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

This picture always makes me laugh! What a menagerie!<\/p>\n

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 This song came up on my iPod on the plane ride home, and while I always liked it as a kid, I really realized how well engineered and crafted it is when listening to it with headphones. If you can, plug in some headphones and give it a listen. From Hawaii it’s the Liz Damon Express with “1900 Yesterday.”<\/span><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1900-Yesterday.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Because of a whirlwind two week period, I wasn’t able to turn around Wally’s Week last week in a timely manner. So, for your enjoyment, here are TWO weeks’ worth of Wally’s Week! Thanks for reading!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Monday the 4th \u2013 COMEDY CAVALCADE! \u2013<\/span> Tonight would be my first attempt at stand-up comedy in a Los Angeles comedy club! The first Monday of every month a club in Burbank called Flappers features an all VO cast of stand-ups in something called \u201cWe Talk Funny.\u201d It\u2019s been going on for a few years now, but tonight was my turn. I had written my act, prepped, re-written, re-prepped, and re-written my act again. It went through a lot of phases. When I got up late afternoon I rehearsed my act again, got ready, and then drove over to Flappers to meet up with my friends James and Cynthia, and Officer Mark. My pal Karl from church also showed up! It was a fun night of comedy, my bit seemed to go over well, though I\u2019m thinking many of my references were only understood by people over 40. I talk about classic TV shows and old music. There was a gal who did a \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d bit and the crowed really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it too, had I ever seen one episode of the show. But I was happy she was killing it! But I made sure to keep my act within very strict confines, considering how easily everyone gets offended about every little thing these days. And to be fair, the acts weren\u2019t performed in front of a normal, off-the-street audience. This audience was all full of \u201cfriendlies.\u201d But it was fun and I\u2019m glad I did it. I\u2019ll probably never try stand-up comedy again because I just don\u2019t have enough interest in engaging in the modern world to comment on it comedically. Mark, Karl and I went over to Bob\u2019s Big Boy to get some food after the show, and then I came home and collapsed for a bit. I did my nightly auditions and hit the hay. (If you\u2019d like to see the entire 10 minute act, you can see it here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xyYGdrypc3A<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 5th \u2013 LEGO LOVE! \u2013<\/span> I got up at 10:30 and drove to Pure Imagination to do a few hours\u2019 worth of voice tracks for a Lego project. Lotsa fun! Then I headed off to the bank to get some \u2018operating capital\u2019 for my upcoming trip to Orlando, Florida. I got some fried rice at Chin Chin for lunch, and then went home to eat. I was a bit tired so I laid down in the Puppet Room and napped for a bit. I got up later and wrote Wally\u2019s Week, did my nightly auditions, prepped some more for my Orlando trip, made some soup and a sandwich, and watched the final Power Ranger episodes that I needed to refresh on.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 6th \u2013 TUESDAY ON WEDNESDAY! \u2013<\/span> Roxy and I walked over to a local caf\u00e9 to meet my friend Tuesday Knight and her mom. My pal Edi also joined us. It was a fun lunch, and just before we all left, Tuesday\u2019s mom had me record her outgoing message for her cell phone. Since her late husband Baker Knight wrote \u201cThe Wonder of You,\u201d one of Elvis\u2019 best songs, I sang the chorus of the song in my best Elvis voice in the parking lot of the restaurant. Roxy and I walked back home, I did some auditions, prepped for Orlando, drove to my box to get my mail, picked up a few groceries, and then headed back home to do a few more auditions. My pal Emily came over to help me prep for the trip, I packed some clothes, dashed out to my seamstress Shelley\u2019s house to pick up a few custom bowling shirts for my appearance in Orlando, and when I got back home the entire video of my performance at Flappers was in my inbox. I did some editing and sent it to my webmaster Scott for posting, I did some more packing and then hit the hay.<\/p>\n

