Aug 27, 2010

I shot this waiting for a show to start. Disney had a party called “Last Tour to Endor” during the Star Wars Celebration V event.  One of the big draws to the party was a change to the old Indiana Jones show. They did a nice job of creating a mash-up between the two trilogies – Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Even though I’ve had a Disney...

Aug 18, 2010

Star Wars Celebration V ran at the Orange County Convention Center from August 12-15. Literally, an army of geeks descended upon our fair little town. The 501st Legion (Vader’s Fist) is a fan organization that creates replicas of the costumes shown in the Star Wars movies and wears them damn near anywhere they want. Many of the uniforms are most...

OK, I’ve had my fill of Star Wars Celebration and the Last Tour to Endor party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I have a boatload of photos to process and I’ll get busy working on this to share this week. For the mean time, I recall that I wondered how Star Wars geeks cut loose. Well, now I know. The Line Dance begins Jedi Jump On It Last...

Norah Jones brought her tour to the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre Tuesday evening for a mostly mellow 90 minute show. Relying heavily on her most recent album – The Fall – Jones hit the right tone with strong vocals and excellent performances by the band. Some of the early songs were slightly more aggressive than the recorded version on her...

Aug 7, 2010

Next week, Star Wars Celebration graces our little community. I enjoy Star Wars (and also Star Trek), but I’m not a rabid Sci-Fi fan.  I’ve never dressed up as my favorite character.  I’m not even sure that I have a favorite character.  I don’t own a toy light saber.  When the first Star Wars movie came out, my mother bought me the...

Jul 4, 2010

If you live in the United States, I hope you’re enjoying this Independence Day.  If you don’t live here, let me summarize the event.  In order to celebrate our Declaration of Independence in 1776, citizens of the USA celebrate with high explosives, charred animal flesh, and alcoholic beverages – usually all at the same time.  We like it when our...

Jun 23, 2010

The numbers came out today for the largest decline in the housing market in at least four decades. Sales of single family homes dropped by 32.7%, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Part of the blame was cast upon the expiration of a tax credit for home buyers.  Demand for home loans, as one would expect, has dramatically...

Jun 20, 2010

Happy Father’s Day If there’s one way to tell it’s Father’s Day, it’s to try and go out to lunch. Nearly every restaurant becomes a clusterfuck affair on these Halmark Holidays, and today was no different. I was in the mood for the chicken sandwich at Houston’s in Winter Park (a place that is slowly changing it’s...