Month: February 2022

Propmaking, rain, and a leaky dishwasher

Once again, the big activity of the week was making props for the trailer I need to shoot ASAP for The Nick White Show, but I covered that in yesterday’s post, so never mind. I have had a couple people now recommend I switch to Super Sculpey clay, and...

Friday Arts & Crafts Day Update: February 25, 2022

More stuff for The Nick White Show: It should be noted for the record that those Grammys are not Nick’s. Instead, they were awarded to his rival who already has a couple dozen of them kicking around in his garage: In other prop-building for the show, I’ve painted a...

Weekly Reading List: February 22, 2022

From the Ground Up: U2 360º Tour Official Photobook by Dylan Jones and Ralph Larmann Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You Are and What You Do by Lee Silber 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Guerrilla Marketing:...

Spring cleaning, spring flowers… kinda a slow week

Well, the squirrel didn’t manage to come back inside, though she’s tried a few times this week. So we seem to be good on that front. In other news, spring has sprung, or at least begun to do so. Garden pics at the end, but also spring cleaning has...

Friday Arts & Crafts Day Update: February 18, 2022

As promised last week, I got some mini mics made for The Nick White Show: So, left to right we have a Neumann U87, a Shure SM57, and a Shure SM58. I actually made 3 each of the SM57s and SM58s. Of course, I realized after I made the...

Weekly Reading List: February 15, 2022

Christian Louboutin: The Exhibition(ist) by Eric Reinhardt and Jean-Vincent Simonet Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You Are and What You Do by Lee Silber 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson The Marriage Book: Centuries of Advice, Inspiration,...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Jessica Rabbit figurine

This week, let’s talk about one of my all-time favorite characters: Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I ordered this around Halloween last year, actually at the same time when I was ordering a handful of similarly sized statuettes of pagan deities for my altar. I had the...

Tweaked back, character bios, and the return of Squirrel Wars

Well, another Saturday blog. Couple big news items this week: first, I somehow tweaked my back on Thursday. No clue how; everything was fine and normal for the first half of Thursday, then about 2:30 I decided to go for a quick walk before my Zoom clarinet lesson and...