Thursday the 7th \u2013 OFF TO ORLANDO! \u2013<\/span> My house sitter Brittney came over to begin house sitting responsibilities, my driver Gary arrived for our drive to LAX, and I kissed the pets goodbye and loaded up my luggage for Ranger Stop 2019! The ride to LAX was very smooth and quick, I checked into my flight, had a Jersey Mike\u2019s sandwich, and slept for the majority of the way to Orlando. It was a direct flight so there weren\u2019t any layovers or connections to worry about. I arrived in Orlando just after 11pm, my pal Brandon came to pick me up, and we headed to the hotel. I got checked into my room, but the hotel gave me the wrong room key and when I opened the door to the room it was full of people. It was a suite, of sorts. I thought to myself, \u201cThis can\u2019t be my room with all these people.\u201d Come to find out, that suite served as the convention\u2019s HQ and the hotel had given me the wrong key. We went back to clear up the confusion and get the correct key. After about an hour of confusion they finally gave me the right key, I dropped my luggage and Brandon and I walked over to Perkins for a quiet meal. I loved the fact that there was a Perkins within walking distance from the hotel. I used to love eating there all the time when I lived in South Dakota. Luckily enough, there was also a Walgreens close by, so I stopped there and got some supplies for my stay. I went back to my room to unpack, ironed my shirt for Friday\u2019s appearance, and hit the hay.<\/p>\n

Friday the 8th \u2013 POUR-LANDO! \u2013<\/span> The day started with my old pal Jeff Christmas meeting me in the lobby of the hotel around 2. He just happened to be in Orlando vacationing with his family, so he stopped by to hang out for a bit. Then the Ranger Stop convention officially started at 3, so I went inside and tried to find my signing table. I couldn\u2019t find where I was supposed to be, so I found Brandon and asked him where I should sit. He said my table was down the aisle a bit. The reason I couldn\u2019t find it is because my table had to banner. The banner had been designed, but apparently had never been ordered for printing. Brandon made a call and got the company to print the banner immediately. I should have it in a few hours. It was fun meeting the fans, doing photo ops, and doing a panel with the other \u201cPower Rangers in Space\u201d and \u201cLost Galaxy\u201d guys. I got back to the table and met some more fans, some of whom gave me really great gifts! Though my part in the Power Rangers franchise was very, very small \u2013 the fans seem to really enjoy the Psycho Ranger characters, and some consider them the best villains the series ever produced. The convention ended at 9 and I walked back to my room to relax. But it was pouring rain out. Since the location of the convention was at a resort, and not a hotel per se, it was quite a considerable walk to the building I was staying in. I was getting soaked, but the rain was so warm and refreshing I didn\u2019t really care much. A guy yelled out to me from one of the balconies, \u201cDo you need an umbrella?\u201d I said, \u201cNo thanks! I\u2019m going to just \u2018Gene Kelly\u2019 it and sing in the rain!\u201d I got to my room, took off my soaked clothes, put on my PJs, opened the balcony door to my room so I could hear the rainstorm, and sacked out on the bed for a while. It was nice napping to the rain. I woke up just before the cut-off time to order food, and ordered a pizza and some boneless Buffalo wings to eat in my room. I dined, ironed my shirt for Saturday, and then hit the hay. I had to be up very early for Saturday\u2019s festivities.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 9th \u2013 THRILL-FILLED SATURDAY! \u2013<\/span> I\u2019m not sure if it was the nap I took or what, but I popped awake at 7am for no reason. It was 4am my time. Not sure why I couldn\u2019t get back to sleep right away, but it took me quite a bit of time before I nodded off again. I woke up at 9 and got ready for the convention. My pal Officer Mark had flown in on the redeye, and he had already checked into his room. He met me downstairs at the con at 10 with his many cameras and the day began. It was a day filled with signing, photo ops, meeting fans, and more signing. My pal Graham stopped by with his daughter Emily to say hi. Emily\u2019s a big fan of \u201cInvader Zim\u201d so I signed a Tallest Red picture for her and we got some photos. Graham works at Universal and Disney World and was kind enough to supply us with free passes for the park on Monday. He would also be serving as our tour guide. I got to meet two amazing cosplayers who were in costume as the Arkham Riddler and Scarecrow. They said they drove 3 hours to meet me. Unbelievable!! I made sure to spend a lot of quality time with them and get a lot of photos. When our interaction was over, they got back in their car and headed back. They really DID just come to see me! It\u2019s a very humbling, but honorable feeling. After the show I went to my room to shower, change and rest for a bit. There\u2019s a VIP dinner at 7 that I needed to pop into for a while, and then Officer Mark and I would be heading to Perkins for dinner. I got to the hall for the VIP dinner and all of the Power Ranger actors were lined up in a hallway outside the hall to be introduced to the crowd one at a time. I was third from the last. Many people were commenting on my Andy Kaufman shirt I was wearing, and we started talking about Andy\u2019s comedy. Then I got an idea. \u201cWhat would Andy do\u201d in a situation like this? Well, he\u2019d do something bizarre and unique. So I found one of the hotel workers in the hallway who looked amenable enough, and asked him what he was doing. He said he wasn\u2019t doing much at the time, so I asked him if he would sub for me during the introductions. Since he was an older, African American gentleman, the optics of having him walk into the room after they introduced me would be quite a fun switcheroo. The fact that his name was Willy was just a bonus. I said, \u201cWhen they same the name Wally Wingert, charge in and wave to the crowd. Pretend you\u2019re me. Really sell it.\u201d Willy said, \u201cCan I dance?\u201d I said, \u201cDance all you want!\u201d So the moment came, the emcee yelled, \u201cWally Wingert!\u201d and Willy entered the room with his arms in the air. It was hilarious. Luckily Officer Mark was there capturing it all on video. The audience went wild. Willy left the room and I entered to make my appearance. If it had been Andy, he would have made Willy take the stage and sit down in my place for the rest of the evening. But Willy had other things to do. But it was very funny. After the rest of the actors had been introduced, I grabbed a towel, threw it over my forearm, put a tray in my other arm and went from table to table doing a snobby waiter voice asking the guests if everything was to their liking. It was fun improvising with the crowd. My pal Anthony (who had supplied me with his Psycho Ranger helmet to use at my table during the day) joined Officer Mark and I for dinner at Perkins. After talking all day my voice was staring to get rough. I had learned from the experience at my class reunion in August, and my appearance at Siouxpercon in September, that I needed to get some voice rest after a day of talking nonstop. So it was nice to have a quiet meal and not talk much. I hit Walgreens for some more supplies, and then hit my room to turn in.<\/p>\n

