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RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n

I’ve always said this, and it’s nice to see that somebody put it in a cartoon! If you’re feeling depressed or down, go to a dog park! You won’t be blue for long!<\/p>\n

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While surfing through my satellite TV channels last Saturday night, I settled on the Zen channel (channel 857 on DirecTV) for a bit. I heard a wonderful piece called “In Travel”<\/span> by (+) Comfort. Not only did I really dig on the band’s name, but I like the song too! I got on iTunes immediately and bought it.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/in_travel.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Monday the 23rd \u2013 LAZY LIZARD! \u2013<\/span> My plumbers were supposed to be over at 1 to do some work installing an overflow valve in my recently installed water heater.  That would involve having to move a ton of stuff away from my north garage wall so they can get access to run the copper line down the length of my garage, and put an output spout through my garage\u2019s exterior wall.  That way if there\u2019s a problem with my hot water heater any excess water will flow outside instead of flooding my garage.  That overflow valve wouldn\u2019t have helped in my recent situation, because the base of my old water heater simply cracked due to years of metal fatigue.  I was up in time to let them in to the garage, but they called me and told me they\u2019d be about an hour late.  They ended up being about an hour and a half late.  Plus, the plumber showed up by himself and not with a partner.  Then he told me that he would need his partner to hold the copper pipe in place while he installed it. DUH!  Now it was too late in the day to do any work, plus he didn\u2019t have his partner anyway.  I was quickly losing interest in them getting their overflow valve installed, and thus getting their inspection done.   Furthermore, I don\u2019t think he was that interested in getting it done either.  So I\u2019m going to keep holding them off as long as I can in hopes they\u2019ll lose interest and leave me alone.  When I opened my garage door to let the plumber in, once he arrived, I saw a small lizard clutching on to one of the springs of my garage door. I tried to shoo him away, but he wouldn\u2019t leave. I figured he was there to enjoy the buffet of bugs caught in spider webs behind my garage door hardware.  But I had to close the door soon to go back inside the house.  But he wouldn\u2019t leave.  So I took some pictures of him.  My neighbor Bob came by and said that maybe the lizard was caught in the spring. But since I couldn\u2019t remember if the spring expanded or contracted when I closed the door, I didn\u2019t want to take a chance of the lizard getting squished.  My contractor Electric Bob came over with his assistant Ernie to install new garage door springs.  My garage door had been rumbling and I figured my springs were getting old.  Ernie waved his hand right in front of the lizard.  The lizard tried to escape but we could clearly see that his claws were trapped between the coils of the springs.  He must\u2019ve been on the spring when I opened the door and got caught.  So Ernie stretched the coils open and the lizard skittered away.  I wish I would have known that earlier, it would have saved the poor little guy a lot of agony.  But since he didn\u2019t seem injured when he scampered off, I think he\u2019ll be OK.  They replaced the springs on my garage door, but the door was just as wobbly and noisy.  Electric Bob suggested I call a garage guy and see about getting a new garage door installed.  I called the guy who installed my opener several years back and we arranged to meet Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 4.  I closed up the lizard-free garage door and went inside to finish up on some work.  I napped for quite a long time, and then got up to do a ton of auditions.  I went through my corporate bank statement and got everything reconciled.  I fed and walked Roxy, had a bowl of cereal, and then went to bed.<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 24th \u2013 D.C. MEETING! \u2013<\/span> I had a pick-up session scheduled at 11am in my home studio for an NBC pilot presentation.  I had done the main session a month or so ago (the day I discovered that my water heater was leaking all over my garage!) and now there were a few line changes I needed to record for the final mix.  We finished up in about 20 minutes, I uploaded the tracks so they could access them, and I hit the shower.  I went to Jerry\u2019s Famous Deli to meet with my pal, \u201cStar Trek\u201d writer D.C. Fontana.  We discussed her upcoming guest appearance on \u201cWacky Wally\u2019s Vintage Toys,\u201d among other fun things.  I went back home to wait for my garage guy, who was scheduled to show up between 2 and 4.  But he never showed up!  What a wasted afternoon!  So I called another company and they agreed to come over to make an estimate on Thursday. Sheesh!  I napped on the couch a bit, and then my friends Scott and Vickie Sebring came over with Vickie\u2019s Catwoman costume so a young actress could try it on this Saturday.  I\u2019m trying to get a cool Catwoman appearance arranged for another upcoming \u201cWacky Wally\u2019s Vintage Toys\u201d episode, and the Catwoman costume I own is too small for this actress.  It was good to catch up with Scott and Vickie since I hadn\u2019t seen them in a few weeks.  I did some more work and then my assistant Sara came by so we could get dinner.  We stopped at Mel\u2019s Drive In in Sherman Oaks before we headed over to the movie theater to see \u201cNice Guys.\u201d  It\u2019s a fun movie which takes place in polluted L.A. in 1977.  The cars, clothes, and references to life in the late 70\u2019s were fun to watch.  But 3 of the songs they used in the soundtrack weren\u2019t released until 1979 or after!  OOPS!  It was a fun movie though.  I got home and did my nightly auditions and then started \u201cLost In Space\u201d season 2 before bed.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 25th \u2013 LAZZZZZZY WEDNESDAY \u2013<\/span> You know, some days you just have to give yourself permission to have the day off.  Today was one of those days.  I got up at 1, did an audition, took care of some e-mails, and then I decided to go back to bed. I wasn\u2019t feeling sick or under the weather; I just felt like going back to bed and resting.  I ended up sleeping until 5:30, when I got up and fed Roxy and Spook.  After walking Roxy I figured, what the heck, I\u2019d go back to bed again!  I slept until 9pm!  It felt good, but I did sleep the day away.  I did my auditions, typed out Wally\u2019s Week, and then went to Denny\u2019s to get some food to go.  It felt rather good to take the day off like that.  I ate my dinner and watched another \u201cLost In Space\u201d episode.<\/p>\n

