Wednesday, October 31, 2007
15 SECONDS OF FAME
YUPP, It all came to pass as promised. The This Old House train rolled through New Orleans and the doctor was on it!! Equipped with his own microphone to boot!! Workin side by side with someone I truly respect - and after having spent a very entertaining afternoon and early evening, respect even more: Stormin Norm Abrams! A very generous, kind, down to earth guy, full of amusing stories and lots of talent.
It's exciting being in the limelight like that with camera people and directors all over, and having to get the loose framework of the action/dialogue to come across as loose and carefree, but tight. I noticed that Norm would deliver his lines a lot more crisply while jacking the tempo up a little faster than his normal conversational flow. So I adapted that technique to the lines I spoke and the director was VERY VERY satified!! Do I hear SPIN-OFF?!?!?!? LOL . It all worked out great. And I've got the t-shirt to prove it!! A New Orleans purple tee with a yellow fleur de lis on the back - special limited edition!
Well, back to reality....
Now that I've had my 15 seconds (really minutes) of fame, I can die peacefully 'cause anything after this is simply lagniappe!! Aint that right Boo?!?!
Here at last are the pics of me w/Norm and also Kevin O'Connor, the host of This Old House.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
the lil nana that could
I put this banana on the roof of the truck as I was putting some stuff in the cab (it was night time) and drove home about 15 minutes away. The next day I went to get in the truck and what greets me in the morning sunshine but "the lil banana that could"
There's a lesson in this:
Hang on tight and you'll get where you need to be/want to go!
Monday, October 22, 2007
THIS OLD HOUSE
Most amazing stuff just drops in your lap sometimes!!
As it turns out, we've been doing structural work on a house for Rebuilding New Orleans, which is a kind of Habitat for Humanity organization doing 'renovations' as opposed to 'new construction'.
Well a rumor was swirling about that THIS OLD HOUSE was going to do some work on the VERY house we're working on and a film crew was probably going to do a shoot. "Yeah, right", was my reaction - "Hand me the level there - thanks" and life went on pretty much as per usual. Well we just got confirmation that Norm and Tom from the show will be there and since I'm the lead carpenter and Ted will be in the hospital, who do you think is gonna be in the camera shots?!?!?!
Who else but the plucky man - Lucky Lance, The Doctor himself!!!!
Next week is the filming. Stay sharply tuned to a PBS channel near you!!
Guess I'll have to re-learn the old This Old House Theme Song, "Louisiana Fairy Tale," recorded by Fats Waller in 1935 and written by Haven Gillespie.
BAHBUHQUE CHIK'N
Hot Damn - finally hooked up my new grill ($54.50 on sale at Lowes).
First home grilled meal since the back deck in Easton, Pa. back in the fall of '06!! (Altho Greg grilled the best steak I ever tasted a coupla months ago) But it's cool here in The South, so grillin in earnest throughout the neighborhood has obviously (to my nose's mad content) begun.
Now chek dis chikkin! It has since been delightfully devoured - and it WAS finger lickin good!!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
AS THE CURTAIN FALLS
So go now toward the sun,
xxxxxxxand as you walk into the fire
I'll see your silhouette
xxxxxxxembraced within the light.
And I wont think of days of sadness
xxxxxxxand I wont fall on fond desire -
I'll just feel your soul's warm sunshine
xxxxxxxas I journey through the night.
LJM 10/12/07
xxxxxxxand as you walk into the fire
I'll see your silhouette
xxxxxxxembraced within the light.
And I wont think of days of sadness
xxxxxxxand I wont fall on fond desire -
I'll just feel your soul's warm sunshine
xxxxxxxas I journey through the night.
LJM 10/12/07
