last week<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0I took the liberty of renting a hotel room in El Segundo Sunday night the 21st, so I\u00a0could miss all of the gridlock traffic on the freeways on\u00a0Monday morning heading to my gig at Mattel.\u00a0 I love working at Mattel, but they’re a considerable distance from my house, and that means getting up super early in the morning and sitting\u00a0in about an hour and a half of gridlocked traffic. So I rented a nice hotel room, relaxed, and got up Monday morning refreshed and ready. The job (voicing a new toy) only took about 20 minutes and the director apologized saying that it was rather anti-climactic, considering I had\u00a0gotten a hotel room. I told her not at all, because I was happy to be there and well rested.\u00a0 I did have a bit of traffic on the way back home, but nothing\u00a0too bad. I’m REALLY glad I got that hotel room!\u00a0 It was worth every penny!\u00a0 I headed up to Burbank to do an audition at Voicecaster.\u00a0 After that I stopped at my bank and made a transfer of money to the account of the guy in Connecticut who just sold me his 1974 Gran Torino Starsky car.\u00a0 That’s right, I now own TWO of them!\u00a0 Or at least I will after I pay the balance on this one.\u00a0 He’s doing some extra work on it for me and when it’s ready and meets approval I’ll send him the rest of the cash and arrange for transportation.\u00a0 I stopped at my accountant’s office to drop off a check, then headed home for a bit before going to NBC for the taping of “The Tonight Show with\u00a0Jay Leno.”\u00a0 When I got home I caught up on e-mails and stuff for my website.<\/p>\nTuesday the 23rd- CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING! –<\/span>Only days away… Thanksgiving 2010!\u00a0 Can you believe the time has flown by? WOW!\u00a0 I\u00a0made some calls and then took Sassie over to the vet’s to get another shot of Adequin to help her joints.\u00a0She’s 11 and has a little trouble with her back legs due to a neurological issue. But I’m for anything to help her joints, and that’s just what Adequin is for.\u00a0 Last week I got her a shot and she went #2 all over my bedroom floor\u00a0when I woke up in the morning. I wasn’t sure if it was the shot that caused that (the vet says\u00a0no) or the stress of going to the vet’s office (the vet says yes.)\u00a0 But I was going to keep a close eye on her to see if\u00a0the illness was just a coincidence or caused by the\u00a0experience.\u00a0 I went to “TTS” that afternoon, then got some groceries on the way home to prepare for the\u00a0coming weekend. Every year for the past several years I’ve hosted a Planet Wallywood Happy Th-HANG-sgiving Hang\u00a0Out and Open House. We sit around\u00a0each night and watch movies. It’s been a fairly popular event so I\u00a0keep doing it every year. But I had to pick up some supplies for this year’s\u00a0hang.\u00a0 I also dropped some deposits in my bank’s night drop, then headed to the local supermarket at 2am to get what I needed.<\/p>\nWednesday the 24th – THANKSGIVING EVE! – <\/span>The industry in Hollywood shuts down traditionally through the Monday after Thanksgiving. And even then the final month of the year is rather lame.\u00a0 People get into their “holiday” mode and don’t do much work the last 6 weeks of the year, and even the first few weeks of the new year, in some\u00a0cases.\u00a0 So today there wasn’t much going on.\u00a0 I did get to Best\u00a0Buy to purchase a new Blu Ray player, since the one I\u00a0had\u00a0been using was about 2 years old. I purchased that one two Thanksgivings ago, so it was time for a new one.\u00a0 Certain coding that was being used in\u00a0contemporary Blu Ray discs were freezing up my old player, so my pal Bob suggested I get the model he bought, which he was very happy with.\u00a0 I\u00a0got my mail at my box, and my new Golden Gun replica prop just came in.\u00a0 If you’ve ever seen the James Bond\u00a0movie “The\u00a0Man With the Golden Gun” you’ll remember that the villain (Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga)\u00a0was a hitman who would assemble a cigarette case, a cigarette lighter, a\u00a0cuff link and\u00a0a fountain pen (all gold) into a weapon.