Sunday the 10th \u2013 HOW I \u2018CAPPED\u2019 OFF THE DAY! \u2013<\/span> Day 3, the final day of Ranger Stop 2019 was underway. And though the pace was considerably slower than the previous days, it was nice to hang out with the fans and the other actors. The day started with a panel about Voice Over at 11:30am, which was a fun time. My pal Sheriff John and his wife Officer Kelly had arrived to hang out all day, and really enjoyed the panel. I went back inside and signed a little bit, and then Sheriff John brought us all lunch from Subway. Sheriff John is a regular reader of Wally\u2019s Week, so he knew my Subway order by heart! I closed out the afternoon by saying goodbyes to all the fans and new friends, and then went back to my room to shower and change into comfy clothes for dinner. Sheriff John wanted to buy Officer Mark and I steaks, so we decided to go to Ruth\u2019s Chris steakhouse, which was in the area. The other option was a place called Longhorn, which I thought sounded much more fun. But I was voted down in favor of Ruth\u2019s Chris. We got to the restaurant and checked in for our reservation. Just before we were led to our table, the hostess looked at me and said, \u201cSir, would you mind removing the cap?\u201d I said, \u201cWhat?\u201d She said, \u201cWe don\u2019t allow caps in the dining room.\u201d Without hesitation I turned around for the door and said, \u201cGoodbye.\u201d Sheriff John and his wife Officer Kelly started laughing. The hostess said, \u201cYou can eat at the bar if you want.\u201d I said, \u201cNo thanks. We\u2019ll go to Longhorn.\u201d I had wet hair from my shower and I wasn\u2019t in the mood to be confined by any hoity toity dinner rules. I just wanted to relax with friends and eat lots of meat and potatoes. So, off to Longhorn we went with Sheriff John laughing all the way at what had just occurred. But it was a good move. Longhorn was a hoot and a half! As we walked in we saw LOTS of guys wearing caps. Every guy I pointed out who was wearing a cap would make Sheriff John burst out in hysterical laughter. Even our server Carli was great. She saw my ELO hoodie and said she loved that group! Seeing that she couldn\u2019t have been more than 22 I said, \u201cReally? What\u2019s your favorite ELO song?\u201d She said, \u201cTurn to Stone.\u201d She told us that Steven Tyler was her \u2018first kiss.\u2019 Her mom had taken her to an Aerosmith concert when she was 17 and they met Steven backstage. It was great food, and a very comfortable atmosphere! After dinner Sheriff John and Officer Kelly took off for home (they had a 1.5 hour drive back home) and Officer Mark and I walked around an area called Icon Park. We got some ice cream and strolled around the area. They had a 20 story swing ride that would twirl people around in circles 20 stories up. It looked fun, but I opted not to do it. I got back to my room to plan our day at Disney World!<\/p>\n

