Like most people I know, I watched the Inauguration this week. Historic and uplifting. Two things I can’t often say about our government’s activity. I’m excited to see what the future brings, and curious to see President Obama in action instead of as an icon …
Read MoreFear. Hope. And “The Redemption”
I’ve had an odd experience in the last week or so… I’ve fallen in love with movies again. Seems strange to say it, as a filmmaker – and as a guy about to direct a feature. But there it is. You see all the years …
Read More8 Years is a Lifetime.
So the election’s over, and no matter who you voted for it was pretty amazing to see the emotion and pride that seemed to sweep across the nation and the world. Obama has inspired people, and he hasn’t done a single presidential act yet. McCain …
Read MoreThe Green Monsters…
I’ve been thinking about the two things I hate the most. I hate them in me. I hate them in others. Pride. And Jealousy. Two things which travel together like evil twins with a pyro problem and a bag full of lighters. Leave them alone …
Read MoreBe very afraid….
So here we are… marching toward a Presidential election with both sides ramping up to a crazed din so loud my ears are bleeding. Now it’s all just noise. And I find myself disappointed. Pissed off even. All the discussion, the ads, the YouTube viral …
Read MoreThe Logic Vacuum…
When I left New Line Cinema in June of ’07, and I was seriously considering writing a book about the idiocy I saw everyday in the way the studio was run. A year later, June ’08, New Line was officially closed and folded into Warner …
Read MoreLook, don’t touch…
I’ve been struck by something recently. We live in a beautiful country, with amazing things to see and road access to breathtaking parts of the outdoors. And unlike most of the rest of the world’s beauty, we’ve never had ours spoiled by bombing raids or …
Read MoreSomebody did it…
Apparently my wife and I have kept every instruction manual for every piece of electronics we’ve ever owned. And today we were tossing some of them out. I came across the manual for a watch/ compass/ altimeter/ swiss-army knife/ & parachute I own. I’ve never …
Read More