ADDISON'S ROOM

Just waiting for the new arrival!

A Lonely Chair...

...on a golf course in Florida...chilly (40s), foggy morning...awaiting the talent.

These are the days when I really, really like my job. Out on a gorgeous golf course with my favorite production crew members...Starbucks in hand...everything set up in plenty of time...sun rising, fog lifting...easy shoot.

Other days? Not so much. But there are more good than bad days, so I feel lucky.

By way of comparison, here is where Brendan's job has taken HIM for the next 3 weeks -

BEWARE... Phishing Expedition

We got an email from Bank of America, Mom's bank, saying too many attempts at trying to get in to her online acct so they locked it... "Go here to upddate your profile." When I checked the B of A site they wanted you to go to it was a phoney... sent the email to B of A and they confirmed it was a phishing site

Gratefully, when Meems first got the email, she did not just click on the site but asked me first.... Now she knows and is suspicious of this tactic. So, everyone BEWARE even when the email has the bank logo on it.

Happy Birthday, Nana Jean

I just noticed it was January 25, and Nana Jean would have been 95 years old today. Love you, Mom. Miss you.

Someone had a better idea...

So I open the refrigerator this morning and saw... darkness. The bulb has finally burned out.  Went to CVS to get a new small 40 watt appliance bulb. I know I did not have any around the house. After all, how often do you need them. My Refrigerator is 11 years old and this is the first time I had to buy one in..... at least 11 years. I guess the manufacturers of the appliance bulb must have felt the same limitation on their sales each year until someone came up with the bright idea.... package the bulbs, two to a pack and VOILA.... instantly double our annual sales. Alas... now I have an small, extra appliance bulb, 40 watts to store or just throw away, so if anyone is in need of a small, appliance bulb.... 40 watts, please let me know. You can have mine.... if I do not forget where I put it.

Scooby's Leavin'...on a Jet Plane...

With a heavy heart, I put Scooby (aka Brendan) on a plane this morning, bound for the Bahamas, where he will be shooting for the next THREE WEEKS. Neither of us are fans of these long shoots and it will be pretty sad and lonely around the condo until Valentine's Day, when he returns.

But - I have my fabulous friends and lots of work to keep me busy, as well as writing, writing, writing, which is a big part of my plans. Will also get to catch up with a ton of stuff on the DVR. However, it's possible I might starve to death without him around to make me meals here and there. Well...I probably won't starve...but I'll most likely be eating a lot of Triscuits for dinners.

BTW, in the picture...he is the one waving. You can tell by his sPiky hair.

VERY late Christmas photos

Sorry this is so late, but better late than never right? Just wanted to share some Christmas photos with everyone. Thanks again for getting Luke some really great gifts! He's been playing with this stuff non-stop since Christmas! Hope everyone is well. Love from the Colorado gang...

I'm a Barbie Girl...in a Barbie World...

Had a conference call today with a guy whose title is "Executive Producer & Vice President - Barbie." Now THAT is a great title.

Seems that LPGA golfer Brittany Lincicome is getting her own Barbie Doll as part of their "Girls Can Do Anything" series (Danica Patrick has been featured previously) and they will be including a DVD with the Barbie doll that has a mini-bio of Brittany. I will be executive producing said bio.

It's fun and it's different from things I tend to do regularly, and that is exactly what I like about my job.

I have another conference call with the Barbie dude in the morning. I wonder if Ken will be there...

Dinner with the Tuz's

Had a very nice visit with old friends in Algonac last night. Dinner at MacRae's on the River was nice, but the piano playing was a bit loud for me. Had some perch which was just so so, but the company was exceptional. Tomorrow is a Jimbo visit day.

Is it spring,yet?

What's up, Doc?

Today is my seniannual visit to the cardiologist. Hopefully, I will be able to talk him out of taking a stress test this summer... It has been two years since the last one, and I do not see any reason to take one now, having had no symptoms whatsoever to justify spending an half a day on the treadmill and lying still while the camera passes over the entire chest. Just trying to do my bit to hold down the cost of health care.

WHAT IS IT?

Happened to look up on the Dining Room ceiling and saw this strange shadow across the entire with .... like an image of the joist above. It does not feel wet to me, and the shadow is across the entire width of the ceiling, not just in one spot like a wet spot would be. It will probably require someone (Hi, Adam) to crawl up  then and ascertain if there is a leak. If so, we will need to  get the roofers back here to make some repairs before the ceiling comes down.

No more Learner's Permit...

You will all be happy to learn that we went to the Macomb County Animal Shelter this morning and secured a new license for sPike. He is now legal for another year, although is will still not let him drive my car, license not withstanding. But I did take him on a nice walk through the neighborhood. Wore my cleats and felt very sure footed. Meems took him for a long walk through the near by cemetary this morning, so he is now set for the day.

Elementary, my dear Watson...

Mom and I went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie yesterday at 4 in the afternoon... not bad at $4.50 each.... Good movie... Robert Downey and Jude Law both do a very nice job, but as always in British movies, and more so now, with my impaired hearing, I did miss about half the dialog. I will get the DVD when it comes out and probably enjoy it all the more when I can hear everything.
All that new snow out there... we will wait until its done before tackling it with the shovels and snow blower. No sense it doing it twice.

E.T. and Me...

...we had something in common...our fascination/addiction/love of the Reese's Pieces. Trivia: apparently, the producers of the E.T. movie originally wanted to use M&Ms, but M&Ms did not want to be associated with the movie (they probably thought "a movie about some stupid-looking alien coming to earth and befriending a bunch of kids? HA! It will NEVER work!")so the producers found the Hershey Foods company to be a willing second choice. And the sales of Reese's Pieces sPiked once the movie was released. According to reports:

"Sales were variously described as having tripled, experienced an 85% jump, or increased by 65%. Whatever the numbers, though, Reese's Pieces - up until then an underdog confection only faintly known by the U.S. candy-consuming public - were suddenly being consumed in great handfuls."

I always found that to be a great, fascinating story...would have loved to have been a fly on the wall after the movie came out, when the folks at Mars/M&Ms headquarters were firing the guy who turned down E.T.

And now, years later, I have come to the unarguable conclusion that Reese's Pieces are, hands down, my most favorite candy of all candies. And that I have ZERO willpower when it comes to them. I literally cannot have them in my office or at home or wherever I am, because I will eat them until I explode. Like goldfish do...eat and eat until they explode. (So warning to the Sheen Boys - don't overfeed Freddie...cause he'll explode...OR grow up...to be SHARKS! [another Spielberg movie reference]).

So on that note...can someone PLEASE come get these Reese's Pieces out of my office??? Before I explode!!!