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\u00a0For some reason, this past week somebody started “Old Headshot Day” on social media. So I took to rummaging through my files and came up with this gem. It was taken back in the late 90’s, about 10 years after it was OK to have hair like this. Somebody quipped that it was “very REO Speedwagon.” So I started humming the catalog of their songs. This is probably my second favorite of theirs (behind “Live Every Moment”) and certainly a motto to live by, “Keep Pushin’.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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

And here’s the headshot in question.<\/p>\n

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Monday the 23rd \u2013 TOILET TROUBLE: PART 1 –<\/span> The first stop of the day was to Voice Trax West. We needed to record 2 hours\u2019 worth of material for American Airlines. The previous week I was on voice rest and didn\u2019t work. Then last Friday my doctor told me that an inhaler I had been using for allergy-related bronchial issues was coating my vocal cords with yeast and was irritating them. After only 3 days of being on the anti-yeast medication my voice was better. Still not 100%, but definitely better enough to work. We got done what we needed to do and we were very happy. The second stop was at a hardware store to get a bolt kit for my toilet. The place where the tank bolts on to the bowl was leaking. After inspecting the cause, I realized that the little rubber washers all around the bolts were nearly disintegrated. Being a fairly easy fix, my pal James offered to come by later that night and put the bolts in. After he left I grabbed a short nap on the couch, then I got up later to work on my photo album project. I got the entire section entitled \u201cMiscellaneous Me\u201d completed. It\u2019s comprised of various photos of me from birth all the way up to the time I left South Dakota. I made a Tombstone pizza and watched \u201cBarnaby Jones\u201d before bed. Then I did some more work on the photo albums. \u201cFamily\u201d photos are the next section I\u2019m working on. A little bit later, I hit the hay.<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 24th \u2013 THE DATE IS SET! \u2013<\/span> We wanted to make sure to put a day between our sessions for American Airlines just to make sure my voice got a rest day. I got up at 4 and called the office of the oral surgeon who will be doing my tooth extraction. The issues I\u2019ve been having with my #14 tooth (and the cyst that\u2019s lying on top of its apex) have been a long-running battle. The office lady scheduled me for May 10th at 8:45am (no\u2026not \u201ctooth hurty\u201d like you\u2019d expect!) and we locked it in. Then I spoke with the surgeon to ask a list of questions I had. He said there\u2019s a good chance he\u2019d have to take the #15 as well right next to it (the very last tooth on the upper left side) as he thinks the cyst has harmed that tooth as well. I asked him what the chances were that the #15 would have to go too. He said it was a 93 to 7% chance it would have to go. I\u2019m holding out for the 7% chance that I can keep it! On the10th, he\u2019ll extract the tooth (teeth) and then remove the cyst and send it in for biopsy. He\u2019ll let me heal up, and then we\u2019ll schedule a bone graft, which will replace a lot of the bone that has deteriorated around that area. It\u2019s important to replace the bone in that area so I can eventually get an implant there. A bone graft involves putting a small incision in the gum line, taking an instrument and lifting the sinus, and grafting in some bone material into the affected area. Sounds nasty, but necessary. I typed out Wally\u2019s Week and then grabbed a nap. I got up later to do some work around the house and nibble on a pot pie. Then I hit the hay for another American Airlines session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 25th \u2013 TOILET TROUBLE: PART DEUX! \u2013<\/span> It was back at Voice Trax West at 2 for another go at American Airlines. My voice was much, much better. The session went very smoothly. But on the way home I had to stop at the hardware store again. Though my pal James had stopped one leak in my downstairs toilet with the new bolts, nuts and washers, a SECOND leak had begun in the round rubber gasket that fits between the tank and the bowl. I stopped by Enterprise to reserve my SUV for my upcoming trip to Palm Springs, and then I got home. James came and fixed the other leak, and when he showed me the old rubber gasket that had been in there, I realized why it was leaking. It was full of holes; like a sieve! Those things wear out over time. I grabbed a nap, did a few auditions, fed and walked Roxy, and sent out my movie night invites. I sent out a mass e-mail to all my agents about my upcoming vacation and dental work, did some work around the house, made some spaghetti and watched another episode of \u201cBarnaby Jones\u201d before bed.<\/p>\n

