Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Beer in the fridge.
“It’s really dark up here dark and cold at night,” his postcard said. “This farm is creepy at night. Danny” The farm was a rehab facility somewhere upstate. The patients – “inmates,” he called them – spent their days essentially doing the grunt work in running the farm: cleaning stalls, feeding animals, working in the [...]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Overthinking a plate of beans
The Mrs and I were working on a home project this weekend. Because of the nature of what we each do for a living, we generally fall into the same roles with building type projects…me taking charge and her being told what to do. This works most of the time, if I can be patient [...]
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Nine Inch Nails
For those of you in the younger set, this techy behind the scenes article from Wired about Nine Inch Nails might be interesting. I’d love to work a loadin on this one, to see in a much more hands-on manner everything they’re talking about. Also, I think the part about the Grand MA being “antiquated” [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Great moments in television, Episode I
Stagehands see a ton of celebrities. I’ve been an arms length away from the biggest names in show business, politics, you name it. It’s just like any other part of my job. Sure, it was thrilling the first few times, but after a couple days, it’s just like anything else. And to prove it, I’ll [...]
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Stagehands vs Housewives
Being a stagehand working on daytime television results in some really improbable situations. I lived out one sparkling example a while back. Now, the location of the studio where the show is taped is no secret, and just about every day finds a few people sitting outside trying to get an autograph or a photo [...]