Archive for July, 2008

My mom’s legacy

July 31, 2008

I had dinner with my aunt, my mom’s sister, last night. Thinking about people who we thought would be at the funeral but hadn’t come had made my aunt go down a path that had really affected her. She thought about things Mom had done that people didn’t really know about and so, they couldn’t [...]

Disney Magic Meets trip report on my site

July 31, 2008

I added the trip report for Magic Meets and Hershey Park to my website under trips. Only mentioning it in case someone is interested.

Some more tears over Mom

July 30, 2008

I had a bit of a rough night. I colored my hair because what gray I have was showing, and I remembered my mom a few years ago noticing I had gotten a few grays. She got this horrified expression on her face and I thought I had a tick or something in my [...]

Disneyana Jones is online!

July 29, 2008

My friend, Dave, started his blog, so the Steamboat Willie design is up and running.  He named his blog “Disneyana Jones”!

My review for “The Dark Knight”

July 28, 2008

We saw it at the drive-in on Friday night with Journey to the Center of the Earth which was, unfortunately, weak.  That’s all I need to say about that; I hear it’s got great 3D effects, but the movie could have been much better.
As for the new Batman movie: SPOILER ALERT!!!
Heath Ledger is phenomenal! [...]

Steamboat Willie blog design

July 25, 2008

A friend of mine saw the vacation blog design I did in December, and asked if I’d do a Disney blog design for him.  I knew his favorite Mickey is Steamboat Willie, but no design idea really made me happy until a few days ago.  So I finished it at lunch (because of course I [...]

Have we been In the trash?

July 24, 2008

What makes you say that?

The flip side of not knowing how someone else sees you

July 24, 2008

My stepfather, Ralph, asked to see my sister Cathi — and just Cathi — to finally straighten out this mess.  She and I talked about what he could mean by that; it certainly doesn’t sound good, but in all the scenarios she and thought of, I never thought of the truth.
To boil it down, it [...]

Dave Anderson’s presentation – Walt Disney: A Mentor in Perseverance

July 23, 2008

Hershey Park photos

July 23, 2008