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May 21, 2009 More work aloft, but still not the kind I'm used to. The Maine Maritime Museum recently opened a new exhibit called Net Worth: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Fin Fisheries. For part of the exhibit we hung actual nets from phone poles out on the grounds. I'm here helping curator Chris Hall hang a pogie seine from a forty foot pole. The net was loaned to us by my friend Brian Tarbox. You can see the line of buoys along the head of the net. We're standing on the top of a 40' lift. That takes some getting used to. |
| May 12, 2009 With the recent passing away of Dom DeLuise, I was reminded of this photo from a former life. This is me "fencing" with Dom during the shooting of a short film back in my Hollywood days, circa 1985. I realize looking at this photo that I now look more like Dom than I do my 25 year old self.
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March 14, 2009 Over the weekend I gave a talk at the wonderful Prizker Military Library in Chicago. The Pritzker is not old, but they are a class operation (despite having me as a speaker) and they host a great speaker series among other things. The talk I gave is currently being webcast on the Prizker's web site. That weekend was also the one on which they celebrate St. Patrick's Day, which is no small event in Chicago. Here I am at the river. No, this is not the site of some terrible industrial accident. They have dyed the water green for the big day. |
| December 27, 2008 Okay, I'll admit its pretty lame to have a web page titled "The Latest News" and then not update it for well over a year. A few readers have even e-mailed me to ask if I was all right, seeing as how there is no news. I thought that was exceedingly kind. And so, back at it, with more pictures and other things to fill in the past year of slacking. Here's the traditional picture of me feeding the chickens on Christmas Day, still wearing the Santa duds I use to pass out presents to my kids. To anyone who remembers the last photo of me doing this, with green grass in the background, you can see we are having a more traditional while Christmas. We had about a foot dumped on us just days before. |
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November 8, 2008 More home improvement. A house is as bad as a boat, with the single advantage that it won't sink if you you let it go too long. Here I am finishing the new metal roof on the garage. Note also the great mural my wife and kids did on the side. Note also that there is no room at all to put even one car in this two car garage.
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| October 18, 2008 One of the reenactments I made this year was the Battle of the Hook in Gloucester, Virginia. The event was great but everything else was a disaster. In Wilmington, Delaware, driving down the highway loaded with all my gear my car threw a rod. Ended up selling it for $300. The weather was not so great and folks in Virginia, like elsewhere, are not much in a buying mood these days. Despite what you see in the photo, I lost my shirt on that one.
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