Cooper: Diane, last night I dreamed I was eating a large, tasteless gumdrop, and awoke to discover I was chewing on one of my foam disposable earplugs. Perhaps I should consider moderating my nighttime coffee consumption. 
                        -- "Twin Peaks"

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About me:
* Born in Dayton. Eldest of 10. Lived there 21 years.
* Graduated University of Dayton, 1986.
* Two years in Binghamton.
* Eight years in Chicago area.
* One year in Fort Wayne.
* Back to Chicago area, since 1998.
* 1993: First album recorded.
* 1999: First Regis experience.
* 2003: First theater experience.
* 2005: Eleventh album recorded.

Friday, October 17th

Cary Grant


Nope, I haven't forgotten the Cary Grant Project. I've just got a lot of stuff and only a little time. My expectations were low for "Walk Don't Run" -- I'd never seen it, and the reviews didn't seem all that flattering -- but I liked it. It was Cary Grant's last movie and kind of unusual in that there wasn't really a woman for him -- he talked to his wife on the phone a couple times -- and he was playing a Brit, which I'd guess was pretty rare (other than "Pride And Passion") since his very early non-featured parts. It was mostly about Cary Grant not being able to find a room during the Tokyo Olympics and ending up sharing a much younger woman's apartment, which led to him trying to fix her up with an American "athlete". There were lots of gags on the level of making fun of all the Japanese bowing and Cary Grant's advancing years: much squinting to read and being offended that no one was shocked, or at least impressed, that he was sharing an apartment with a younger woman; everyone just assumed they were related. Then again, we're not talking some high-minded Chekhov thing. But Sulu was in it, pre-Star Trek, in a very small role. smile




  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  8. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  9. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  10. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  11. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  12. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  13. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  14. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  15. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  16. "I Was A Male War Bride", 1949, also starring Ann Sheridan
  17. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  18. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  19. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  20. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren


Not yet ranked:
Walk Don't Run, 1966


Dan on 10.17.08 @ 11:42 PM CT [link] [No Comments]

Sunday, October 12th

Weird Al


Wow, now Weird Al is releasing songs weeks after conceiving them, instead of two or three years after the songs being parodied have faded away. What a glorious time to be alive. His latest, "Whatever You Like", has been available on itunes for the last week. Or, one place to hear it is his myspace page.

Yo, my wallet's fat
And full of ones.
Yeah, it's all about the Washingtons.
That's right.
You want White Castle?
Need White Castle?
Long as you got me
It won't be no hassle.

Dan on 10.12.08 @ 11:17 AM CT [link] [No Comments]

Thursday, October 2nd

Pointless Filler #27


Want to waste a vacation day? Hey, you came to the right place! Actually, looking back at yesterday, there were a few hours that I was at home during the day, so I still have some room for improvement if I want to look at completely, totally wasting a vacation day.

Step 1. Round Lake to Chicago. I left my house at 6:30, only a few minutes later than I normally would. It took over 2 hours to get to the University of Chicago for a 9:00 a.m. doctor appointment. By the time I got a spot in the parking garage and made it up to the office, I was only 10-15 minutes early.

Step 2. Chicago to Schaumburg. From the parking garage, it was less than an hour to get to the credit union. Cash a check, pick up some cash, and keep on keeping on. As the kids say.

Step 3. Schaumburg to Arlington Heights. Get some recording equipment at the Sam Ash. I wasn't sure if what I was looking for would do what I wanted, or I'd have just bought it online like I normally do. It was a perfect time for lunch, so I called a poor working slob I know -- ack, voice mail. Oh, well, skip that idea.

Step 4. Arlington Heights to Hainesville. Drop off a prescription at the Walgreens which will probably never be filled since it's only approved for chicks. Technically, it could be filled, but the insurance won't cover it. And I'm not paying a grand for a one month supply of pills. Unless I need them to prevent my imminent demise.

Step 5. Back home for a couple hours. This is the part where using a vacation day wasn't completely wasted.

Step 6. Round Lake to Gurnee. Next up is a trip to my friendly, neighborhood hematologist. Flu shot. Check. B-12. Check. Iron levels. Solid. Note to vampires: you still don't want my blood.

Step 7. Back home again for a couple more hours.

Step 8. Round Lake to Round Lake Heights. There's a "Beauty And The Beast" rehearsal tonight. OK, we're well past working hours now. Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest.

Step 9. Back home once more for a couple hours before I've got to get some sleep so I can get up and go to work. Or maybe I could waste another vacation day!

After all that I ended up spending 5 hours in my car driving 170 miles. Just running around doing nothing special.


Dan on 10.02.08 @ 08:11 AM CT [link] [1 Comment]