“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Cormac wrote The Road with his son John in mind.
This quote rings true with me however small however hidden.
There is always hope.
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A bit about me
A second cousin is putting together a bit about the family, he asked for my bio, this is all I’ve got.
Things I’m good at – Making Messes
Things I’ve done:
Traveled to 67 countries; goal of 100+
Have a thing for travel to islands in the middle of nowhere including Easter Island, Cuba, Bali, NZ, Tasmania…
Danced with Gene Kelly (so memorable)
Been to the Oscars, Emmys, and Cannes Film Festival
Worked on the precursors of both Siri and Netflix
Landed my mom a credited role in a Carl Reiner film.
Worked with Rob Reiner et al, at Castle Rock in TV Development (we had a little show called Seinfeld)
Have been in 3 major earthquakes (9.2, 7.1, 5.9)
3 superbowls (one for fun, one for work, one I crashed!) 1 World Series
Worked on a bunch of tv shows and a couple of films. Edited scripts for Harpo Productions (Oprah Winfrey)
Attended Midsummer Night’s Dream party at Playboy Mansion West 2x
Got stranded in dead-end tunnel in Belgium Metro
Lunched with Dick Clark at his home in Malibu, dined with Quincy Jones at his house in Bel Air
Worked with MacArthur Genius Award winner Dr. Stephen Schneider on a tv show about climate change (was with Steve in NOLA when he was notified of his win…)
Got clocked skiing at 63mph in 2020
Did one year in National Ski Patrol – both my knees and I survived.
Barely Survived building a house in Santa Fe
Dined at Rick’s Place in Casablanca
Election Poll Worker in 5 elections
Volunteered over 1000 hours with various organizations
Decent cook – (my soufflés are legendary and I’m now allergic to eggs!)
Have flown close to 2 million miles
Hiked the Powell Nanokweap trail in/out of Grand Canyon at Marble Canyon
Once checked-in for a flight to Narita only to find out my ticket was to Nagoya (blonde moment) but enjoyed the trip anyway! Enjoyed Fu No Yu – View Bath at Nagoya Airport
Summited Half Dome in 2010 was scheduled again in 2020 but pandemic
Summited Mt. Fuji
Gave talks on travel hacking and took a month-long international trip on points!
Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane at 10K ft.
Spent a summer river rafting
Performed a stand-up comedy routine at The Comedy Club in LA
Survived a pandemic – so far
Really want to go to Antartica, Africa, and Argentina; have been to Andorra, Austria, Australia, Antigua…
Had this bio put into narrative by a 5 time Emmy award winner friend
Have fabulous friends, and thousands of twitter followers
I can swear in 7 languages, Blyad! (make that 8… )
Gaia Theory – Earth will kill what is killing earth
One of the last projects I worked on in Hollywood was called “The Fire Next Time” Filmed in 1991 it took place in 2017 – around the “tipping point.”
Worked on this project from inception research to filming for the Executive Producer / Writer (who got fired 1/2 way thru filming, so I never appear in the credits.)
In the years of research I did with the likes of Dr. Stephen Schneider, NOAA, NCAR, and NASA, they all agreed on one thing – there are too many polluting people on earth. Fuck fosses fuels, fuck the people who have sacrificed the planet for money. We knew better and did nothing.
I’m so sorry for future generations. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105998/mediaviewer/rm289640960?ref_=tt_ov_i
Side note: My parents came to visit me on location in Louisiana and ended up lifelong friends with actor Richard Farnsworth.
Pandemic Travel – an oxymoron?
Speaking of morons, wtaf is Trump doing to solve this pandemic in the US? Not enough, not nearly enough. Speaking of Oxymorons, what is your favorite? Plastic Glasses? Jumbo Shrimp? Relative Stranger? Family Vacation?
I miss traveling, I kinda miss travel planning, I totally miss visiting new places. Can’t wait to travel again…
So, what do you think? Barbados for a year? Immigrate to Spain? Portugal?
https://voicesinaction.org/
Silence Breakers
Lost
The most important thing happening in the world is climate change. I knew this back in the late ’80’s, I know it now. The tipping point happened; expect climate acceleration. We will see climate migration and dissolution of communities, industries, livelyhoods. The Gaia Theory as interpreted by Elizabeth: The Earth will kill what is killing it.
We knew better, and we failed. Homo Sapiens will not outlast Neanderthal time on earth.
My heart is breaking…
My love affair, and now breakup, with cookbooks is devastating. I am crying while purging my cookbooks –
literally the recipe of my life. Hard media vs. memories.
escape Lounge – Oakland Airport. Good, Bad, and…
So my first beef with escape Lounge is that ‘escape’ is lower case, and Lounge is uppercase. You are not cool, escape Lounge; fire your marketing people now. right Now.
Second is that if you are going to promote top of the line beverages, don’t serve bottom of the barrel house brands and then upcharge for it when customers pay $45 bucks to get in.
Which brings me to lousy ‘pretty’ food and mediocre service.
But hey, good soft seating and staff warmed the screaming baby’s bottle.
I know there is a connection to AMEX Platinum lounges, but this is a disaster. Save your $45 bucks; go to an airport table-serve, sit-down restaurant, grab a corner table, food, drink, and wifi. Unless, you want to drink a lot of free cheap liquor.
The Good:
Convenient to Southwest Gates even though it’s in an adjacent terminal.
3 years, three lessons
- When you can’t help, stop trying (I struggle with this everyday.)
- Live your life. (It’s just that simple.)
- If it hurts, stop it.