\u00a0 Factory Entertainment Replicas released this model with the signatures of both Roger Moore (James Bond) and Christopher Lee!\u00a0\u00a0I bought two for good measure, and they both showed up today!\u00a0 I took one to NBC and assembled it while the taping of “TTS” continued on.\u00a0 Many of the crew instantly remembered the prop from the movie and were as amazed as I was!\u00a0 I even got\u00a0on\u00a0You Tube and looked at the video tutorial to make sure I wasn’t screwing it up!\u00a0 That evening I met up with my pal Edi at Panera to get some food to go.\u00a0 As I got out of my car a guy with missing teeth and an artificial leg approached me. He said he needed 40 bucks for some medication at a nearby pharmacy.\u00a0 I told him to wait for me outside the pharmacy\u00a0and when I got my food, I would take him in and pay for his prescription.\u00a0 We got the food and headed to the car.\u00a0 The guy (his name was Mark) was there but not by the pharmacy. He said, “Look, I’ll level with you. I don’t have a prescription. I just need the money for some food. My pregnant wife Shannon is in that van over there and we don’t have anything for Thanksgiving.”\u00a0 I told him I wanted to meet his wife, so he took me to their van. It looked like they had been living in the van for quite some time.\u00a0 He explained that he used to run a nightclub in the east, but then had an aneurism which caused him to lose his leg. He said the cold weather of the east was causing pain as a result, and they moved to Los Angeles to see about finding work.\u00a0 Unfortunately things hadn’t worked out too well. So I told him we’d go in the grocery store and I’d buy them food.\u00a0 Edi was in my car watching us all the time, somewhat suspicious.\u00a0 As Mark and I walked in,\u00a0 Edi saw Mark pick up an apple off the ground.\u00a0 He showed it to me, as it seemed that somebody lost an apple out of their grocery bag.\u00a0 But to Edi, from her vantage point, it looked like he picked up a rock off the ground. She thought for sure he was going to hit me over the head with it and kill me.\u00a0 I told her that was ridiculous, as the store was full of people on Thanksgiving Eve. But we had a good laugh!\u00a0 I took\u00a0Mark inside and we grabbed food for them…turkey meat, bread, mayo, potato chips, soda, fruit, vegetable tray, etc.\u00a0 I tell you this story\u00a0NOT to\u00a0glorify myself or my actions toward this family in any way<\/span>, but instead to ask for your prayers\u00a0and kind thoughts for Mark and Shannon.\u00a0So that they can find work, find a home, and have their child in a stable home environment.\u00a0 As we drove home I felt really good, and I thought of the quote from the Dalai Lama (and I paraphrase)…”If you want others to feel good…show others compassion. If YOU want to feel good…show others compassion.”<\/em> Truer words were never spoken! But I was still laughing about Edi thinking I was going to be bonked on the head by a rock.\u00a0 I told her, “Would that be so bad?\u00a0 God would ask me how I died and I’d say…’I was buying food for a hungry family and he konked me on the head with a rock.’\u00a0 To which God would reply,\u00a0‘Alright…you…inside!”\u00a0 We had a good laugh over that.\u00a0\u00a0That evening several of us opened up this year’s version of the Planet Wallywood Happy Th-HANG-sgiving Hang Out and Open House!<\/p>\nThursday the 25th\u00a0–\u00a0HAPPY THANKSGIVING!\u00a0–<\/span>I was awakened by Dave at “TTS” who wanted me to cut a voice track in my home studio and e-mail it in.\u00a0 It’s much easier than having to go over to NBC, so I’m always happy to oblige.\u00a0 After I sent the track over, I got ready for work. Though it was Thanksgiving we still had a taping of “TTS.”\u00a0 They did it super early so everybody could get on with their dinner.\u00a0 My friends\u00a0Edi, Nancy, Sara and Josh all attended the show. Afterward we hustled out of there and headed to the Sportsmen’s Lodge for the annual Thanksgiving Buffet.\u00a0 We were joined by Brittney,\u00a0and Scott and Vickie Sebring.\u00a0 What fun!\u00a0 I was glad to be at the Sportsmen’s Lodge again, as they were\u00a0closed over Thanksgiving last year for remodeling!\u00a0 That night we watched the\u00a0Charlie\u00a0Chaplin classic “Modern Times” on Blu Ray. STUNNING!