Well, we did our magic and improv comedy this year for a fundraiser since we have NOOO money. While the crowds were not big, they were certainly receptive. It was a lot of fun to produce, but tiring. I hope to have some pictures available soon, but for now, here is one...
Friday, April 25, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Little Peggy Ann McKay...
....could not go to school today...
ugh. I have bronchitis. Been sick off and on for three weeks and today as I was preparing to get into my car, I threw up. (in the neighbor's yard).
I called in and got a doctor's appt. He prescribed an antibiotic. That should help.
A friend of mine from high school died last week. He had a brain tumor that had came back after nearly a decade of remission. He died peacefully in his sleep. I will miss Bruce even though I didn't keep up with him like I should.
ugh. I have bronchitis. Been sick off and on for three weeks and today as I was preparing to get into my car, I threw up. (in the neighbor's yard).
I called in and got a doctor's appt. He prescribed an antibiotic. That should help.
A friend of mine from high school died last week. He had a brain tumor that had came back after nearly a decade of remission. He died peacefully in his sleep. I will miss Bruce even though I didn't keep up with him like I should.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Compulsive Need...
So, here it after 12:30 midnight and I'm blogging eating a Milano cookie and drinking a coke. I am so pathetic. I've gotten to the point where I feel like I need to blog every few days or so... Not that anyone but Ray reads this muck, but still...
Two weeks ago a pal of mine from high school died. I wish I could have kept better in touch with him. Of course no one in my class has kept much in touch with each other. It's odd, because we were such a small class. (68 kids) You'd think that we'd know what's going on. We haven't even had a class reunion (well there was one attempt five years after we graduated, but it wasn't well attended)
There is really not anything I'm blogging about in particular. I am just writing rubbish.
So the next few weeks are going to be hectic. I have a carwash fundraiser next Saturday, then the week after, I am performing in a magic show/improv comedy show, then about a week later we are doing a new fundraiser called Bruin Warrior. Sort of a take off of Ninja Warrior but on a much lower scale.
We have about nine more weeks until the end of the year. Thank God. I need the break.
Two weeks ago a pal of mine from high school died. I wish I could have kept better in touch with him. Of course no one in my class has kept much in touch with each other. It's odd, because we were such a small class. (68 kids) You'd think that we'd know what's going on. We haven't even had a class reunion (well there was one attempt five years after we graduated, but it wasn't well attended)
There is really not anything I'm blogging about in particular. I am just writing rubbish.
So the next few weeks are going to be hectic. I have a carwash fundraiser next Saturday, then the week after, I am performing in a magic show/improv comedy show, then about a week later we are doing a new fundraiser called Bruin Warrior. Sort of a take off of Ninja Warrior but on a much lower scale.
We have about nine more weeks until the end of the year. Thank God. I need the break.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sweet Muncie Brown...
Okay, this is one of those blogs where I'm really glad to say I'm a dad to a boy (not that a girl wouldn't be bad)
I took my father and my son to Worthen Arena this evening to watch the Harlem Globetrotters. All I can say is that is was so much fun to watch not only my son laughing but my dad too. It was a really cool moment to be able to share.
Of course the boy wanted a t-shirt and a headband(?) I got that for him. ($35!) Then about halfway into the second quarter, he wanted a basketball. Well, I just shelled out an additional 12 bucks for soda and popcorn so I was a little short. I told him that I would think about. Next thing I know Dad is getting him a basketball. We got autographs from some of the players, the coach, and the mascot "Globie." The boy absolutely insisted on getting his picture taken with Globie. Go figure. Anyway, so glad to have taken him and dad. It was a really special time for us all.
Monday, April 7, 2008
The Theatre and Horror

