Happy New Year!!

Ah...2006!!! Unbelievable sometimes to think about it... when you're younger, it sometimes seems that the future might never come. Heck, I remember back in the day **Wayne's World hand-thingy** of wondering what the 21st century would hold for us all. The last 25 years (don't really remember too much prior to age 5) have shown us alot...technology (remember the original Apple II?...ah good times!); the Internet (thanks, Al Gore! **rofl**); the proliferation of Wal-mart (admit it, you shop there, too!!) despite their good and bad effects on small business & the nat'l/int'l economies; Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, & Dubya; 2 Popes; the Falkland Island conflict, Panana, Iran Contra, Kuwait/Iraq #1, the OKC bombing, 9/11 & the current Iraq/Afganistan wars; Hurricanes Andrew, Georges, Katrina, Rita, Ivan, and don't forget about Tom, Dick & Harry; Generations X-Z (or whatever they call these young whipper-snappers these days!); Saturday morning cartoons to South Park, Atari 2600 to Xbox/PS3/PSP/GB/LSD/PCP/IOU/STD (and any number of other acronyms that you might think of), Rainbow Bright, Teddy Ruxpin, Pokemon, Rubix's Cube... anyway, you get the picture. Life is good, Foley is God, and some much more is yet to come...remember that computing power DOUBLES every 18 months... the Age of the Terminator is coming!!! Run for your lives!!!

I'm moving... not very far... just 1 mile from my soon-to-be previous residence... I can't argue or ignore a $200 savings in my rent per month!! It's all about cash flow, baby!! I'll also be only 2 buildings down from my brother once he moves out after his divorce is final. My sister leaves for Basic next month...

I start rehearsals tonight for "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" w/ Theatre Tulsa (running Feb. 10-12 & 16-18 in the Williams Theatre here at the PAC)... should be an incredible show...for those who are unfamiliar, the show is based on Neil Simon's time as a young writer w/ Sid Caeser's 'Your Show of Shows,' where he cut his comedic teeth along w/ the greats such as Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Mel Tolken, & Larry Gelbart...this is his tribute to them and the great time they had...SNL, MadTV, etc. wouldn't be here w/o their groundbreaking work.

My girl and I will be headed to NYC in March for an extended weekend, see some shows, catch up w/ some friends & colleagues, and check out the sites. Auditioning this Saturday for a new movie about vampires...I'll let you know how that turns out. Did a recent photo shoot for Urban Tulsa's February Swimsuit Edition...I'll probably be on the cutting-room floor due to my cream-cheese white body. "Carthage" is wrapped and in editing and scoring now...should be completed sometime in February so I'll keep y'all updated. My oldest niece just celebrated her 5th b-day...quite the young lady! My youngest niece is probably the funniest person on this planet, no lie! My folks are already planning their annual Vegas trip!!! **smirk**

Lion King isn't far away folks!! May 25th will be here before ya know it... but in the meantime, circle the end of March/beginning of April for the 10th Anniversary Tour of 'Riverdance' (luckily w/o Mr. A-hold himself Michael Flatley/Flata**/Whatever).

A fairly light month at the PAC...The Tulsa Town Hall lecture series continues on 1/6 w/ Dr. Andrew Stangel, Chamber Music Tulsa's K-L-M Trio on 1/8, the OMEA All-State Concerts 1/20-21, Celebrity Attractions nat'l tour of The Will Rogers Follies 1/24-29 (one of my favorite shows), and the PAC Trust's presentations of the Berenstain Bears 1/27-28 and Armchair Traveler: Biblical Turkey on 1/30.

**Crickets...crickets**

What 'Peanuts' character do you most associate with? Is 'Calvin & Hobbs' the greatest comic ever written or do you have a take that doesn't suck on this topic? War Da' Bears in the playoffs, the White Sox winning the World Series this past year, & TU winning the Liberty Bowl this past weekend! Romey, I'm out...RACK ME!!!