http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2 writer Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:09:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's ALL about the bike. My first road bike, after the banana seat and streamers phase, was the most expensive bike in the shop. Italian-made, red steel, and with Campy parts. I spent an entire year of babysitting money to buy it. And I felt really cool on that thing. Paul ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2008/04/30/lance-is-wrong/ I'm not writing either. I'm doing my best to produce a movie which is zapping me of all possible creative energy. Wow, this movie making business - there's an awful lotta moving parts. But here's the upside to being a producer... I've gotten pretty good at reading contracts. I know that the ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2008/03/06/now-that-the-strike-has-ended/ I’ve been pacing at the gates of Sony Pictures this week. It’s the closest studio to my house. On a normal day, here’s what it looks like as you enter the main gate. Here’s what it looks like this week. Until 2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment was called MGM Studios, home of the ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2007/11/14/im-still-on-strike/ I've been a member of the Writers Guild of America for 15 years. The day I received my guild card was only trumped in ecstasy by the day I received a check from Universal Studios for $60,000. Getting into the guild was a long-standing dream which symbolized to me that ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2007/11/09/im-on-strike/ This summer I went camping in the Inyo National Forest at the base of Mount Whitney. I was looking forward to getting away, pitching a tent, roasting something on an open fire. My site was in upper Grays Meadow. It looked nice on the map - only a short walk ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2007/10/18/bigger-faster-louder-more/ For Thanksgiving of 2000, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to spend time with family who had congregated there. It was a blessed respite from all the running around I seemed to be doing and I longed to curl up in the corner and just be. When I arrived, my sister-in-law, Amy, ... http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2007/07/29/el-camino-de-santiago-and-baldness/ http://rememberminnesota.com/blog2/2007/06/16/hello-world/