Bill & Ted’s Excellent Soundtrack
I was in my second year of architecture school when the movie Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure hit theaters. It was (and still is) a significantly absurd movie, but it …
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Lesson of Joe: Leaping Before You Look
Tonight I was reminded of a lesson my friend Joe Connolly taught me back when he was Propmaster of the long-forgotten Aaron Spelling series “Savannah”. That fabulous, opulent saga of murder …
Lesson of Joe: Leaping Before You Look Read MoreRevolutionary Retro-Illumination Guide #1
With the arrival of functional, mainstream LED lighting I think a lot of us have become fascinated with the new range of illumination solutions. More than once I have found …
Revolutionary Retro-Illumination Guide #1 Read MoreThe Funeral Service of JL Parker
This past Saturday morning we met down near Forsyth, Georgia, to celebrate the life of JL Parker, who passed on September 27th, 2017. I have written down my memories of …
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This weekend our movie industry union picked up the tab for a “family day” at Six Flags and several thousand members took advantage of the opportunity. We got to have …
A Middle-Ager’s Guide to Riding Rollercoasters at Six Flags Read MoreDragon Con Turns 31 – Is It Too Big Now?
This aging dragon has certainly grown! Just look at that graph! It’s based on data I found on a Dragon Con wiki, which explains that its data was collected from …
Dragon Con Turns 31 – Is It Too Big Now? Read MoreProtecting Your Cat from a Solar Eclipse
I don’t know about your part of the country, but in Atlanta everyone has eclipse fever and people (like me) have been racing all over the city in last minute …
Protecting Your Cat from a Solar Eclipse Read MoreThe Betrayal of Steve Sansweet
Today one of the people in my circle of friends became infamous for the systematic theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Star Wars collectibles. I cannot believe …
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This past September a friend told me about a new ABC action series she’d started watching called “Designated Survivor” starring Jack Bauer. I mean, she didn’t say that it starred Jack …
Designated Auditor: Ben Carson Discovers Secret $500 Billion! Not. Read MoreBasil Eleby’s Fabulous Weaponized Love Seat (That Destroyed Atlanta)
Like most Atlantans I am fascinated by the story of Basil Eleby, a man whose life might have come and gone without leaving a mark in Atlanta’s history books if it were not for his …
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