I’ve produced quite a bit of video in my day — well over a hundred programs, though probably less than a hundred hours all told. I…
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I’ve produced quite a bit of video in my day — well over a hundred programs, though probably less than a hundred hours all told. I…
Dear Netflix, After many years of loyal patronage, I will be canceling my Netflix membership at the end of December. As we’ve shared so many…
Here are two cool videos that have bounced into my life over the last 24 hours. Hola, B! This comes from someone I’ve never met,…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been fiddling with constructing my family tree on ancestry.com. (Thanks to my old high school friend Georgie for getting…
It’s not just a sign — it’s a kinetic sculpture. This was constructed by Peter Hickman and friends at the place where the Jeff Davis…
Perhaps I was inspired by all the art we saw yesterday, because when I got home I made a video by pairing a clip I…
My wife and daughter went out of town with some friends for the holiday weekend, leaving me here in New Orleans to fend for myself.…
I can’t take the blame for this one. That goes to Michael Homan. But if you watch closely you’ll see me a few times throughout…
We played host over the weekend to an eleven-year-old boy whose mother (a friend of ours) had to make a trip out of town. But…
Of course I will be hiking Saturday morning, and I encourage all to come with us, but there’s another event that deserves your attention. The…
By strange coincidence, I found myself watching The Big Chill Friday night. It’s one of those super-famous movies that I’ve just somehow never seen. Alas,…
I recently got word that Helen Hill’s film Scratch and Crow has been named to the National Film Registry. Each year the Librarian of Congress…
Thanks to Sean for turning me on to this animated short. The Waif of Persephone from Nick Cross on Vimeo. At first I was thrown…
One of the key tensions in my relationship with Xy has to do with television. To put it bluntly, she’s for it and I’m against…
I think it was four years ago or so. Definitely pre-Katrina. I couldn’t sleep one night, so I was sitting up at the computer and I googled my name. I came across my entry on the IMDb which I hadn’t looked at for a while.
It puzzled me to notice I had a 2002 story credit for a flick called Toss of the Coin. What could that be? Some more clicking around and I discovered that an old buddy of mine, Patrick Steele, had made a short film based on a story I wrote in high school.
He sent me a copy on DVD, and I was knocked out. The quality of the production was high, but more than that, it was like I’d had a dream many years ago and suddenly that dream was made real. So strange, and definitely one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to me.
I just discovered yesterday that Toss of the Coin is now online. If you’ve got twelve minutes to spare, check it out:
Or see it in full resolution on openfilm.com.
I’m nearing the end of my project of excavating old images from the depths of my hard drive. There have been some interesting discoveries along…
And now here comes a video from the unfathomable T Bill featuring Xy and yours truly at the Kroger grocery in Bloomington, Indiana, circa mid…
We’ve finished our second pass through the alphabet. The first go-round took three years and was interrupted by Katrina; this second go-round took thirteen months…
I didn’t have anything to do with the production of this short video from 1994, but friend Rob Womack just advised me it’s on YouTube…