The woodworking shop that I outfitted in Columbia (100 miles away) and later relocated to Inman (25 miles away) rebukes me. Month after month, year after year, dust and rust gathering on its formerly pristine work surfaces, it stands as a monument to under-tapped potential. Not under-tapped income potential, though. That was never the plan. […]
With three gigs lined up in advance of the equipment’s arrival, early indications are that what was conceived many months ago as an expensive hobby might become a revenue stream . My involvement with Chris White’s no-budgetindy pic, Taken In, last March might have been the tipping point. I’d produced several promotional videos for Center […]
There’s one Starbucks in town where the people behind the counter passive-aggressively punish me for my passive-aggressive refusal to use their size designations (“tall,” “grande,” “venti”). I’m serious. They do this almost every single time. I’ll say, “A medium mocha, please” and the person at the register will say, “A grande mocha?” and I’ll say, “A medium mocha, yes.” And he’ll […]