Monday the 11th \u2013 DISNEY DAY! \u2013<\/span> At 8:45 I was up, and by 9:15 Officer Mark and I were grabbing our Uber to the Disney World drop off point. After going through security, and getting wanded, we got on the Ferry (or is it \u201cFairy?\u201d) to Disney World. We met up with my pal Graham and he \u2018passed\u2019 us in with his guest passes. Our first stop HAD to be \u201cPirates of the Caribbean!\u201d I had done some pirate voices for a new section of the ride a few years ago. And I still had not heard the result. I had seen it on YouTube, but hadn\u2019t seen it in person \u2013 even at Disneyland! (Which I still need to do!) It was an amazing experience hearing myself as several animatronic pirates in that section of the ride. The pirate on the bridge overhead says, \u201cYeaaaaah!\u201d \u2013 then in a different pirate voice I say (as a different pirate off to the right) \u201cTHE RUM! \u2013 and then the bridge pirate says, \u201cWe wants the rums!\u201d Then in a chorus of several more of my voices I chant, \u201cWe wants the rums!\u201d It went by so fast, and I was so amazed by the experience, that we had to get right back on and ride again. To think that my voices will be in the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d ride at Disney World and Disneyland for decades to come thrills me beyond belief. When my family and I came to Disneyland for the first time in 1976, Pirates was by far my favorite attraction \u2013 followed closely by the Haunted Mansion. We went to get some lunch, and then went to the Hall of Presidents. I always loved the \u201cGreat Moments with Mr. Lincoln\u201d attraction at Disneyland, but this was astounding! All 45 U.S. Presidents are on stage together, and each animatronic figure are controlled by their own, individual system \u2013 which gives them all independent life. They blink, turn their heads, nod, and literally \u201cstay alive\u201d during all the other sections of the show. What an achievement! We did a lot more walking in the warm, humid Florida weather and we enjoyed more attractions. Disney World would be closing at 6 for a Christmas celebration, so we made plans to leave just after 5 and head to the Hollywood Studios park. Our first stop was Star Wars land, but we didn\u2019t want to wait in the long line to ride any of the rides. As I watched kids assemble droids and light sabers in the assembly attraction, I kept saying, \u201cWhere was this when I was a kid??!!\u201d We went over to see the \u201cMuppet 3-D\u201d attraction (which I hadn\u2019t seen in many years when it used to be at Disney\u2019s California Adventure) and I had forgotten that Sweetums comes out toward the end! I did some shopping and went to the Men\u2019s room. All day long Christmas music was playing throughout both parks. Since it was only November 11th I was thinking that it was a bit too soon for that stuff. In years past you may remember me telling you about my personal tradition. Whenever I hear Andy Williams\u2019 \u201cIt\u2019s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\u201d in random passing; be it in a store, or on the radio, or somewhere when I\u2019m out and about, that\u2019s how I know that the Christmas season has officially arrived. I don\u2019t like to hear it \u2018too early\u2019 \u2013 otherwise I get miffed. Sure enough, standing in the Men\u2019s room at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios, it comes on the overhead music system. I said, \u201cOH NO!\u201d What a drag. But, I guess under the rules and guidelines I\u2019ve established for my own tradition, it has to count. We headed over to Toy Story land, did some more shopping, and then went to the Star Wars area to have an \u2018interaction\u2019 with Darth Vader. It was a pretty cool experience, the way they had it set up, and we got some good video and photo ops. Again, WHERE WAS THIS WHEN I WAS A KID??!! We big Graham goodbye and thanked him for the amazing day, and Officer Mark and I got our Uber back to the hotel. We got back around 9, and realized that we had enjoyed a full 12 hour day of activity. I showered up, and then we walked over to a deep dish pizza place for dinner. But first they got my order wrong. If you know anything about deep dish, you know that it takes about 25 minutes to bake one of those things. But they promised the CORRECT order would be out in about 10 minutes. But when it arrived it was definitely not worth the wait \u2013 quite underwhelming. We walked over to Walgreens to pick up a few more supplies, and then I headed back to my room to pack. Whew! What an amazing day. What an amazing trip! One for the books!!