Monthly Archives: April 2015

Mark Twain on Calvary

“When one enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Sepulchre itself is the first thing he desires to see, and really is almost the first thing he does see. The next thing he has a strong yearning to see … Continue reading

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The Death of Aslan (from The Lion The Witch, and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis)

   A great crowd of people were standing all round the Stone Table and though the moon was shining many of them carried torches which burned with evil-looking red flames and black smoke. But such people! Ogres with monstrous teeth, and wolves, … Continue reading

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My view this Easter

  Sometimes, I’m an actor. This year, I’m sound guy.  Good thing it’s a couple of faders and an in-line iPad, or I’d be in a world.

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Quote for the day

 Made at the behest of my friend, Tim, who thinks this is the funniest, “in-transit” conversational stop I made today.  

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Good Friday is good–but it certainly isn’t safe

I have always found the terminology–really the nomenclature–of holidays to be disproportionately goofy.   At least in terms of the coolness: importance ratios. Let’s just take Halloween for instance.  Now, before I even talk about this, understand.  The minute a … Continue reading

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As we head into Friday

I’ve written A slightly longer piece about Good Friday.  It has hope embedded in it. It’s a dimension of who I am–what I was created to be. And yet–I still enter the weekend with my own  trepidations. Even I can … Continue reading

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I Am

  

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On starting my own show . . . or, er, maybe not

So, when I actually made my film on the McCloud River, I built a whole array of jibs, steady-cams and cable-runners to accomplish the pseudo-epic shots I got with my GoPro. Now, I just need a mount for my iPhone … Continue reading

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Storming the castle–my first foray into Adobe After Effects

First off, watch this: This little “movie preview” had a two-fold purpose to it.  The first, was to do something cool for my very good friend, Tim, who is a Marine, and his little boy, Chace. Second, I needed a … Continue reading

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A gratuitous re-post of my film

See, here’s the thing about running your own blog.  Theoretically, I could post my epic fly-fishing film short Tenkara and the Man Card every single day. But really, what I am going to gain by doing that?  You’ll get sick … Continue reading

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