Ten go in! One comes out!
For Nerd Nite 1.2 I am going to settle once and for all who the best Doctor is, at least until Matt Smith becomes the Doctor starting April 4. In the spirit of March Madness I have constructed a bracket and have seeded the Doctors based on how many stories aired in their reign.
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My second script for Chicken Hat weekend. My prompts last night were Oscar Wilde, A Clown's Nose, and Olympus (the actual mountain, not the home of the gods) and I was writing for 2 men, plus a walk on by Kaylee Matuszak.
I had several false starts on this one, including a funny but ultimately unsustainable scene of 19th century authors downhill skiing, but finally focused on the parenthetical note about Olympus as my jump off point. It was, of course, my son, Simon, who threw that prompt in there. It is another of my more philosophical pieces returning to a common theme in my writing - the true believer meets the skeptic. Enjoy.
Don't read further if you don't want any spoilers.
It's time for another round of Chicken Hat plays, and so here is my original script for the day. The twist this time is that instead of writing one 10 minute show we are writing two 5 minute scenes, presumably 12 hours apart. I got one actor and a walk on and an optional off stage voice. I took that option.
I broke two cardinal rules in this script. Don't make your actors sing. Don't make your actors do impersonations. Yet, after the read through, I feel fairly confident this should be good.
My prompts were:
WHO: A Bitter Academic
WHAT: Harmonica
WHERE: Sesame Street
TIME: 11:00
WALK ON: Super Dave Anderson (area television meteorologist)
If you are coming tonight, don't read on unless you want spoilers.
This is my first attempt at posting video from my iPhone. I took this around 12:20 today. The winds were gusting up to 50 mph according NOAA.
Black Eyed Snakes - Rise Up! from Brian Barber on Vimeo.
I'm heading to the Free Range Film Fest tonight to get my share of this year's crop of organic films without that nasty big corporation aftertaste.
I saw this on my way down Superior Street yesterday and had to stop and take a photo. I have no idea if the balloon was placed there or just happened to be caught on the statue, though I'd guess the former. It just made me happy.
This has been cracking me up for a couple years. Our local grocery tags Land O' Lakes products as LOL. I wonder if they know what amusement they are affording us.
I live on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth. I have a son and a daughter and enjoy writing, theater, movies, and all sorts of geeky activities. I like to talk about politics, religion, and other things one isn't supposed to discuss in polite company. I make my living as a holy man. 
