Meet Avery

My nephew and his girlfriend had a baby born 8 weeks premature but healthy as can be, all 19 inches and 3 1/2 pounds of her. She has long fingers and toes, so she may grow to be quite tall in the end.

The Mystical World of George MacDonald (on DVD)

The movie I made on the life of 19th century Scottish author, George MacDonald, back in 2007 is now out on DVD at Amazon:

The Mystical World of George MacDonald

So Proud of Our Neighborhood School

This is the marque on the grade school across the street from my house. That a public school anywhere in the USA these days would have enough common sense and guts to post this on their marque kind of gives me a warm fuzzy. I like warm fuzzies.

Men in Coats and Nina Conti - A Comedy Weekend Post!

Men In Coats - Hilarious Magic Act

Ventriloquist, Nina Conti - Live at the Apollo

How To Kiss A Girl!!!

The Best Orchestral Performance You Will Ever Hear

Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" being performed by an unknown orchestra led by Lawrence Rapchak.

Little Boy (film)

I don't often blog about films, but I just watched this and thought it should easily win the Oscar for best picture of 2015. Sadly, given that humanity's state of devolution seems to be centered in Hollywood, I wouldn't count on it. But don't let that stop you from seeing it. Netflix has it available to stream right now, and I'm sure you can rent it anywhere. Here's a description of the movie copied from Google:

When auto mechanic James Busbee (Michael Rapaport) is sent to fight the Japanese during World War II, he leaves behind his wife (Emily Watson) and two sons, London (David Henrie) and Pepper (Jakob Salvati). Pepper feels his father's absence most keenly, and can't wait for him to return home. An encounter with a magician (Ben Chaplin) and advice from a priest (Tom Wilkinson) convince Pepper that the power to bring his dad back safely may be within himself and his actions.