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in The Actors Voice on January 31, 2005 August 12, 2025

So, I’m in a meeting with the owner of Breakdown Services (Gary Marsh) and he stops conversation to say, “Bonnie, do an article on proper actor etiquette and include this…” (I won’t say which one…

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Chicken Soup for the Whole Shebang

in Archive Showbiz on January 30, 2005 December 9, 2016

Y’know what makes me feel better when I’m blue? I just found out. Transcribing an interview with Cold Case‘s Danny Pino. What an inspiring story and wonderful reminder of what’s so right about this world!…

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Tests of Will and Other Annoying Stuff

in Mindset on January 30, 2005 April 29, 2017

Enjoying Enduring loads of tests of will these days. Challenges. Emotional and physical. Some mental. I’m growing tired. Opportunities to practice NOT being right. Again and again. Luckily, it does get easier to surrender and…

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Show Your Support

in Archive Showbiz on January 29, 2005 December 9, 2016

Awesome site to read the letters of support from the industry for the casting directors’ movement toward unionization… CastingUnion.com …and post your own support. Big meeting with the AMPTP on Tuesday, followed by a mandatory…

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Bad Kitty!

in Animals Archive on January 29, 2005 December 9, 2016

Grr. Bad kitty! Opened the window to find a screen somewhat like this. Bad kitty!

Quiz for the LOST

in Archive Geeky Stuff on January 27, 2005 December 9, 2016

Okay, so I don’t really *get* the show (and I suspect they are all dead and living through their own personal heavens and hells; a reveal I will NOT enjoy, if it pans out), but…

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Certified Geek

in Archive Geeky Stuff on January 27, 2005 December 9, 2016

Found this. My certification to use (without supervision) the Apple IIe at Josephine Wells Elementary School. (Clickee for Biggee.) I believe this would’ve been ’round 1981 or 1982. I have a version scanned at 600…

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Why Is This Food?

in Archive Geeky Stuff on January 26, 2005 December 9, 2016

I love a good, big salad. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. But lately, I’ve been spending more and more time picking little weeds out of my food. Granted, this may not be a weed to someone…

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More Casting Director Ink

in Archive Showbiz on January 26, 2005 December 9, 2016

Excerpts from Lights. Industrial action! from The Economist. Is Hollywood…about to indulge in a hardball labour dispute? America’s 500-or-so casting directors and associates–the unsung people-brokers who select actors for a film’s director or producer–are threatening…

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Airhead

in Archive My Hot Bod on January 26, 2005 December 9, 2016

So, I keep thinking I’m feeling like this after I eat due to some sort of serotonin issue, but I have–today–begun feeling like this regardless of food consumption. And I don’t like it. I can’t…

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