You Better Get Busy

UPDATE: Time Warner and Viacom reached an agreement shortly before the deadline. Crisis averted; comments have been turned off as they are now irrelevant. Man, if you have Time Warner Cable or Bright House Network and like your SpongeBob or MTV, you'd better get busy! I turned on the TV today for The Kid and Nickelodeon is running … Continue reading You Better Get Busy

Life After “High School Musical”

Yesterday as the family sat through the painfully exuberant production that is called the High School Musical 3 parade at Disney's California Adventure, Ann came up with an interesting thought. "So they (the characters) graduated high school. What do they do next?" Well, sweetie, allow me to answer that with a list of possibilities that … Continue reading Life After “High School Musical”

It Started Today

July 16, 2004 was a day much like today, save for the fact that I was 35 and Anthony was still in diapers. Oh, and I was about 80 pounds heavier and had more hair. The summer sun shone brightly and the weather was just right. Well, it was right for those of us that … Continue reading It Started Today

Off the List

FADE IN At one point in my life, perhaps a smidge too late, I considered a career in screenwriting. I took courses in college, bought books, did a lot of research. In fact I even arranged to speak with Keith Sharon, writer of the Showtime screenplay, who also happened to work at one of the … Continue reading Off the List

Local Filming

While on the way to work today I noticed more of those familiar yellow signs that mean filming is taking place. These read "FF4" and while I have no idea what that could possibly could mean, I've compiled a list of possibilities: Fear Factor Foo Fighters Fantastic Four Final Fantasy Freddy Fender (Wait, he's dead) … Continue reading Local Filming