Last 25 Entries

October 3, 2008

Starting The Process - After a wonderful round of auditions (and the subsequent necessary call-backs), I finally cast my next play and rehearsals promptly began the next day. That was a little over a week ago. I am currently freaking out over the realization... more »

October 1, 2008

Italy - It has been over a month since we returned home from our trip to Italy this summer. Such a good trip! I told you all about it in a previous post, but I never got around to posting the... more »

September 29, 2008

Happy New Year - If you're not confused by the title of this entry, then L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu! Here's wishing peace, prosperity, and good health to you and your loved ones. Gut Yuntiff... more »

September 24, 2008

Oh So Quiet - The silence is deafening. Emily and Jan just went out to the park. They went with Emily's friends Tom, Luca, Daniel, and the aforementioned kid's mums. They are all gone. But only after spending the past two hours here in... more »

September 14, 2008

Fuddy Auditions - I love theatre auditions. Especially when I get to run them! Today we held auditions for Jocular Theatre's Fall '08 production of David Lindsay-Abair's high-pitched farce, Fuddy Meers. Funny stuff! I try to make my auditions as fun as possible.... more »

September 12, 2008

Emily's Nude Gay Beach Party - And what a great party it was! Rehashing the same idea from last year, Emily celebrated her second birthday on Barceloneta beach (next to the gay beach, not far from the nude beach). We billed it as not only a... more »

September 5, 2008

Cambridgeshire - Would you feel cheated if I didn't go into detail about our trip to England this past July? I'll still post some photos and video. This proposed brevity isn't motivated by any reason other than the fact that I'm... more »

September 1, 2008

1000 Comments - After 10 years (next month) of writing, and more than 500 blog entries later, please join me in congratulating Phil for leaving the 1000th comment on this blog! Hurray!!! Thank you Phil. And than you to everyone else who reads... more »

August 30, 2008

Booted - Emily was not happy going to sleep in her own bed tonight. And by "not happy", I mean screaming her head off. So Jan generously offered to let her fall asleep in our bed. We had just started watching the... more »

August 27, 2008

Emily Through The Years - In preparation for Emily's upcoming birthday, I have started a new photo album on my Facebook page where I will be uploading two delightful photos from each month of Emily's joyous life, covering three months everyday for the next week+.... more »

August 24, 2008

Push Up Update - One month ago I could do 13 consecutive push ups. I started training and, after two weeks, was able to perform 21. Today marked the end of Week 4 and I dutifully knocked out 33 push ups before collapsing to... more »

August 22, 2008

Olympic Viewer - During daylight hours, our TV is never on unless there's a cartoon or muppet prancing around on it (which is not all that often). This all changed during Wimbledon when Jan decided to watch Spain kick some ass. Emily wasn't... more »

August 19, 2008

GG and Amy Media Catch-up - I just realized how long it's been since I last posted photos here. Sorry about that. I'd better do something about it. Last month, GG cashed in her birthday present from the family and came to visit us here in... more »

August 15, 2008

Borgo Val di Taro - Hi. I just wanted to let you all know that we are currently relaxing in the picturesque Italian mountain village of Borgo Val di Taro. We arrived on Monday and are spending a week with friends Chris and Federico and... more »

August 8, 2008

One Hundred Push Ups - I was listening to my muscles atrophying a few weeks ago while in the process of wasting my life away in front of the computer when I stumbled upon this interesting web site called one hundred push ups and I... more »

August 2, 2008

Leather Anniversary - Three years of wedded bliss. That's leather, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, Jan and I celebrated our third anniversary last week. Celebrated... well, we spent the day on an airplane flying to England to while away a week with her parents.... more »

July 28, 2008

Countdown - OK, you've seen the video of Emily counting for the very first time. Well, the following video was taken just three days later: And that was about a week ago! We're not sure if it's sheep or not, but we... more »

July 24, 2008

Summer Travel Plans - Most people in Spain take a four-week vacation sometime during the summer. We're planning on doing the same, just not all at once. June 26-30: stay with David and Emma in Jersey July 24-30: stay with Jan's parents in Outwell... more »

July 23, 2008

An Open Thank You Letter - Dear Nana and Aunt Amy, It was wonderful having you stay with us and we were very sad to see you go. Six days together seemed to fly by so quickly! Getting GG that ticket to Barcelona for her 85th... more »

July 14, 2008

Jersey Slideshow - We had a great time with the "Brighton Crew" in Jersey as this past week's entires may have conveyed. I thank you for sitting through the endless videos of our little fireball - I had fun making them. The... more »

July 11, 2008

JVS 5 - Trains, Flowers, and Fruit - I can't believed I actually managed to blog every day this week (Mon-Fri). I can't remember the last time I did that. This has certainly been an exercise in discipline, stress management, and sleep deprivation. Why do I insist on... more »

July 10, 2008

JVS 4 - Waiting Lounge - We weren't able to attend David and Emma's wedding a couple of years ago because Emily decided to be born that month (or week, I can't remember) and the drive to the south of France just didn't seem like the... more »

July 9, 2008

JVS 3 - The Beach - Our second Jersey group adventure was a Sunday trip to the beach. The beach on the west coast of Jersey is beautiful - one could almost forget you were only 100 miles south of England. No wonder this place was... more »

July 8, 2008

JVS 2 - Snakes - Our first group adventure in the Channel Islands was a trip to the Jersey Zoo. We made our way to the quiet bus station in the middle of St. Helier and boarded the zoo-bound bus along with 5,000 teenage girls... more »

July 7, 2008

Jersey Video Series 1 - The Fountain - Yes, we're back from our holiday in Jersey. The island was lovely. Seeing friends was wonderful. The trip home was a nightmare. I shot some nice videos (of Emily) while there so I'll be ambitious and plan a short entry... more »