Last weekend, I wrote a blog post about Sgt. Rex, a German Shepherd who served America in two tours of duty in Iraq. Now at the mandatory retirement age of ten, and no longer able to perform his duties for his country, there was some question as to whether he would be reunited with his…
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“We’re gonna stay here until we get it right! Take 2,900… and… ACTION!!”
You’ve heard the jokes, haven’t you? About the motion picture director that took take after take after TAKE of a specific scene. Charlie Chaplin, for example, was known to take over 300 shots of a single scene in City Lights just to make sure his co-star Virginia Cherrill was holding a rose at the proper…
Read MoreWork with technology… don’t make it the other way around.
With this Wednesday’s technology summit at Saint Rose, “Tethered 24/7: Staying Human with Today’s Technology,” I thought about how much technology has impacted my life – both in good forms and in bad. And I’m not just talking about iPads and Twitter, mind you – I’m talking about other technologies that have affected my life,…
Read MoreThe art of carving spinach jade
The skill and dexterity of carving jade is something that completely amazes and astounds me. The thinner jade is cut, the more translucent it becomes. But one small errant nick, one tiny misplaced cut, can turn your jade artwork into a mess. Artisans today use diamond-tipped bits and burrs to carve jade animals and jade…
Read MoreUpdate on the Stained Glass Dream Window of Kenwood Avenue Project
Update. In an effort to create a new art project, last December I purchased a glass-paneled window from Silver Fox Salvage in Albany’s warehouse district. I replaced most of the border panels in the window with swirled “end of day” slag glass, which were carefully trimmed to fit along the window’s perimeter. I then took…
Read MorePhotographing the St. Patrick’s Day Parade … the big one in New York City.
I had a photo assignment from one of my clients, and it required me to travel to New York City on Saturday. As I started to plan my trip, I realized that if I traveled to New York that day, I would be traveling in the middle of traffic for St. Patrick’s Day. This meant…
Read MoreHelp Sergeant Rex, a war veteran, reunite stateside.
Sergeant Rex served America with honors in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In his two tours of duty, he helped find IED’s – the roadside bombs that have injured and killed thousands of soldiers – so that the bombs could be disarmed. He and his team – which included Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, a decorated Operation Iraqi…
Read MoreHey, look at who’s doing this blogging thing now!
As you regular readers know by now, I have a daughter named Cassaundra who lives in Seattle. She’s a good kid, she’s gone through some tough times but has never given up. She’s still in college, and she’s still a member of the National Guard. She’s even saving up money to buy a new car…
Read MoreE=mc♯
“Words are the canvas of an actor. His lips are his brushes, and his tongue – the colors of the spectrum. And when he speaks, he paints portraits.” -Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl The title of today’s blog post E=mc♯ is a relationship formula, where E is positive emotion, m is compatibility and c♯…
Read MoreI want Chuck Miller, but I don’t want Chuck Miller…
That’s kind of a yin-and-yang headline, but you have to bear with me on this. One of the issues I’ve dealt with in my 48+ years on this planet is a feeling of inadequacy. Of not being good enough. Of not feeling wanted or accepted. It might have started when my father clearly explained to…
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