<\/p>\nFriday the 26th – BLACK FRIDAY! – <\/span>I slept very late (since we had no taping of “TTS” today, then went to\u00a0Fed Ex to drop something off.\u00a0 Then I put Sass in the car and took her to the vet’s for her shot.\u00a0 But on the way back she went #2 in the car. She’s such a nervous nellie, so it took awhile for me to completely clean the seat with Windex with Ammonia.\u00a0 I put her in my front porch (because she was messy) and hosed her off with the garden hose. I know it had to be super cold, but I had no other choice. I wasn’t going to drag her into the house and into the bath tub.\u00a0 But we got all settled, I got the car cleaned and Sassie hosed off.\u00a0 That evening my pal Eric Singer (who drums for KISS) picked me up in his vintage car and we went over to the weekly car show at Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake.\u00a0 What\u00a0great cars!\u00a0 We saw all sorts. We were soon joined by my pal Brittney Powell and her son, my assistant Sara, and several friends of Eric’s.\u00a0 Over dinner we got to talking about Elvis and my recent trip to Graceland. What fun!\u00a0\u00a0 When I got home I had just missed my friend Gil.\u00a0 He stopped by for the hang out, but since I was a few minutes late getting in, he took off. I felt awful that I missed his call and him!\u00a0 But soon after I got home I was surprised by my pal Ruben Procopio and his fiance Jean!\u00a0 They brought goodies and I gave them the tour of Planet Wallywood!\u00a0 Some other folks stopped over as well, and we dug out one of the Johnny Carson Tonight Show DVDs and watched that. Then we watched “Dreamscape” on Blu Ray with Dennis Quaid. But we weren’t tired, so we watched “Love\u00a0Actually” on Blu Ray.\u00a0 I had forgotten how brilliant that movie is!\u00a0 I want to watch it every Christmas!\u00a0 By the time it all ended it was 2am!\u00a0 Ruben said he hardly ever stays up that late, but time flies with you’re having fun and are with good friends!\u00a0 But unfortunately, after everyone left and I was preparing Sassie’s dinner, she surprised me with another round of diahrrea all over my living room floor!!\u00a0 I was now convinced that those shots of Adequin were making her sick!\u00a0 So I cleaned up as best I could, make a late-night call to the carpet cleaner’s voicemail, and put Sassie in her house in the garage for the night with potty pads all around. UGH!<\/p>\nSaturday the 27th – SLEEP\u00a0DEPRIVED! –<\/span>\u00a0The carpet cleaners called and said they could be over at 1.\u00a0 My maids were coming at 11am, so that would work out great.\u00a0 The carpet would be dry in time for my guests that night. PERFECT!\u00a0 The maids finished up, the\u00a0carpet cleaners finished up, and I went back to bed to sleep for a few hours. When I woke up though, it was raining.\u00a0 When I started my nap it was beautiful and sunny!\u00a0 Weird!\u00a0\u00a0People started showing up and the party was on!\u00a0 We had a fairly full house and we watched the sexy mystery\/thriller “Wild Things” on Blu\u00a0Ray. If you buy a\u00a0Blu Ray player for no other reason, let it be for “Wild Things!” You’ll thank me!\u00a0 Again we went late into the night chatting and hanging out. That’s what Th-HANG-sgiving\u00a0is all about!<\/p>\nSunday the 28th – WHEW! – <\/span>The weekend was over. I got up around noon and checked on\u00a0 Sassie, took her out and put her back in her\u00a0house. Until I see\u00a0evidence that she’s doing better I don’t want to bring her back in the house again.\u00a0 Then I went back to sleep for a few hours, and got up for evening church.\u00a0\u00a0At church I told my pal\u00a0Randy Carver that I had seen him in\u00a0an episode of “The Six Million Dollar Man” a few nights ago. I got the DVD boxed set and was surprised to see Randy in the episode. He had a funny story about filming that episode too!\u00a0 Then I met up with a bunch of friends at Jerry’s Famous Deli and had a great dinner.\u00a0 When I got home I took Sassie out and I saw suitable evidence that she was better. So we went back into the house. BOY was she glad to be back inside!\u00a0 I answered some e-mails, did some other things to prepare for the new week, and went to bed early. 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