<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 12th \u2013 FROM RIGHT COAST TO LEFT COAST! –<\/span> Officer Mark and I paid the extra $50 to be able to stay in our rooms until 3pm. Our flight wasn\u2019t scheduled to leave until close to 7pm, so we had lots of time. Around noon we walked over to the local UPS store so I could ship some things. Then we had a nice, leisurely lunch at Perkins. I went back to my room to grab a short nap (since I was all packed up and ready to go) and we were checked out by 3. Our Uber arrived to take us to the airport, and since we were 3 hours early for our flight we decided to do some shopping and grab some lunch before we went through security. I got a few slices of pizza at Sbarro, and Mark stood in line to get Chik Fil-A. While I was eating a young uniformed TSA agent asked if the seat next to me was taken. I told her my buddy Officer Mark would be sitting there soon, but she was more than welcome to sit next to us and chat, considering he was law enforcement as well. Her all-too-brief lunch was spent discussing things like her love of Muppets, Beetlejuice, squirrels, cosplay and other stuff. Jokingly I asked if I might have known her mother at some point because, based on all of our common interests, she almost seemed related somehow! I gave her my card and we agreed to keep in touch, because our common interests were so plentiful. What a fun chance meeting! Officer Mark and I bought souvenirs at the NASA store, and at the Sea World store they had all sorts of great Sesame Street products! We got through security and got on the plane and I slept virtually the entire way. But when we got close to LAX I woke up feeling very warm. I looked around and saw other people fanning themselves. I asked the Flight Attendant if it had gotten warm suddenly. She said, \u201cSome people were complaining that it was too cold so we lowered the air conditioning.\u201d Isn\u2019t that what the blankets are for? Good grief, they had people on the flight fanning themselves and standing in the aisles to get some ventilation. Of course the body heat of the person standing in the aisle next to me (I had an aisle seat) didn\u2019t help much. I honestly think I could have napped the entire trip had it not been for the sudden increase in temperature on the plane. Eventually it cooled off again, but I was awake for the rest of the trip. I walked to the bathroom at the front of the plane, and as I walked through First Class it was nice and cool up there. The convention had flown me coach (I always prefer to fly First Class for myriad reasons) so I had to spend several hours each way crunched into a tiny coach seat. Luckily I was so tired on the way back that I was able to nap, but the seats in my row were so close together that I kept feeling the elbow of the guy next to me bump my arm every time his hand moved up on his laptop keyboard as he typed furiously. This in addition to his not one but TWO cell phones he kept making notations on. Really?! Is it THAT important that you can\u2019t relax for a few hours on a flight to LA and quietly watch a movie? Never flying coach again unless it\u2019s a real emergency! We landed and Officer Mark\u2019s girlfriend Connie was there to pick us up. I got home and saw the pets, showered and napped. I got up later to do some auditions and unpack. It was good to be back, even though it was an amazing trip.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 13th \u2013 PICTURE PICKIN\u2019! \u2013<\/span> Smashing right back into life, I went over to Pure Imagination to do a few voice tracks as Jon Arbuckle for a Garfield project. Then I went home to relax and sort through the tons of amazing pictures Officer Mark had taken during the Orlando trip. I took a short evening nap, and then got up later to do my nightly auditions. I worked around the house and had a very busy night. My left ear had been stuffy over the past few days and nothing I was doing to correct it was working. So I got an appointment with my Ear, Nose and Throat doctor Dr. Jill for Thursday. She\u2019ll fix it right up!<\/p>\n

