Faxi waterfall in Iceland
5-31-18 This is Faxi, a superb waterfall not too far from where we were staying. The crazy part about it was how little it was advertised on the roadway. There was more signage for a café stand there than for the actual waterfall! The waterfall would have been a major...
Alyssa: Six Years Old!!!!!!
I finally finished editing my annual video compilation of my daughter’s growth over the past year from April 2017-April 2018. Love watching my daughter grow up before my eyes and becoming more confident while developing her own distinct personality....
My Ultimate “Grammer” Mistake as a Teacher
2-4-18: As part of my Visual Literacy II class, I wrote up a PDF document to share with the students on my course page about what to check for when trying to master their presentation when putting together their InDesign project progression document. One of the...
Tales of a Comic Book Collecting Lover & Addict
Trump National Park$
I made this short video over half a year ago. Depressingly, it became true today. “Trump shrinks 2 national monuments in historic move, by 80% and 45%.” aka Trump National Park$ Sponsored by Big Coal! It’s the way of the future!...
“Republican National Park$” will be presented at Simultan Festival 2017: “Possible Futures” in Timisoara, Romania
Happy and humbled to report that one of my recent video short works, "Republican National Park$”, will be presented at Simultan Festival 2017: “Possible Futures” in Timisoara, Romania. It’s really exciting (and a bit surreal) to have a video work shown with work from...
Alyssa’s Cry for “Help” From Inside the Mall Women’s Room
I had another “Alyssa Moment” while at the Tuttle Mall in Dublin, Ohio. While my wife Lisa asked if she could look around Lane Bryant, I went to take our six-year-old daughter Alyssa to the kids play area. Yet Alyssa was complaining that her stomach hurt and that she...
Tragedy at the 2017 Ohio State Fair on The Fire Ball
My favorite ride on the Midway at the Ohio State Fair, The Fire Ball, malfunctioned this evening (on opening day), one person died and seven were badly injured. This is pretty unnerving for me since I’ve been on this ride many times over the past few years. I can’t...
The Day After Easter Discount Candy Quest
I’m not going to lie: the day after Easter is sort of like an especially sweet day for me. For those in the know for insanely good savings, it is "Discount Easter Candy Day". Most stores that have Easter candy have their overstock at 50% off. You see besides the day...
This prolific “1984” movie trailer…
I just so happened to have re-watched the movie “1984” about a year and a half ago. Back then, the movie experience unnerved me a bit because so much was coming true. But I wasn’t too deeply troubled. Yet this morning, I stumbled upon this old movie trailer for “1984”...