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Announcer Discrimination!

Announcer Discrimination!

[Prologue: In my closet, I have a special section for storing thin ties, Angel's Flight pants, and Nehru jackets.  As fashion trends go... they'll be back.  I'm sure they'll come back.] Last night, for the thousandth time I noticed that the directions for the audition I’m about to record say:  “NO...

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Diversionary Tactics

Diversionary Tactics

What do you do to totally take yourself out of yourself? I shoulda been a long-haul trucker.  I'm a fool for the road. Saturday morning at 6am, I left Las Vegas for Keystone, Colorado...on 4 wheels.  By Sunday night at midnight I was home again.  1,584 miles round trip, and I never listened to one...

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Wheat

This is what "...amber waves of grain..." look like, before they turn amber

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My Civic Duty

My Civic Duty

'Used to be all I had to do was tell the harpies at District Court that I was a working member of the local news media, and I'd get a pass on jury duty.  Not any more. So today -- after a full night's sleep of 3 hours -- I'll report downtown at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas at 7:30am to...

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The Innocent Audition

The Innocent Audition

Did  I mention that through all the holiday rush my wife broke her ankle in two places?  'Tripped over the dog, and fell on a hardwood floor.  Our Orthopedic Physician says it's one of the most common falls in the home, and he sees 'em all the time. Surgery with six screws and a plate came on...

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Christmas, A Week Early

To match holiday schedules with almost 20 people, I've had to move my family Christmas calendar up a week. I'm in the Midwest with lots of family and plenty of cold weather. And...true to Murphy's law for VO, one of my most reliable clients sent me a job of 6700 words. Not wanting to disappoint,...

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R & R

R & R

Rumor has it, they speak something akin to English in Ireland.  I hope so, 'cause that's where I'll be for the next week, and I don't have time to learn a new language. As we've discussed here before, there comes a time where you just have to draw a line in the sand and commit to some down...

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