http://www.ststblogs.com Life, Travel, Hollywood, and my 101 in 1001 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:30:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In recent weeks, I have completed a few more items on my 101 List. On June 9th, Elizabeth surprised me with #75, a rock-climbing class at Boulderdash. The picture at right shows me traversing the room, but we also learned vertical climbing and belaying. We got a great workout ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/56 It took over twenty months, but, in the last few weeks, I finally completed three 101 items: #19 (Finish the renovation of the guesthouse), #21 (Purchase a third investment property), and #31 (Throw a big party in 2008 to celebrate four years in Los Angeles). As it worked out, ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/55 At a party last night, I was reintroduced to the Johnny Cash song, I've Been Everywhere. It's been sung by many others artists too, of course, and it was originally written by Geoff Mack between 1959-1962. Cash's version of the song is included on the American 2: Unchained and The ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/54 Last night (and I really do mean all night long), I worked as an actor in an upcoming new movie, thus completing my 101 item #12, "Get a speaking part in a movie or TV show, just for the fun of it." Technically, though, this role was not actually a speaking ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/53 I previously wrote quite a bit about the San Francisco accent and dialect. Here now is another article on the subject that was just published in yesterday's I.J. It seems to owe a lot to its predecessor, but it adds a few more details nonetheless. "Fedoras or Not, Sanfrancisco's ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/52 Catching up on my 101 in 1,001 List, here are the latest updates from the last couple of weeks: #49 — Obtain copies of silent films written by Charles Darnton and learn more about his career. — Over the Christmas break, I watched the new DVD of The Iron Horse, directed ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/51 This week, while on my 9th Annual New Years Eve Roadtrip (to Charleston, West Virginia, but I am passing through many other places as well), I went to Petersburg, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit the controversial Creation Museum that opened just this last May. I've been asked why, ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/50 I just made some revisions to my 101-in-1001 List. These weren't updates — as in actually completing various items — but, rather, fixing up or completely removing certain items because they're now out of date from when I first wrote up the list. First, I took out #11 [Start the ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/49 Man in the ChairAlpha Dog24 Hours on CraigslistA new trailer was recently released for an indie film called Man in the Chair which came into limited theatrical release on December 7th. My German Shepherd, Sadie, appeared in the movie as an animal shelter dog who was set free by Christopher Plummer ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/48 On Saturday evening, I got home and found in my mailbox a ten-page report from the City of Los Angeles. Long story short, the permits and variances for my guesthouse have finally been officially approved. It took sixteen months to get it all done! This means that I can ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/47 Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I went back to see my family in the San Francisco Bay Area where I completed two of my 101 List items. The original list item #83 said to go to the top of one of the Golden Gate Bridge towers, but, unfortunately, that's just not ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/46 Yesterday, as part of Mike Schneider's second annual Great L.A. Walk, Jenn Moore and I hiked the entire 15.6 miles of Pico Boulevard from its start at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Downtown Los Angeles to its end at Shutters On The Beach in Santa Monica. Along the way, we passed ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/45 I just updated my photo portfolio to include a selection of the latest photographs from the last two years or so. Check out the new pictures! http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/44 It's time once again to catch up on some recent 101 in 1001 items, starting with Saturday night when I went to the Queen Mary in Long Beach with my parents. They were here overnight in order to leave on a Mexican cruise the next morning. We looked ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/43 Over the years, I have often been asked about the way that I talk (such as certain phrases, or the slurring of words). Unfortunately, people generally did not believe me when I replied that I have a San Francisco accent. Sure, the accents from Chicago and Boston are ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/42 On my thirtieth birthday on 15 April 2007, I truly entered the world of podcasts when my then-girlfriend gave me an iPod. As I tried out various shows, I soon found The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe which quickly became my favorite of all of them. By the time I ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/41 Ugh! I am so frustrated. For the last week or so, I've been trying to finish reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but I've been slowed down tremendously because the the book is absolutely riddled with grammatical errors. I don't remember anything like this in the ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/40 I've got a few more 101 List updates. I completed item #2 which said to make my Go For Websites company profitable. I officially started it in December 2005, and, at my lowest point on 17 June 2006, I was several thousand dollars in the red. I've been growing ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/39 In the last couple of days, via TiVo and iTunes, I caught up on the final five or six episodes of the season of the canceled NBC television series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. How bittersweet it was, though. With its excellent ensemble of actors, great writing of situations ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/38 I've got a few updates from my 101 list. I recently completed item #94 in that I bought a brand-new lawnmower and leaf blower, thus meaning that I was able to get rid of the Mexican gardener who'd been coming every Wednesday. I'm glad for that because, even though he ... http://www.ststblogs.com/archives/37