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Lots of tedious progress this past week.

On Thursday I finally finished several core page layouts of the new site and sent them over to Jason. Jason is the Drupal web developer who did our last site. I spoke with him yesterday about some of the issues facing the new site, including the complexity of some of the functionality and the budget range. Today he is reviewing the job with his partner, and then tomorrow we are going to touch base again with more details.

Like many good Drupal developers, Jason has become extremely busy. He is booked until the middle of the summer, so even if our site is something we move forward on, it probably wouldn't get under way for another two months! Meanwhile, I will be getting some other quotes from other Drupal developers to compare. But I should get a better idea tomorrow of what we are looking at with Jason in terms of budget and time.

I just learned I'm a finalist to be on VH-1's second season of The Pickup Artist! Hopefully I'll make it on officially and you'll see me this Fall! I can't say anymore as I'm sworn to secrecy but how cool is that?!

how long till the 1 second film will be made?

and just general subjects to discuss

I will tinker with Paypal to see if I can make a weekly donation of one dollar.

I challenge others to do the same.

Greetings my friends.

I have made a play. It is called "The History of Water" and it is being presented at the 24th Street Theater as part of their Saturday Explorer Series... meaning that it's a cutting edge piece of theatrical joy that's recommended for ages 7 & up. Bring the family, bring your mom, bring you lover... there's something for everything in this erratic, dramatic exploration of the substance that makes up most of our planet, and most of our bodies.

The piece features performers Shaughn Buchholz, Lisa Dee, Andrea LeBlanc, and Patrick Ian Moore with musical accompaniment by JP Houston and a very special musical cameo by Artichoke's Timothy Sellers.

I have absolutely no reason to be an anonymous donor, however, I feel I've been given a chance to do something in the spirit of fun. And why not?

So I'll explain why I choose the name...first, I wanted something outrageous enough that I can look at the credits and say, "Hey, that's me!".

It goes beyond that. I was actually born and raised in Saskatchewan. Even though I don't live there now, I still carry her in my heart. It may not be Florida, Hawaii or Niagara Falls, but if you get a chance, go for a visit. She is a fantastic province.

The first name Barry and the last name Watson are borrowed from two people that I remember from my days at the University. Seymour...well, that's a given: Simpsons...Seymour Skinner.

Screenwriter and star Jason Segel is a long time member of the Judd Apatow crew, having started out on Apatow’s television shows as the memorable Nick Andoplois of Freaks and Geeks and a year later as frequent guest star Eric on Undeclared. Apatow has been on a roll with writing, directing, and producing one hit comedy film after another. Although Segel was never fortunate enough to star in any of these films he was quoted stating since Judd wasn’t writing him any lead roles he decided to do it himself. Which is how Forgetting Sarah Marshall came to be and Apatow happily produced it. Even though Segel wrote this film, his character can’t help but remind Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared fans of his previous Nick and Eric characters. He even shares a scene with Undeclared-on-screen-girlfriend Lizzie, actress Carla Gallo.

I've been hiding out for over a year now, deep in my cave, but alas, a lil' light peeks through.
I've created a website to sell my all time favorite clothing article, t-shirts. It's at NachoShirts.com.
Pretty neat huh? well that's what I've been hiding away doing. I think I might give the talkies another shot here soon too.

Hopefully I'll be back again before a years time.