Having been in this business for a little over thirty years (yes, you heard me and YES I did start as a child), I was allowed a lot of things that a lot of kids didn't get to do. I got to see films and plays being made at a very tender age (probably that singular privilege warped me). But my dad was a fan of horror and adventure movies.... His favorite? Vincent Price. I remember staying up late on Saturday (or was it Friday?) to watch Sammy Terry on WTTV4 to watch some great old classics and some really interesting newer films.
I was a fan of Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee particularly. My son's middle name is Christopher and he is named for the screen's first really colorful Dracula. The other day, I was at the local library and found a great double feature of Vincent Price movies, one of whom I can relate to very well (not in a murderous sort of way, but in the fact that it takes place in the world of the theatre)
Theater of Blood is great!! I had only seen it once before, but it made a lasting impression on me. Kind of like Price's "The Mad Magician." Is it any wonder that I have such an attraction to theatre and magic? Anyway, the basic storyline is this, Price is a ham actor who "comes back from the grave" to seek revenge on a group of critics who not only savaged his performances but also drove him to attempt suicide. He kills them off one by one by using famous murders from Shakespeare's plays. Quite fun. Price always looked like he was having a good time when he made these films. This was the film where Price met Coral Browne, his love of his life. She played one of his victims. And the exquisite Diana Rigg played his daughter. Check it out if you can. A bit of trivia: Apparently there is a play version of this movie which recently starred Jim Broadbent (from Moulin Rouge) in the Price role. The actress playing Diana Rigg's part? Rachel Stirling, the daughter of Diana Rigg!
The other film was Madhouse which also starred Peter Cushing, possibly the classiest man in horror next to Vincent. Very interesting revenge story there too. There was one actress that was in it that I was genuinely upset that her character died (Natasha Pyne, a beautiful young blond whom I've found very little information on)
Anyway, I love my horror!!
I was a fan of Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee particularly. My son's middle name is Christopher and he is named for the screen's first really colorful Dracula. The other day, I was at the local library and found a great double feature of Vincent Price movies, one of whom I can relate to very well (not in a murderous sort of way, but in the fact that it takes place in the world of the theatre)
Theater of Blood is great!! I had only seen it once before, but it made a lasting impression on me. Kind of like Price's "The Mad Magician." Is it any wonder that I have such an attraction to theatre and magic? Anyway, the basic storyline is this, Price is a ham actor who "comes back from the grave" to seek revenge on a group of critics who not only savaged his performances but also drove him to attempt suicide. He kills them off one by one by using famous murders from Shakespeare's plays. Quite fun. Price always looked like he was having a good time when he made these films. This was the film where Price met Coral Browne, his love of his life. She played one of his victims. And the exquisite Diana Rigg played his daughter. Check it out if you can. A bit of trivia: Apparently there is a play version of this movie which recently starred Jim Broadbent (from Moulin Rouge) in the Price role. The actress playing Diana Rigg's part? Rachel Stirling, the daughter of Diana Rigg!
The other film was Madhouse which also starred Peter Cushing, possibly the classiest man in horror next to Vincent. Very interesting revenge story there too. There was one actress that was in it that I was genuinely upset that her character died (Natasha Pyne, a beautiful young blond whom I've found very little information on)
Anyway, I love my horror!!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
My Life is a Britcom

So, this is my second one. My wife and I have been watching a lot of British Television lately. She loves her mysteries and I love my Britcoms and adventure shows. She has got me interested in a mystery series called "Rosemary and Thyme" starring Felicity Kendall (whom I loved in "The Good Life.")
Why is that I feel like British television shows are so much better than the drivel that the American networks are producing? Probably because the British believe that their audiences are more than three years old.
What's so funny to me is that I can see myself in so many of these shows. Recently, I see myself as Victor Meldrew from "One Foot in the Grave."
I'm absolute rubbish when it comes to writing these things...but hey, I will keep trying.
Why is that I feel like British television shows are so much better than the drivel that the American networks are producing? Probably because the British believe that their audiences are more than three years old.
What's so funny to me is that I can see myself in so many of these shows. Recently, I see myself as Victor Meldrew from "One Foot in the Grave."

I'm absolute rubbish when it comes to writing these things...but hey, I will keep trying.
Friday, April 4, 2008
All this and nothing...
Funny how people inspire you. I did have blog a long time ago but gave it up. Now, a friend (Ray) has decided to start blogging. I thought, "you know, I should really have go at this again." So, here I am rambling, which most people say is not uncommon for me.
I never know exactly what to write in these things. I'm not sure if I should be reflective or not...searching for those moments of divine inspiration.
The title of this blog is taken from a chapter of Inside the Prisoner by Ian Rakoff. An insider's look at the tv series "The Prisoner." I guess this cyberworld is another village, so it seemed appropriate. I am fan of the series and indeed there seem to be times when I am number 6.
Besides.....one must have an artsy title for these things. Makes you seem clever and intellectual.
I never know exactly what to write in these things. I'm not sure if I should be reflective or not...searching for those moments of divine inspiration.
The title of this blog is taken from a chapter of Inside the Prisoner by Ian Rakoff. An insider's look at the tv series "The Prisoner." I guess this cyberworld is another village, so it seemed appropriate. I am fan of the series and indeed there seem to be times when I am number 6.
Besides.....one must have an artsy title for these things. Makes you seem clever and intellectual.
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