The Face IS Familiar....
I'm sure that everyone who has ever traveled to see the Mt. Rushmore site has taken a picture like this.
Using Photoshop, I tried to create a granite effect on the added face.
And he's not even an American!
Geoff Marshall was on an extended visit to South Carolina from England.
He stayed here several years.
He is an excellent videographer who taped and produced a delightful travelogue of his drive though all of the contiguous states before he headed back to London.
50 for 50 - Yes, he had already visited Hawaii and Alaska.
I met him through my blog and followed his antics as he shot/edited videos for the Post & Courier during Spoleto.
A funny bloke, Geoff also trained up through several levels of improv classes offered by Theatre 99.
Through the wonders of the internet, we have chatted a few times since he returned to the UK.
I remembered the altered photo of him in the Dakotas and sent him a copy today.
Thought I'd share the effect with you as well.
Actually, when I watch
Craig Ferguson on the CBS Late, Late Show, he reminds me of Geoff.
No, NOT the skeleton robot sidekick named Geoff.
Craig bears a facial resemblance to the Geoff I know.
But Craig is from Scotland. And doesn't like the British very much. But he likes Geoff.
This is getting confusing.
(Click on the photos to see more detail.)
There are only four faces at Mount Rushmore.
Labels: Craig Ferguson, Geoff Marshall, Geoff the robot sidekick, God Save The Queen, Mt. Rushmore., Scotland Forever, The Late Late Show on CBS, The Royals
Double Your Fun ....
So, I'm running classified ads in my paper and they produce lots of responses.
For example, I'm offering my older computer monitor for sale after I moved up in size.
But I'm hearing ridiculously LOW offers. Yikes.
Wait a minute, isn't there a way to connect
TWO monitors to my computer? How hard could that be?
Then I could slide all those pesky (but necessary) icons over to the smaller screen and leave the BIG screen free for BIG images.
Be easier to read text too.
And, speaking of enjoying more screen time, the new 60-inch television makes watching football more exciting.
Looks like one of us is missing a helmet??
Actually only the cat sits this close to the screen.
And, usually only for football.
The picture is so big and so crisp, you pick up your camera to capture a moment.
Digital and High Definition were made for each other.
Craig Ferguson of the CBS
Late, Late Show went to Paris a while back and did a low budget week of segments.
This week's reruns gave me a chance to snap a shot of his robot skeleton
side-kick in a suit.
Geoff Peterson has on a beret. And wearing pants.
The usually austere show pulled out all the stops with music, dancers and hand puppets to promote the series of overseas shows.
The hoopla is appropriate for the Peabody Award-winning late night talk show hosted by the Scottish-American comedian.
He debuted 7 years ago and it was announced that when David Letterman retired, Craig would move into that earlier slot.
We'll see.
The white bunny's comment was
"Ooh La La."Labels: CBS Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Double monitors, passing a screen test Peabody Award
"Book 'Em, Dano..."
My Mom taught me to enjoy reading.
Thanks for a lifetime (so far) of a very fulfilling habit.
In short, I have LOTS of books lying around.
Often I will have several book-marked to resume reading again when I'm sitting at the kitchen table.
Or another on the couch.
Or pick one up again at my desk.
In the car, I keep an audio book in the CD player.
So, it's no big surprise I found
Paper Back Swap, a club where you list books you have to trade and other members pick which ones they want.
Online, I look at their list and request any that interest me.
Paperbacks, hardcover and even audio books.
We receive a point after we mail them and they are received.
We then use the point to
"buy" a book. And this time the sender pays the postage! We pay postage when we send one out.
Ah, but it gets complicated when you meet an author and he signs your book.
David Baldacci wrote a short note to me in the front of his latest book at an Authors Luncheon a few years ago.
I had mentioned to Dave I had reviewed one of his earlier works for
The Post and Courier.
His note praised me as a reviewer though I doubt he had seen what I had written for the paper's Arts & Travel section.
