Archive for January, 2008

Look it up

Published Date: January 30th, 2008
Category: Uncategorized

I had a lovely little traipse on the web today.  In the commentary on Toy Story, John Lassiter mentions a Nissan ad that was directed by Ridley Scott.  So I had to look it up.  Blade Runner is my fav movie,  (and Alien ranks pretty well too), but I didn’t know that Ridley Scott did […]

The view from my world

Published Date: January 28th, 2008
Category: Uncategorized

Just about all the area schools are reporting closures.  This has been a bumper year for snow-days :) 

Lollipop

Published Date: January 18th, 2008
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I went to Pratt’s for workshop hours.

The smell of the forge

Published Date: January 18th, 2008
Category: pers

Today was the second week of blacksmithing class at Pratt.
When the forge is first turned on, I smell the heat.  There’s a whiff of gas, but it lights fast and burns, so not much escapes to the room.  Mostly, I smell something else, the heat.  The workroom is outside the main building, basically outdoors, with smooth […]

Weekend assignment #197

Published Date: January 5th, 2008
Category: Uncategorized

(See here, if you don’t get the reference)
Weekend Assignment #197: Now that the WGA strike has had lots of time to affect the prime time television schedules, how is it affecting you as a viewer? What show do you miss most, aside from reruns? 
Actually, the writer’s guild strike is pretty welcome for me.  I don’t […]