Thursday the 14th \u2013FUNGAI FOR A FUN GUY! \u2013<\/span> The first order of the day was lunch with my pal Edi at Paty\u2019s in Toluca Lake. Then I mailed some stuff at the post office. I went to see Dr. Jill about why my left ear was stuffy, and she determined it was a fungal infection. That\u2019s a new one on me. So she did her magic and sent me on my way with a promise I\u2019d come back the Tuesday before Thanksgiving for a follow-up. I got home and did some work around the house, and then napped on the couch. As much fun as the Orlando trip was, it was pretty exhausting. With the recent change back to Standard Time, and the 3 hour time difference from L.A. to Orlando, and then again from Orland to L.A., plus the amount of energy one expels when talking to fans and being \u201con\u201d all the time during a convention, I was due for some heavy rest. I got up later to do auditions, and then went to Denny\u2019s to get some food to go and watched an episode of \u201cPolice Woman\u201d before bed.<\/p>\n

Friday the 15th \u2013 JUMP! JUMP! FOR MY LOVE! \u2013<\/span> Right at 1pm I woke up to let my maids in to clean Planet Wallywood. But they didn\u2019t arrive until 3pm. So I did some writing, did some work around the house, sorted through more Orlando pictures, and did some writing. When the maids finished up, my pal Brittney came over to get her check for house sitting, and I relaxed some more. A bit later, I went to my auxiliary garage to get my Gran Torino out for a spin. It had been well over a month since I had it out last, and I was sure the battery would be dead. While I have a cutoff switch that cuts off all power being drained from the battery while it sits idle, the dome light and the alarm still are powered by the battery. So after a month of sitting idle, the alarm has drained the battery enough where it won\u2019t start up on its own. I bought a neat little jump starter that I keep in the trunk (it\u2019s cheaper than calling AAA all the time!) so I pulled that out and it started right up. Now I need to drive it for about a half hour to let the alternator fully charge the battery again. My pal Sara and I drove to Lancers to get dinner, figuring that it was far enough away that the battery would be fully charged by the time we got there. But I hadn\u2019t counted on the headlights being an additional drain on the battery as we drove. So when we came out of dinner, the Torino needed another boost. Luckily I had enough charge left in the jump starter to provide the Torino with another jump. I came home and napped on the couch, then fed and walked Roxy, organized some more Orlando pix, made some soup and a sandwich, and watched another episode of \u201cPolice Woman.\u201d I\u2019m midway through the first season now, and neither the writing nor the acting has improved. Angie Dickinson\u2019s acting is especially bad and she seems very \u201cdisconnected\u201d from what\u2019s going on in the scene. Paul and David in \u201cStarsky & Hutch\u201d seemed very engaged in the story and played it very \u201clife and death,\u201d but it seems like she\u2019s just simply reciting her lines with no deeper involvement in the action. It\u2019s very odd. The producers are also trying to make it seem like her character and her boss (played by Earl Holliman) have a thing for each other, but there\u2019s 0 chemistry between them and it seems very forced and contrived. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be ordering the other seasons on DVD, as I\u2019m simply not very engaged in this show.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 16th \u2013 PERSONAL LOG PROBLEM FIXED! \u2013<\/span> Early afternoon I got up so I could record a few fellow church members for a feature on my church\u2019s website. Each Easter and Christmas, the church elders write short meditations that are published by the church for other church members to read during the holiday. Last year it was decided that they would have the elders record their meditations for those who would rather listen to them than read them. So this year we\u2019re doing another round of recorded meditations. After they left I got the Torino out (which thankfully started right up!) and drove to my mailbox to get my mail. Then I stopped over to Rocket Fizz to pick up some more Dr. Pepper in glass bottles, I got some lunch at the Burger King drive-thru, and then I got some groceries. I got home, put the groceries away and then my pal Scott Sebring came over to show me how to record the entries from my personal log digital voice recorder into my computer. If you remember from a few weeks ago, one of the little digital recorders that I used to record personal log entries was having trouble downloading the files from the internal memory into my computer. Though the files were still playable on the device itself, the computer wasn\u2019t reading it properly during the download process. It kept saying FOLDER EMPTY, even though the internal memory was full. The technician at Olympus said that I could record the files in an analog sort of way, but getting a patch cord that would fit into the device\u2019s headphone jack, and putting it into the microphone jack of another player. But better yet, I got a cable to go from the device\u2019s headphone jack into my computer\u2019s audio recording system; the same one I use to record my auditions. But the setting had to be changed specifically, so that the input on my recording system would go from reading my microphone, to the digital recorder. Scott was able to sort through the program\u2019s preferences and we hooked it up so it worked perfectly! So now I need to find time to record (in REAL time!) 95 files from my digital recorder into my computer system. It will be time consuming, but worth it for archiving purposes. We started movie night at 8:30 with a Scooby-Doo cartoon and then the movie \u201cRocketman.\u201d I had seen it on a plane a few months ago, but it was much better watching it uninterrupted without all the airline\u2019s pauses and announcements telling us to put our seatbacks and tray tables in their upright position. After everyone left I napped for a bit, and then got up later to start the transfer process from my digital recorder into my computer. It worked PERFECTLY! After doing that all night, I made my traditional Saturday night Super Salad and watched another episode of \u201cSpace 1999.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday the 17th \u2013 SLEEPY SUNDAY! \u2013<\/span> Roxy and I walked over for evening church, and afterwards we walked back with my \u2018adopted grandma\u2019 Shirley so we could put Roxy inside and take the Torino over to Paty\u2019s for dinner. I\u2019m afraid I wasn\u2019t very good company, as I was still feeling the effects of the two whirlwind weeks. I dropped Shirley off at her residence, and then headed home to shower and nap in my bed for a while. It was really nice. I got up to do some work, feed the pets, and then I laid down on The Most Comfortable Couch in the Universe and slept until 7am Monday morning! I got up to walk Roxy one last time, showered and hit the hay. I have a full week of activities ahead of me, so I need to be on my A game!<\/p>\n

