On the other side of the pastel green planet...

Lately it seems my blog posts have been quite preachy.  Let me tell you that I do practice what I preach.  On the other hand, I have been told that the posts don't reflect me very well.  While I am a stickler for safety and want to help everyone succeed all the time, I'm usually the quickest to give a friendly smile as well.  Heck, I decided it was time to liven things up a bit, so to speak.  I added a new section to the store (now located down at the bottom of the page for easy viewing).  I titled it Zombie Apocalypse .  I will continue to add to that section just as I am continually adding to the other sections.  I'm not new to the Zombie Apocalypse band wagon.  I have been a fan of monster movies since I was a kid.  Well, that takes a little clarification, I've been a fan since I figured out how to not be scared of them.  I remember watching a vampire movie and having nightmares after my nap.  After a good sit down with ...

I work on what could be arguably said to be the largest show in the world.  While I don't work with the latest and greatest equipment, I have the resources to keep the show up and running.  It takes a lot of resources to maintain the multitude of lights and other equipment running. Am I bragging?  Not really (though I do love my job).  What spawned this was the reality check that I recently received.  Last week (seems like ages ago, really), I took my two youngest children to see Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day   (example of this production here ) which is a musical adaptation of the children's book of the same name.  This was not locally produced, but was brought in by a children's theater company out of California.  Needless to say, it was not the biggest budget production out there.  Lighting was simple washes.  The set was a single drop with set props to designate scene/place changes. Why di...

STEP RIGHT UP Get a glimpse of how things run for audio and video for three different Cirque du Soleil shows.