Director Scott & I celebrate 3 sold out shows! For the kiddies starting back to school. I didn’t do anything really major this summer. Nothing really. Just went to Alaska to see my plays done in Valdez. Then produced “The Reaper,” “Things Unsaid,” and “Sweet Nothings” with a star studded cast in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. I worked with legendary actors Robert Pine, Peter Jason, Jane Heitz, and April Shawhan and soon to be legendary Scott Bloom, Catero Colbert, Nick Giordano,... [Read more]
Welcome to the first in a new series of blogs I would like to call TheGoodMuse Explains. We will cover Volunteering Questions as well as Life Mess… My friends found out (because I complained loudly to everyone) that I had jury service and so the question this week is: Q: Why not write the jury service up as a Volunteer Journal? A: Any activity in which you participate only to avoid jail time or a $1,500 fine does not count as volunteering. The problem is the word volunteer which is defined... [Read more]
The cost of a unit of solar energy appears to be following Moore’s Law with solar costs dropping exponentially from $22 a watt in 1980 to $1.40 a watt today. But this positive price development for the consumer could prove to be a temporary set back for the solar industry. Moore’s Law, originally written to explain the advancement of computing hardware, predicts that the efficiency of technology in relation to price will double about every two years. If solar tech continues it’s current pattern... [Read more]
Just when you think a good idea can’t get any better… Kiva, the king of micro lending websites, recently launched Kiva Green Loans. Green Loans allows Kiva lenders to find businesses and individuals transitioning to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. The energy saving theme includes recycling, re-purposing used materials, minimizing pollution, and reducing energy expenditures. Kiva.org’s mission, to alleviate poverty by allowing lenders across the world to make microloans for as... [Read more]
I’ve made my fourth Kiva loan! Miraculous. This means I have been reimbursed in full three times by third world farmers, and people who don’t own shoes, while receiving not one (NOT ONE) piece of junk mail from Kiva or an affiliate. I’m so pleased I’m damn near speechless (as demonstrated by pic). Luckily I can still type. To put this accomplishment by developing world businesses in context… Roller coasters have more stability than the US stock market, which continues to plunge and climb... [Read more]
On July 16th and 17th, Los Angeles, CA, a city built for the automobile, braced for a predicted disaster known worldwide as Carmaggedon. A ten-mile stretch of the infamous 405 Freeway would be closed for 53 hours due to construction. The shut down section, between the 10 Freeway and 101 Freeway interchanges, normally sees almost 500,000 cars on a summer weekend. When Angelenos (myself included) found out about the impending closure during tourist season we panicked like Godzilla had just walked... [Read more]
I have an addiction to veggie tempura. It’s shameful. I don’t like to fry things at home because of grease splatter so I’m relegated to hunting down the appetizer at the most sustainable sushi joints I can find. Is there such a thing as sustainable sushi? Probably not, but if you’re a pescetarian you can check menus to make sure your restaurant of choice doesn’t serve endangered fish. Even as a vegetarian I will always avoid restaurants that serve endangered species like Bluefin... [Read more]