And how were YOUR two weeks??!!<\/p>\n

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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Taking the stage at Flappers Comedy Club<\/p><\/div>\n

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Singing “Shaving Cream”<\/p><\/div>\n

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William Shatner…<\/p><\/div>\n

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…talks to Adam West…<\/p><\/div>\n

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…and it ends with a Batusi!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My pal Anthony exhibits his amazing Psycho Blue Ranger cosplay. Stunning!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I love this costume!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My squirrel friend outside my hotel room<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meeting the amazing Riddler and Scarecrow Arkham costumes<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Psycho Blue meets a young White Ranger!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cuttin’ loose with a Psycho Blue laugh for a fan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Four of the Psycho Rangers together again!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s one you never saw on the show, an ORANGE Psycho Ranger!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Riddler? Apprehended by the Green and Pink Ranger???<\/p><\/div>\n

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My friend Graham’s daughter Emily gets a signed Tallest Red pic<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who would’ve guessed that Santa was a Power Rangers fan? After carrying all those Power Ranger toys in his Christmas bag for kids all over the world, I guess he couldn’t help it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Samantha and Steven look on as I make some non-sensical point about doing Voice Over, at our Sunday morning panel.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Matthew reminds me so much of my nephew Taylor that I have to stop the interview I’m doing to comment on it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jennifer, a Yellow Ranger, socks it to me…<\/p><\/div>\n

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…and later we laugh about it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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But things started out friendly enough<\/p><\/div>\n

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Santa enjoys the heck out of my Charlie Brown Christmas bowling shirt!<\/p><\/div>\n

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With Samantha Newark, voice Jem in Jem and the Holograms.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What’s the Blue Psycho Ranger doing with my head on his glove?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Artist BP gifts me with a Renji perler pixel figure and a Tallest Red sketch!<\/p><\/div>\n

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What sort of mad mash-up madness is THIS?!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ever see the inside of Space Mountain with the lights on???!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Totally illogical! Live long and…WHERE THE HELL AM I?!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’ve wanted to meet this guy since I was 17 years old!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The proprietor of one of the Star Wars shops.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some groovy vintage-looking Christmas displays!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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I gotta get one of these for my cat’s house!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just like a postcard! Officer Mark, Graham and I in Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Dark Side is strong with us<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wanding the Wally Wand! Why does this picture remind me of that scene in “This is Spinal Tap?”<\/p><\/div>\n

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I LOVE Pirates!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walt and Abe? What’s NOT to like?<\/p><\/div>\n

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My kinda snacks!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Goodbye Wyndham Resort Orlando! It was nice!<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the airport we met Viet Nam veteran Ronald! What a guy!<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the airplane heading home. What a trip!<\/p><\/div>\n

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