Jane had ‘day surgery’ on Thursday. Why do they call it ‘day surgery’? I’ve lived a pretty good number of years. I’ve had surgery. I’ve had other family members who’ve had surgery. I’ve never seen a surgery start in the daytime and go into the night. Other than emergencies, are surgeries even performed at night? [...]

Winter has finally hit Austin and it’s cold here today! Unfortunately, it’s not only the weather that is cold. The film business is also suffering from a bit of a cold spell as well. Or at least this actor is. Work always slows down during Thanksgiving and Christmas and through the start of the new [...]

Winter has finally hit Austin and it’s cold here today! Unfortunately, it’s not only the weather that is cold. The film business is also suffering from a bit of a cold spell as well. Or at least this actor is. Work always slows down during Thanksgiving and Christmas and through the start of the new [...]

Well, our favorite hs football team, the Pflugerville Connally Cougars lost a very tough state semi-final game to the Marshall Mavericks on Dec. 3, 2005. Final score Mavs 24 Cougars 17. Two great teams. Congratulations to the Mavs who play Highland Park next weekend for the state 4A Div I championship. Mentioned last time that [...]

Well, our favorite hs football team, the Pflugerville Connally Cougars lost a very tough state semi-final game to the Marshall Mavericks on Dec. 3, 2005. Final score Mavs 24 Cougars 17. Two great teams. Congratulations to the Mavs who play Highland Park next weekend for the state 4A Div I championship. Mentioned last time that [...]

As a followup to my previous post re: football, ‘our’ team, the Connally Cougars of Pflugerville, Texas won their quarterfinal game last Saturday vs Flour Bluff Hornets 28-21 and have advanced to the semi-final round of the state high school football playoffs. Connally will play a great team from East Texas, the Marshall Mavericks. Go [...]

It’s Turkey Day tomorrow. Every year our family has a big Thanksgiving day get-together …usually 30-50, some years it’s more. It’s always a good time. Over the last two years, these family get together’s have taken on added importance. This will be our 3rd Thanksgiving since Jane, my wife, was diagnosed with cancer. She was diagnosed [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve had time to post. Just spent a GREAT weekend in Randleman, NC at the Victory Junction Gang camp. This is a camp that the Petty family (you know…VAROOOMMMM) has established with corporate help from Georgia-Pacific and others. The camp primarily serves kids who have serious illnesses, disabilities, burns, etc. [...]

I guess I should wrap up a few loose ends from previous posts: To be blunt, the trip to Shreveport was a bust. Although I did get the callback, I didn’t get the gig. Callbacks don’t pay. Not in $$$ at least. Emotionally, they pay a bit, but that currency is usually spent by the [...]

Wow…it’s been a hectic schedule lately… The Texas based actor has to travel. The normal circuit is Austin -> Dallas -> Houston. Now you can add Shreveport, LA to the mix. In the past week I’ve been to Dallas 3 times and Shreveport once. I think I’m too old for this! … With all the [...]