My friend Amber just to took up the cause in her blog "http://amberbensonwrotethis.blogspot.com" to ensure that someday auto-flush toilets will be available to all, not just the rich and lavatorially privileged, I support her fight as should all of you.
However, i do have my own horse in this fight. My own privy pariah, my water closet war.
The dreaded air hand dryer. Yes the one and the same.
For generations we have been given these "sanitary options" for drying our hands after a trip to the toidy. Wash your hands, soap em up good with pink ooze that looks like something from the X-Files. Then, when it is time dry those nice, clean and SANITARY hands you move over to the conveniently, wall mounted, hot air dryer. You don't want to touch it with your newly washed and SANITARY hands, so you hit with your fabric covered elbow and you are off to the races. HOT AIR FLOWS FORTH.
Well yes, it is hot. No doubt about that. However i believe in my heart of hearts that you could stand there with your hands under that blower, rubbing them together gingerly as is suggested, and you will grow old, the paint will peel off the walls and you will still have two very damp hands. So what do you do?
You wipe them on your pants, which you could have just done originally and saved yourself one more disappointing encounter with the air dryers from hell.
But wait there is more.
Someone, I believe he was a rocket scientist or possible an aeronautics expert, has now developed a new blower. This one certainly does get your hands dry. Unfortunately it also takes you shirt, your pants, your hair and skin with it. It has the power of a jet engine, without the directionality, if it wasn't bolted to the wall with titanium hardware, the thing would surely take flight. It's not a hand dryer, its a restroom black hole.
There is never a happy medium and after all - isn't a happy medium what we all really want anyway?
Friday, December 16, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Ed The Head - installments 2& 3
Entry 2.1
So yesterday we managed to bang out two web installments of "Ask Ed the Head". The usual cast of characters were there as well as an old favorite Erin Callahan (who can be seen as Maddie in Accidental Heroes and Molly in Chronicles of Bob) who has joined the team to pick up the mantle of Oola Galubi. She will also be playing the role of Oola in the webs series as well, opposite AMBER BENSON. The shoot went fairly smoothly after we spent a good bit of the morning getting the green screen and lighting just right, Mr. Head was his usual grumpy self. and Oola was splendid as usual. We have some behind the scenes photos and there will be some out takes as well.
So yesterday we managed to bang out two web installments of "Ask Ed the Head". The usual cast of characters were there as well as an old favorite Erin Callahan (who can be seen as Maddie in Accidental Heroes and Molly in Chronicles of Bob) who has joined the team to pick up the mantle of Oola Galubi. She will also be playing the role of Oola in the webs series as well, opposite AMBER BENSON. The shoot went fairly smoothly after we spent a good bit of the morning getting the green screen and lighting just right, Mr. Head was his usual grumpy self. and Oola was splendid as usual. We have some behind the scenes photos and there will be some out takes as well.
Steve telling me something very important, and me not so much interetsed.
I heard you Ed, and no you can't go and tinkle.
Erin wishing she hadn't answered the phone when i called her to come and play.
Erin thinking how glad she is Ed is in the box.
Chris stroking Eds lovely flowing locks.
Happy Oola
Mr. Ed de Le Tete' - Thespian
Paulie who makes the green screen magic.
A Steve and his camera.
As you can see, we were all thrilled and no pineapples were injured in the making of this web series.
It's a whacky whacky world.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Another Round of Funding
Entry 2.0
Our Indie gogo campaign ended and while we didn't meet our financing goals, we want to thank everyone who did contribute and we want everyone to know that we are still moving forward, For those of you who did not have the opportunity to contribute on Indiegogo, we are giving you another opportunity. We have launched another funding campaign on Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/722416784/maries-zero-gravity-bar-and-grill
Help us make this happen,
Stay tuned, Ask Ed the Head Installment #2 is on it's way.
Our Indie gogo campaign ended and while we didn't meet our financing goals, we want to thank everyone who did contribute and we want everyone to know that we are still moving forward, For those of you who did not have the opportunity to contribute on Indiegogo, we are giving you another opportunity. We have launched another funding campaign on Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/722416784/maries-zero-gravity-bar-and-grill
Help us make this happen,
Stay tuned, Ask Ed the Head Installment #2 is on it's way.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Comicon Day 4 - Wrap Up
1.8
Well it's done. After a good nights sleep, I can look back at NYCCC 2011 and say we had a great convention. We accomplished everything we set out to do and then some. We got the word out to bunch of people, made some new connections and re-connected with others. All in all we all had a good and exhausting time. Next year if all goes well we will have our own booth. Seems convention wandering is a young person's game and us old farts need reclyners.
Well it's done. After a good nights sleep, I can look back at NYCCC 2011 and say we had a great convention. We accomplished everything we set out to do and then some. We got the word out to bunch of people, made some new connections and re-connected with others. All in all we all had a good and exhausting time. Next year if all goes well we will have our own booth. Seems convention wandering is a young person's game and us old farts need reclyners.
Chris and Charlie at the end of Day #2 -- Needing to sit down.
His Ed-ness .... Doing what he does best!!
Look ma, we have T-shirts!
Monkey working the crowd.
Charlie and the lovely Jill Pantozzi aka The Nerdy Bird, her blog "Has Boobs, Reads Comics" is very cool.
Ed and Charlie, Day #4, we have had just about enough.
Ed working the phones. "No, I don't care what Charlie told you."
Jacob Javit supporting the cause.
That's about it. Can't wait for next year. Well maybe i can....