Pretty trusting guy.
But wait, it gets even more involved.
Lawrence Block, another writer I really enjoy, sends out a newsletter about specials and new books he's working on.
I saw
"Ariel" and noted that the scary story was centered in Charleston, SC.
Well, naturally that was ordered, along with a
Matthew Scudder book and one other.
When they arrived, I saw that all three are autographed.
I have a growing small stack of books I will
NOT be swapping.
(Click on the photos and links for more details.) I think the best audiobooks are the ones narrated by the author. It's not like songwriters who can't sing. Tina Fey was the perfect reader of her book as was Craig Ferguson.
Who's YOUR favorite author?
Labels: ARIEL, Authors Luncheons, autographs, Craig Ferguson, David Baldacci, Lawrence Block, Matthew Scudder
Craig Ferguson.... Funny Man From Scotland
So you drive over to Atlanta to see Scotsman
Craig Ferguson on tour doing live stand up comedy freed of all those pesky network censors.
The star of the Late, Late Show on CBS is appearing at the
Performing Arts Centre in NW Atlanta so first we need to find a good stop for an early meal.
Hmmm - there's a Celtic themed place nearby called
The Tilted Kilt. Come to find out it's an Irish version of Hooters. Hey, close enough. It's a sports bar with good pub food and the ladies wear abbreviated kilts.
The Arts Centre rises up to really, really high nosebleed seats. (I saw a sign once at a hockey match calling its highest section
The Ceiling Fans.)
It looks like our man from Glasgow is drawing nearly a full house.
The opening performer comes out to harass and browbeat the crowd. He's ok but we're there to see how potty-mouth Craig will be.
Craig dances onstage dressed casually in jeans and wearing a black leather jacket.
Two dance partners assist him in opening the show then they depart and,14 seconds later, the first
"F-Bomb" is dropped.
Sit back and laugh.. he's funny as h*ll and he's on a roll.
He has commented often that he dislikes the dressed up look expected of a television talk show host. Now we hear about his days as a teenager playing in a heavy metal band, immersed in drugs and booze and his disdain of ever wearing a suit and tie and sitting behind a desk.
It was a fun evening and Craig was totally hilarious, unhindered by constraints.
But..is cable television ready for him?
*The hits on my blog really spiked as people searched for Craig Ferguson so I've added a few more shots that I took. No Cameras Allowed so two were taken with the camera held in my lap and I couldn't adjust the exposure. Sorry.
Craig is in a white spotlight. The rest were taken at the end of the show when we all jumped to our feet, applauding and cameras suddenly appeared. I felt comfortable taking a few pictures...would they kick me out then?.jpg)
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(Be sure to click on the photos for lots of detail. Thank you.)
Labels: "F-Bomb", Added photos, Atlanta, CBS, Craig Ferguson, Glasgow, Late, Late Show, Tilted Kilt
Something's not right here...
Atlanta used to host a
Midtown Music Festival in the Spring.
It was only a 5 hour drive so I attended for several years.
Never did check into this hotel though.
Something about it bothered me.
I have stayed in the 70-story Westin Peachtree Plaza downtown. I rode the elevator up to the top for the view - and drinks - but my room was only around 50 floors up.
Looks like I'll be heading over to Atlanta again this spring but not for the Midtown Festival.
Apparently it was losing money and was canceled a few years ago.
I'll be driving there for a
Craig Ferguson stand-up concert.
He is the comedy star of Late, Late night television and is about to tape (er, um, sorry, of course the show is LIVE) perform his 1,000th show.
When his show is a rerun (LIVE - Repeated?) during holiday weeks, he goes on the road and I'll be able to see him perform LIVE on stage.
Here is the funniest carpet picture I've ever taken in an upscale hotel.
Surprise! There was no iron in the closet.
Labels: Atlanta Hilton, Bomb Squad, carpet repair, Craig Ferguson, Late, Late Night TV, Midtown Music Festival, Westin Peachtree Plaza
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