This evening I co-emceed the Lampeter-Strasburg Idol contest, which is basically the American Idol of LS High School. I shared hosting duties with Kristi, another fellow WJTL-er. We had a lot of fun and I had a good time testing out some jokes and improv in front of my largest audience yet. I thought it [...]
Archive for January, 2009
25 Jan
Sundance, Ya Make Me Angry
A couple of years ago I posted a blog about my disappointment with the Sundance Film Festival’s selection of work for their Short Film category. Well, I’m back, and I’m still disgruntled.
This year they have chosen 10 films and made them available on iTunes for a free download (do a search for “Sundance Shorts” at [...]
14 Jan
Zesty Fresh Death
When I die, whenever that is, those who are still around are more than welcome to remember me in almost any fashion they wish. Maybe you’ll write a song or even a blog. Maybe I’ll live on in a goofy video you pass along to a friend or perhaps through a story that is told [...]
11 Jan
No Sarcasm Implied
Yesterday Sarah and I stopped by Subway on our way home from work. As I was paying for our sandwiches, I noticed a cardboard flier affixed to the cash register, looking me in the eye. There was a picture of Bob and Alison from TV’s The Biggest Loser smiling underneath a huge Subway logo. There [...]
9 Jan
Top 10 Movies of 2008 Pt. 7
The seventh installment of my Best Movies of 2008 series is brought to you by Lisa Blowers. Lisa is the multi-award-winning (she loves when I mention that) host of The Kids Cookie Break on WJTL. She’s also an rabid movie buff and we’ve worked on a couple of fun short films together, like The Art [...]
8 Jan
Top 10 Movies of 2008 Pt 6
The next chapter in my Best Movies of 2008 series is written by Stacey Gagne. Stacey is the office manager at WJTL which basicall means she’s the glue that holds all of us broken pieces together. Stacey is not only the person everyone else goes to to bounce ideas off of and get an honest [...]
3 Jan
Top 10 Movies of 2008 Pt. 5
My Best Movies of 2008 series continues with a quick column written by Alyssa Breneman. Not only does Alyssa keep a blog that’s too deep and insightful for me to leave smarmy comments, she’s a book-reading fiend, an incredible photographer, and like the rest of us, she’s a dancing dweeb.
I have realized that I [...]
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