Thursday the 26th \u2013 TOOTH-HURTY! \u2013<\/span> My day off turned into a day of misery. When I got up mid-afternoon I was experiencing bad tooth pain. I was going to run errands, but I took some medication instead. This tooth (and partnering cyst) can\u2019t be out of my head soon enough! I hope it\u2019s not going to interfere with my Palm Springs vacation!! And the surgery is exactly two weeks from today! I laid down with an icepack and slept into the evening. When I got up later I did some auditions. The voice was already MUCH better even though I\u2019d only been on the medication for less than a week. My ENT said it could take the full 2 week run of medication to completely recover. I did some work around the house, fed and walked Roxy, and hit the hay so I could be up for the final American Airlines session for this run of needed material.<\/p>\n

Friday the 27th \u2013 LAUGHS IN TRANSLATION! \u2013<\/span> The final session for American Airlines certainly wasn\u2019t short on laughs. Maybe Paul (the engineer) and I were just punchy. Maybe it was because it was the end of the week. But as we recorded tracks involving the names of certain cities in China, sometimes we would giggle like little kids. Some sounded silly enough (\u201cway high\u201d), while others just sounded plain naughty if you didn\u2019t pronounce them correctly! But all the laughing aside, we put the sessions to bed. We had recorded 6,000 plus lines for the American Airlines interactive system over the course of the past month and a half! But I love doing this job, and I love the challenge of learning how to pronounce names of foreign cities. I learned that when you see \u201cchang\u201d in Chinese, it\u2019s pronounced \u201cchong.\u201d But when you see \u201cchong\u201d in Chinese, it\u2019s actually pronounced \u201cchoe-ng,\u201d with a definite long \u201coh\u201d sound. So it\u2019s either \u201cchahng\u201d or \u201cchoeng.\u201d But the differences in the pronunciations fascinated me! I got home and fed the pets, traded my Mustang for the Gran Torino and headed off to Hobby Lobby to get some items. Then I went to Walmart to get some supplies. I came home and just relaxed. My trainer Natalie Duran was in town for a few days from her busy travel schedule with \u201cAmerican Ninja Warriors,\u201d so she stopped by for a quick work-out session. When she left I was exhausted, so I grabbed a short nap. I got up later and made a Chef Boyardee pizza-in-a-box and watched an episode of \u201cBarnaby Jones.\u201d I only have about 3 more episodes before the series finale! I\u2019ve almost watched all 8 seasons!!<\/p>\n

Saturday the 28th \u2013 MUPPET MEET! \u2013<\/span> Mid-afternoon I awoke and headed out to get some groceries. Then I went home to set up for movie night. We watched the amazing new film from Frank Oz called \u201cMuppet Guys Talking.\u201d It\u2019s only available for download on their website, but it\u2019s a fantastic insight into the goings-on during the heyday of The Muppets. GREAT stories! When my guests left I grabbed a nap on the couch, and then I got up later to do some work on my photo albums. I fed and walked Roxy, but then laid down on the couch again. I was having another tinge of tooth pain and a headache.<\/p>\n

Sunday the 29th \u2013 SUNDAY, SLEEP, SHIRLEY, SARA \u2013<\/span> Though I had awakened in time for evening church, I simply wasn\u2019t feeling like getting out of bed. So I slept well into the evening. Later that night I got a call from my \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley who said she had been diagnosed with shingles. Poor Shirley. I know that\u2019s nasty stuff. She thought she had twisted her neck in some strange way, or slept wrong. But when she went to the doctor he gave her the diagnosis. Though I was feeling a bit better, I was still fairly out of it. I called up my assistant Sara to see if she wanted to grab a late-night meal at the Coral Caf\u00e9. After some dinner, I came home and got ready to turn in so I could be up for an early session on Monday morning. Palm Springs is only a short time away! I CAN\u2019T WAIT!!<\/p>\n

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