Candidate for King County Sheriff

A fine day. Campaign ad for Sheriff. He seemed like a nice guy. His family was nice. The crew (Rick and Vince) was nice.  I felt crappy. I came home and the family was in a particularly bitchy mood. Maybe the sheriff  will adopt me.

Probably not.

Edgar Martinez is quiet but very cool

I used to do videos for a motivational speaker, guru. Sadly, he grew old and died. One of his acolyte was legendary and beloved Seattle Mariner, two time A.L. batting champion and all around mensch, Edgar Martinez. We shot at his house, a large but not ostentatious house in Bellevue. It was like old home week- Geoff "Been there" Dunlap, Paully Crampton and Johnny the Boot, and working for the old chain gang: Victory Studios. 

Edgar is no Lou Tice but did fine teaching kids about batting and about "self talk" and "affirmations".  I never felt bad about anything in these videos: they were obviously helpful and common sense. Two days of shooting. Edgar gave us signed baseballs when we were done. Bill Gates never gave us baseballs, then again BG never hit .347 in a season  where he had to bat against Pedro Martinez either.

Awesome electron microscope: More proof humans can be cool

Major, gigantic health care equipment corporation that sells huge, gigantic electron microscopes to research facilities. They are finding all kinds of interesting stuff that help humans.

Maybe we can move forward as a species.

Talking head with Australian research professor. She was great.

3 jobs: Children, Homelessness and Sales reps for Life saving

Saturday and Sunday: Committee for Children- Anti bullying videos at Midway Elementary School in Des Moines. I am always jealous of nice suburban schools. This one was beautiful and very clean and frankly looked like a very nice school and I came to find out it is one of the roughest schools in the area but they have a great program.  CFC jobs always make me feel like civilization is intact.

Monday: Gates foundation- 13 interviews on white screen (looked like Apple commercials) about homelessness. Also made me feel like humanity is at least trying.

Tuesday: 13 quickie interviews spread over a whole day of international sales reps for live saving difibulaters. It was cool to see people excited about selling stuff that actually saves people's lives: it's not a hair dryer or a set of Ginsu Steak Knives, it's emergency medical gear that makes a difference in the world and these guys knew it and were proud of it. Plus, I got to work with the amazing Johnny the Boot, which is always amusing.

Art Tip

Don't put antlers on invading aliens. It makes them look stupid, and would be very impractical for any space traveling species.

I am Thomas Hart Benton, and I approve this message.

Five years late: I get an iPhone

Big fucking deal.

They are free now.

You can return to your lives.

4th most powerful woman in the world reads a teleprompter.

It is a huge foundation that does loads and loads of good work. They are nice people. The security was unbelievable. Airlock doors that need to be shut before the opposite side can be opened. Tank trap level bunker gates on the loading dock. Inside people are solving world hunger, disease and poverty, but they are concerned about zombie apocalypse.  Melinda Gates can read off a teleprompter like a pro. It was quick but the room had echo and maybe a little RF interference. Otherwise it was a fine day. This is the producer in the eyepiece of the camera.  On the left is the DP. It was not his best side.

I came home and worked on  a painting that includes antlers.