Thursday the 26th \u2013 EASY COME! EASY GO! \u2013<\/span> When I got up around 1 I did some work around the house, scanned some checks, got a few deposits ready for my bank, and then met with Dan the Garage Door guy.  But the estimate he gave me was REALLY expensive; and the type of door he said I had to get was overkill for my purposes.  So I\u2019m going to explore some other options, ie: less expensive options.  I went back inside and did some more work, made some calls, and prepped for the end of the week.  My friend Jasmine was in the area so she stopped over for a bit to say hi.  I got ready to head over to Lancers in Burbank to have dinner with my old friend Christian Malmin.  We hadn\u2019t gotten together in a while and it was fun catching up.  On the way home I stopped by the bank to drop the deposits in the night depository.  I grabbed a short nap, and then got up to do my auditions.  After a little work on the computer I made a Tombstone pizza and headed to bed to watch another \u201cLost In Space\u201d episode.<\/p>\n

Friday the 27th \u2013 THE BLOCKING BONEHEAD! \u2013<\/span> After snoozing until 2:30pm, I got up to do some work.  Then I got on my bicycle and biked over to my neighborhood vitamin store to pick up a ton of new supplements.  I got back and hopped in the car to pick up my \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley for dinner. We headed over to eat at DuPar\u2019s in Studio City.  While I was there I ran into my Voice-Over pal Colleen O\u2019Shaughnessy who was dining with her family.  Shirley and I finished dinner and when we went to the parking lot to get into my Mustang I was shocked.  Somebody next to my car had parked so close to me that I couldn\u2019t open my door to get in.  Their car was WAY over the line, and I don\u2019t even know how they got out of THEIR car!  Luckily I\u2019m pretty limber, so I was able to get into the car with little difficulty.  But it made me mad.  So I left a nasty note on their windshield.  If you see somebody in L.A. driving a grey Saab convertible, they might be the one!  (Jerkwad!) I got home and grabbed a nap, and then got up to feed Roxy and so some work around the house.  At 3am Roxy and I took our usual nightly walk around the neighborhood. It was overcast, cool and quiet. I had bought a Monte Cristo cigar earlier in the day, so I decided to enjoy it on our walk.  It was a very pleasant and relaxing stroll.  I came back inside, got ready for bed and made some \u201cbuffalo mac\u201d (mac and cheese with buffalo chicken chunks and celery in it\u2026YUM!) As I was going to bed I watched the sun rise behind a thick, bluish-gray overcast sky.  It was gorgeous!  May Gray in Los Angeles continues!  Now we\u2019ll have a few weeks of June Gloom before summer gets underway officially.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 28th \u2013 CHRISTINE\u2019S FURY! \u2013<\/span> Mid-afternoon my friends Mark and Connie came over to hang out for a bit, while we waited for the actress to come try on the Catwoman costume.  Stevie arrived and we had her try on a couple different costumes, as we tried to figure out how best to utilize her talents in an upcoming \u201cWacky Wally\u2019s Vintage Toys\u201d episode.  After they left I picked up Shirley and we got some groceries.  Then I went home to get ready for movie night.  It was the first Planet Wallywood movie night we\u2019ve had in about a month.  I had been out of town and having a colonoscopy. But it was good to have the old gang back together again, this time screening the 1983 John Carpenter film \u201cChristine\u201d on Blu Ray.  I knew that 1959 Plymouth Fury was a beauty, but it looked even better in Blu Ray!  It was our friend Teri\u2019s birthday, so we did an impromptu birthday celebration for her.  After walking Shirley back home I grabbed a short nap.  I got up to feed and walk Roxy and do some work around the house.   Then I got to revisit an old friend; my normal Saturday night routine.  It includes making a super salad and watching an episode of the old BBC show \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d  Because of my wacky weekend schedules of late, I hadn\u2019t been able to indulge in my Saturday night routine.  It felt good to be back in the normal Saturday night groove.  But just before bed I made the mistake of surfing through some of the TV channels.  On Turner Classic Movies I happened upon Laurel and Hardy in \u201cPack Up Your Troubles.\u201d  It\u2019s a very funny movie and of course I couldn\u2019t turn it off and go to bed until it was over.  I didn\u2019t get to bed until about 11am Sunday morning!<\/p>\n

