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Dystopic nightmares avoided by lame excuses

Life is very difficult. This is not a revelation but it bears repeating I think.
Joy is fleeting and usually involves a drug or two. Simple happiness and contentment is almost as fleeting and tends to stick you. Growth demands pain and turmoil. Life demands growth. Evolution is about the merciless churn of life and death.
This […]

Immigration policy

I’m never going to be president but I were this is the how I’d treat illegal immigrants,
If you’re crazy enough to walk across the Sonoran desert, you’re crazy enough to be an American.
Seriously, most people who don’t live down here in Tucson don’t have any idea of what the desert is like. Anyone that determined […]

The Golden Monolith

I learned an important thing about setting up a 12ft x 12ft reflector a month or so ago

never try to put one in the middle of a forest no matter how much extra light you need.
Man, that thing is impossible to move on rough terrain amongst the trees.
It was silly but we had it […]

Business in between

The Muffin Man waits. He’s not sure what he’s waiting for be he waits anyway. Juan Carlos watches and wait too for that moment when the Muffin Man can be awakened.
The Muffin Man’s life is busy with business. His days are filled with cooking. His nights are not always lonely.
Still…he is asleep, a ghost running […]

My personal hero

I’m not prone to easy admiration and hero worship of any sort. However, if I could define a personal cinematography hero it would be Chris Doyle.
Movies and film had interested me for years. Stories, pictures, thoughts and deeds, trying to tease the essence of life out of its hidey hole.
It was just a side interest […]

Confused old

How does the spam know who I am?
Today I got some spam that only had these words
Confused old…
I’m not quite sure what they were trying to sell but they sure did nail me perfectly.

The twisted path

There are many things I thought would happen when I was young and foolish and sure of life and not one did.
I was going to be a great physicist who’d dive into the depths of the universe. I’d put Einstein Newton to shame.
I was going have a family and be the father I never had.
I […]

Vote for Zombie

There are a lot of people out there who absolutely love zombies. The whole idea of zombies really gets them all revved up and ready to devour.
I find this very odd and incomprehensible since I’m a fan of beautiful imagery and deep multilayered storytelling. The rotting undead do not tickle me in a happy place. […]

What could be better

I’ve had a some interesting experiences since I left NYC oh so many years ago. I am amazed by these moments. It’s a wonder that never quite ceases, holding me then, me now, in mind at the same moment. To see what has happened and what has not. How is the person that skulks around […]