Archive for May, 2007

Quote of the Day (Courtesy of Ray)

Today at work Ray got frustrated with his tape measure. He said, “This stupid thing. I’m going to burn it.”
Ray then paused, thought for a second, and muttered to himself, “Will this burn?”

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Happiness

I don’t mean to brag but I had the best weekend ever. I spent the whole time smiling and laughing. And my cheeks don’t even hurt.

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How to Tell If You’re in Garrett, Indiana

A couple of days ago I went to the bank. As I got out of the car, I saw a rather large lady running (or waddling quickly) down the sidewalk screaming at the top of her lungs “GIVE ME BACK MY BABY!!!!!!!”
It wasn’t unlike watching “Cops” live.
And that’s how you know you’re in Garrett, Indiana.

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Ashes Wednesday

This week has not been a fun work week. We have been siding a house this week and that’s just not my favorite thing in the world to do. On top of that, we have been starting work an hour earlier each day but still stopping at the usual time, so on top of an [...]

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Hunting Fungus

This week Dad and I were eating lunch in a local dive and an old guy approached Dad and began to regale him with his tales of “mushroom hunting”. Apparently people go out in the woods…and look for mushrooms. Why the word “hunting” is applied to it is beyond me. Perhaps it’s an attempt to [...]

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Production Update – “The Coffee Shop”

Last night I shot the principal photography on my new short film “The Coffee Shop” (the first in a series of short films collectively called “The Guys”). The film stars David Beaman and Matt Stine and also features the very bubbly Sarah Beaman.
This film follows two guys in a coffee shop as they ponder asking [...]

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The Pinnacle of Awkward

I just returned from grabbing a bite to eat. While I was there I ran into Ralph, from the local hardware store. He’s an older guy (I say “older” because I don’t know how old he is…but I know he was in the service in WWII) who’s really cool and funny and I enjoy talking [...]

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Safe Sex Talk

Today Dad and I were working at a house and the guy was telling us about a Sex Education class he went to last night. I spent the first part of his tale trying to figure out why he was attending such a class, since he’s in his 60s (I know a lot of things [...]

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“5 Minutes of Fame” – A (True) Short Story

5 MINUTES OF FAME
Summer vacation. July. Indiana humidity. What’s an 8-year-old to do?
On one such day, I decided that I needed my own television show. That’s all there was to it. If there was anything I was missing in my life at the time, it was my own 30-minute chunk of airtime to entertain the [...]

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I Think I’m Dead

You know in the movies when people die but don’t realize it because they’re still walking around and can’t figure out why people are ignoring them? And of course, no one looks or talks to them because they can’t see dead people (unlike Haley Joel Osment)?
Today was one of those days because no less than [...]

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