Sunday the 29th \u2013 SAD PUP! \u2013<\/span> The pets and I slept until 4pm, and we got up so I could indulge in another favorite routine I\u2019ve been denied lately; evening church.   I hadn\u2019t been there in four Sundays.  First I was in South Dakota, then I was \u201ccleansing\u201d for my Monday colonoscopy, then I was in Palm Springs, and then I was at the \u201cAlice Through the Looking Glass\u201d screening in Hollywood. But it was good to be back.  Once we got to church Roxy seemed rather lethargic, and maybe even a bit sad.  I suppose dogs can get sad and have off days like people.  But it was so noticeable that even Pastor Bob mentioned it.  Shirley and I tried to keep her spirits up as we walked back home.  We got back home and I gave her a treat, and then we napped for a bit.  I got up later and did some odds and ends around the house, and made some hot dogs on the grill to usher in Memorial Day 2016.  I watched \u201cLost In Space\u201d before bed and enjoyed my hot dogs!<\/p>\n

Monday the 30th \u2013 A MEMORABLE MEMORIAL DAY! \u2013<\/span> Wishing people a \u201chappy Memorial Day\u201d always seemed odd to me.  We\u2019re not really \u201chappy\u201d that America\u2019s finest military veterans had to give their lives in service to this country, but we\u2019re glad they did and we honor them.  So I wished everyone a poignant, memorable and reflective Memorial Day.  That\u2019s a much better way to frame it I think.  I was just about to drive to my seamstress\u2019 studio when I got an e-mail from my pal and webmaster Scott Sebring telling me that our new music video had been posted on our YouTube channel.  Several years ago I was listening to Kenny Rogers\u2019 version of \u201cRuby (Don\u2019t Take Your Love to Town)\u201d on my iPod and I came up with an idea. I\u2019ve always loved that song, but I felt it needed updated to reflect what modern-day veterans from the recent Middle Eastern wars were going through.  After putting it off for years, I finally got it together and recorded the new version.  I asked my pal Mark Fullerton if he would put a video slideshow to the song so we could post it on the internet.  But after he did, we agreed that some extra video needed to be shot to help illustrate the song\u2019s story.  He engaged some friends of his for the shoot, shot the footage and edited a stellar music video to the song. Make sure to click on it below and see what you think. If you like it please Tweet about it, post it on your Facebook page, and most of all, send it to a veteran you know and love.  After Tweeting the link, and posting it on my Facebook page, I headed to Karyn\u2019s studio to pick up some sewing work I had her doing for me.  I drove home and did some work until my assistant Sara came by so we could go to dinner.  But we were both so tired I fell asleep on the couch, and she fell asleep in a chair.  We woke up a few hours later and we headed to Little Toni\u2019s to get some Italian food.  I came back and did my auditions, did some more work on the computer, and prepped for a brand new week.  It was promising to be another interesting one!<\/p>\n

And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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