appears to trick the spam filters into thinking it’s not spam. Obviously annoying, as I’m getting more spam, but it allows for oddly entertaining subject headings, such as: Big …
After a marathon 26-hour session, this Animal Planet show is out the door. Another edit and 2-3 hours more to go. I guess I’m not going to be doing the 48 Hour Film Project this weekend after all. Addendum: It ended up being 30 hours… minus a couple on the office couch somewhere in the …
Yes, I will eventually finish the Saga of NAB 2004 (as soon as I stop working 12-16 hour days, hopefully sometime this week), but to tide you over, please accept this humble photographic preview of days five and six. Photo Album: My Visit to Dave [Long since Offline. —Ed. 2015-08-22]
