Hola! Howdy! Greetings! Happy Fathers Day to all the meaningful men who are/ have been in our world! Super great line-up today. Beginning with: FILM CREW 101 Behind the Scenes.  This piece is about Set Lighting (which I worked on for 27 + years as a Best Boy - yep, my title was Best Boy.  Industry term). QUICK QUESTION What's my favorite memory of my dad? I have 2: In the summertime, Dad would buy a giant bag of oranges and lemons and hand juice them (old school style)  into a pitcher and make the BEST orange/lemonade! Our dad was larger than life.  As in real life.  His forearms were the size of many people's calves.  He wasn't fat - he was - formidable.  He could be the sweetest guy on the planet or he could be intimidating depending on the situation.  Yeah, we always felt he had our backs - and he did.  Mom told us that when they were dating and first got married - Dad did push-ups with her sitting on his shoulders.  Yep, that kind of strong!  Yours? STORY OF A GENIUS SAYS GOODBYE Is so full of great thought + heart + peace. RECIPE FOR BUBBLE FUN If you're hanging out with your dad or remembering him. THANKS ALL FOR SLIDING BY TODAY We so appreciate ya + love + friendship + sharing + caring. READY? SET. HERE WE GO! ENJOY THE READ.

Friday greetings this last day of May 2024. May is going out - at least around here - with lots and lots and lots of rain.  Seems like a crazy amount of rain, but probably last year was similar.  Last May seems so far away.  Ha Stacy's World Will be back next Friday - fingers crossed - depending on her busy schedule.  I've had conversations with her and her upcoming columns/ideas are SO.MUCH.COOL.FUN. (!!) Today's 5 for FRIDAY is a blast! BEGINNING WITH: Amazing flower artwork and "made ya laugh" cartoons. QUICK QUESTION What's the strangest room or building I've ever been in/to? I could name several working on jobs in the film business:  A giant Masonic Scottish Rite Temple, Haunted Mansion where a doctor lived equipped with an elevator that just decided to go up and down on its own, non-working Kentucky prison from the early 1800s.   And a rental house that my sister, Jennie, and I lived at way back in the day. However, the strangest, creepiest one was in an old, working Tennessee prison where we were shooting the film "Last Dance." On a scout (meaning the entire crew was not present) we were scouting the various places in the prison we would be shooting.  The warden took us down to this room which housed "Old Sparky" -  as he referred to it.  An old, heavy wooden chair that had char marks on it + other dark spots on it and leather tie down straps for arms and ankles.  Yeah, it was a real deal electric chair.  Observation glass windows, bright lights over the chair.  There was even a bucket of water behind the chair for whatever they used that for (use your imagination - or perhaps you may remember the movie "The Green Mile"). The warden said, "Anybody want to sit in the chair?" One of the grips grinned all tough like, said, "Yeah," and he sat down. The warden nodded to someone behind the observation glass and the lights flipped on and off.  That grip flew off that chair faster than a bolt of lightning.  Scared the tar out of him. The warden laughed hard.  Guess it was one of their little pranks they play for amusement to dough-heads who volunteer to actually sit in "Old Sparky." That room was super surreal - but very real.  I'll never forget it.  Yours? FLIGHT ATTENDANTS' HUMOR

Hola! Bonjour! Howdy! Hello Friday and outstanding readers! Super BLAST of cool today beginning with: STACY'S WORLD WOW!  GULP + YIKES! What an adventure week vacation Stacy and her husband had in Arizona. I love the back stories of the town, Jerome, and the cool shops/galleries she writes about.  Specifically, Pura Vida Gallery!  Fascinating and Intriguing.  Totally on my bucket list! Super excited to learn what Stacy's next column will be about regarding the most unique and interesting piece she found that WE can re-create.  Hello! Thanks, Stacy! QUICK QUESTION Truth or Dare? That's a tough answer for me - depending on the question, I guess. But I think I'd roll with Truth because the Dare could be outlandish.  Ha!! SIMPLE FRIEND vs REAL FRIEND Is straight-up beautiful and TRUTH about friendship. TACO BURGERS

Friday greetings! It's been a good week around here.  Lots of rain yesterday *again*  Just about the time I think I wanna whine about it, I stop myself short and remind me that I'll be wishing for it in less than 2 months throughout the full-on furnace of summer and early fall.  So I'm growing in the stop myself short of whining arena. Attitude adjustment:  Yay.  Hooray.  RAIN! My yard and trees are super happy and are showing it with lots of green + growth.  That's what matters. Presenting 5 for FRIDAY on this May 17 Super fun line-up today beginning with -- BRUCE CAMERON'S DUMPED BY A DRIVER H*I*L*A*R*I*O*U*S (!!) I love love love Bruce's writing style.  Absolutely one of my top 2 favorite humor writers.  I am and have always been a giant Bruce fan. QUICK QUESTION Me?  My fast 5 are: The 2 F's (friends and family) Quick wit = laughter Home Sweet Home Music Seeing happy people You? TWO CHOICES I love this story of Jerry the restaurant manager.  So inspiring/encouraging. RECIPE HIPPIE CHICK SALAD Is a winner, winner, winner and a keeper, keeper, keeper.