Movies

George Bailey Hated the Office, Too

I watched my Christmas classic last night. You know the one. Bedford Falls. Zuzu’s petals. Jimmy Stewart. Donna Reed, before she got her own show. Even Grandma Walton makes an appearance decades before anyone started telling Jim-Bob goodnight. (My Dad is responsible for that catch). I’ve seen it many, many times, in a strange cycle [...]

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Heard it in Bulgaria Volume One: Public Order vs. Personal Freedom

Episode One I was recently in a movie called Mega-Snake, a film made, once again, specifically for the Sci-Fi Channel. In the movie business it is often said that you work for free and you get paid to wait. So, around 2:00 on Monday I was dozing in a plastic chair with a puffy coat [...]

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Peace Corps Karma

Our already atypical Peace Corps experience in Sofia, Bulgaria recently took a turn towards the surreal. Andrea and I both landed small speaking parts in made-for-Sci-Fi-Channel-Movies! You many be wondering how this is possible, so let me explain. Along with manufacturing and IT jobs, America is beginning to outsource one of its most well known [...]

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