Thursday, September 14, 2017
Updates Summer 2017
This was a frustrating summer. I had four gigs that I had been told I had booked fall through.
I was in "Sleeping Ugly" at the Identity Theater more info here Sleeping Ugly Blog
I was in "Sleeping Ugly" at the Identity Theater more info here Sleeping Ugly Blog
I did get to do a story slam in NH -- Please note that I'm looking down, because I'm in the pulpit of a church looking down at the audience.
And I edited a voiceover reel
Here are a couple of YouTube videos that I made for fun
This is a portion of a Shelley poem with some of my hiking videos
This is a character impression
Travel Pix on a separate blog here
I've sometimes gone to a drop in dance class with James T. Lane of "Chicago" on Broadway. He's amazing, but I'm not. Don't hire me as a dancer, yet.
Some friends say they spotted me in background on "Wizard of Lies" and last winter's Hallmark Christmas movie.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Wildfires in 2017
Well this is sort of morbid, but I'm collecting reports of wildfires in 2017, because they seem not to be getting so much attention, in view of the hurricanes
Northern California wildfires
https://weather.com/news/news/2017-10-10-california-wildfires-wine-country-evacuations-deadly
Siberia
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-images-capture-worst-siberian-wildfires-in-10-000-years
Sakha, Russia
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/russias-sakha-republic-experiencing-second-highest-rate-of-fires-in-russia
Glacier National Park
https://www.outsideonline.com/2238536/glacier-national-park-being-devastated-wildfire?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost
Central USA
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/20160404-unitedstates.jpg
US West in general
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-wildfire-season-worst-49690858
Fire in Oregon
https://www.facebook.com/theoregonian/videos/10155120103966973/?hc_ref=ARRAVHvN9i0DZ_u0OAbi2t8zF2gH0VD3qO3q5t5QFseUX4r0qGhy7WPMKDXXN9ue5fA
Washington State air quality map
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/05/looking-for-washington-air-quality-map-here-it-is/
Greece
http://wildfiretoday.com/tag/greece/
Portugal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/wildfires-trap-2000-people-in-macao-village-in-central-portugal
Greenland
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543406558/greenland-is-still-burning-but-the-smoke-may-be-the-real-problem
Brazil
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-landrights-environment/brazils-raging-forest-fires-threaten-indigenous-land-uncontacted-tribes-idUSKCN11R2B5
Not sure if this is still going on. Probably not, but Nova Scotia
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/wildfires-fire-crews-shubenacadie-firefighters-woodland-1.4126663
Northern California wildfires
https://weather.com/news/news/2017-10-10-california-wildfires-wine-country-evacuations-deadly
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Siberia
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-images-capture-worst-siberian-wildfires-in-10-000-years
Sakha, Russia
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/russias-sakha-republic-experiencing-second-highest-rate-of-fires-in-russia
Glacier National Park
https://www.outsideonline.com/2238536/glacier-national-park-being-devastated-wildfire?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost
Central USA
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/20160404-unitedstates.jpg
US West in general
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-wildfire-season-worst-49690858
Fire in Oregon
https://www.facebook.com/theoregonian/videos/10155120103966973/?hc_ref=ARRAVHvN9i0DZ_u0OAbi2t8zF2gH0VD3qO3q5t5QFseUX4r0qGhy7WPMKDXXN9ue5fA
Washington State air quality map
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/05/looking-for-washington-air-quality-map-here-it-is/
Greece
http://wildfiretoday.com/tag/greece/
Portugal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/wildfires-trap-2000-people-in-macao-village-in-central-portugal
Greenland
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543406558/greenland-is-still-burning-but-the-smoke-may-be-the-real-problem
Brazil
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-landrights-environment/brazils-raging-forest-fires-threaten-indigenous-land-uncontacted-tribes-idUSKCN11R2B5
Not sure if this is still going on. Probably not, but Nova Scotia
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/wildfires-fire-crews-shubenacadie-firefighters-woodland-1.4126663