Friday, October 14, 2011
Comicon Day 2
Entry 1.7
Another really great day. Met some really cool people and gave out a ton of Marie's postcards to a number of Buffy and Amber fans. Hopefully that will help the word spread. I had a great conversation with Eddie McCIintock from Warehouse 13. Great guy, really down to earth, We talked a bit about the show, and some other stuff.
I have two podcast interviews scheduled for some time tomorrow and a Sci fi news website wants us to come and do an interview when the con is over.
The best news of the day, I finally had a chance to talk to Felicia Day, and we had great catching up "Nice to finally meet face to face" conversation, while 500 people behind me were waiting for autographs. We both decided we would like to work together on something, and are talking about doing a project together in the future. That was pretty cool.
I am exhausted and too tired to write more.
We might have some video to put up from the con tomorrow.
Keep watching.
Keep donating to the cause as well.
Another really great day. Met some really cool people and gave out a ton of Marie's postcards to a number of Buffy and Amber fans. Hopefully that will help the word spread. I had a great conversation with Eddie McCIintock from Warehouse 13. Great guy, really down to earth, We talked a bit about the show, and some other stuff.
I have two podcast interviews scheduled for some time tomorrow and a Sci fi news website wants us to come and do an interview when the con is over.
The best news of the day, I finally had a chance to talk to Felicia Day, and we had great catching up "Nice to finally meet face to face" conversation, while 500 people behind me were waiting for autographs. We both decided we would like to work together on something, and are talking about doing a project together in the future. That was pretty cool.
I am exhausted and too tired to write more.
We might have some video to put up from the con tomorrow.
Keep watching.
Keep donating to the cause as well.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Comicon Day 1
Entry 1.6
The day started out wonderfully, My brand new white C-squared polo shirt had coffee on it before we walked out the door. White, not so much a good color for me. But i digress. Ed, Chris (our production manager) and myself get on the train and find ourselves at the Jacob Javitz center at about 10:30am. We made great time in, and the doors open at 11am. Right? Wrong. You can hang around the lobby and go to some panels at 11. The actual con floor does no open until 4pm. Joy and rapture. However we did spend the interim hours walking around, getting interviewed by various wandering Vide-azzi, and a good friend of ours who came down from New England hung with us and the time magically flew by. yep..
At 4pm the masses lined up at the entrance to the hall. Which was lost on me but was explained clearly that they want to be the first to get to the collectibles. Ah, now i understand. I guess i still have a ways to go to hone my geekiness. So after the crowds thinned (took all of 15 seconds) we wandered onto the con floor, in search of the Podcast aisle. One of the objectives of this convention was to hit as many podcasts and web-bers a possible to get Marie's out there. As it turns out it was still early and only one podcaster was set up. Ian Levenstein, from "Comic Timing" was more than happy to interview me. As soon as i sat down we both realized that he had interviewed me first at comicon a few years back when we made Accidental Heroes. I began to tell him about our project, and as he put it in his own words, I had him at "Amber Benson playing Marie". It was a fun and pleasant interview, and I managed to get out all the info that we needed, website, facebook and indiegogo. He is going to let me know when the interview will be played and i will post that as well.
Later in the day as my feet were starting to hurt and my knees were starting to demand they be taken back to brooklyn and put in bed, I ran into wonderful woman. Well I didn't actually run into her, I was admiring her mostly covered tattooed body, when we struck up a conversation, and as it turns out she is in production as well and may very well be joining the C Squared Family shortly.
So all in all the first day was a success despite the shaky beginning.
I think we are dying those shirts blue tonight.... This is why we don't wear white after labor day ... or ever!!
Me in white shirt (conveniently hiding the stains) at NYCCC.
The day started out wonderfully, My brand new white C-squared polo shirt had coffee on it before we walked out the door. White, not so much a good color for me. But i digress. Ed, Chris (our production manager) and myself get on the train and find ourselves at the Jacob Javitz center at about 10:30am. We made great time in, and the doors open at 11am. Right? Wrong. You can hang around the lobby and go to some panels at 11. The actual con floor does no open until 4pm. Joy and rapture. However we did spend the interim hours walking around, getting interviewed by various wandering Vide-azzi, and a good friend of ours who came down from New England hung with us and the time magically flew by. yep..
At 4pm the masses lined up at the entrance to the hall. Which was lost on me but was explained clearly that they want to be the first to get to the collectibles. Ah, now i understand. I guess i still have a ways to go to hone my geekiness. So after the crowds thinned (took all of 15 seconds) we wandered onto the con floor, in search of the Podcast aisle. One of the objectives of this convention was to hit as many podcasts and web-bers a possible to get Marie's out there. As it turns out it was still early and only one podcaster was set up. Ian Levenstein, from "Comic Timing" was more than happy to interview me. As soon as i sat down we both realized that he had interviewed me first at comicon a few years back when we made Accidental Heroes. I began to tell him about our project, and as he put it in his own words, I had him at "Amber Benson playing Marie". It was a fun and pleasant interview, and I managed to get out all the info that we needed, website, facebook and indiegogo. He is going to let me know when the interview will be played and i will post that as well.
Later in the day as my feet were starting to hurt and my knees were starting to demand they be taken back to brooklyn and put in bed, I ran into wonderful woman. Well I didn't actually run into her, I was admiring her mostly covered tattooed body, when we struck up a conversation, and as it turns out she is in production as well and may very well be joining the C Squared Family shortly.
So all in all the first day was a success despite the shaky beginning.
I think we are dying those shirts blue tonight.... This is why we don't wear white after labor day ... or ever!!
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