Double Rainbow - What Does It Mean?

This is all the rage. Love it!

If you haven't seen them yet, watch the first video and then the second. It'll brighten your day!

No Broadway Magic for the Phantom?

There's trouble in Coney Island.

Looks like Phantom 2: Love Never Dies is losing their creative team, and Hal Prince, Broadway's golden boy, turned down the offer to helm the mega-musical.

Without some direction, will the show ever arrive on Broadway? I've heard the productions' transatlantic crossing has been postponed indefinitely.

Darn. I wanted to see it.

Even if it is crap.

RE: Mel Gibson

I loved you and your movies, Mel, but I don't know if you can ever recover from this latest public debacle.

R.I.P.

I'm A Glow-Worm

It's true.

I'm White.
Caucasion.
Casper-looking.

I do not tan. I burn.

I've tried to tan, but it doesn't happen. I fry, the skin peels (even with nonstop moisturizing), and then I'm back to white again. I've even blistered on a cloudy day when I forgot my sunscreen.

So, please stop telling me I'd look better with a tan. Stop telling me I need color. Stop telling me to get out more. It doesn't work, and I'm fine with it. I don't need any more wrinkles than I already have, and I don't need to answer the siren call of skin cancer.

What I should do is move to the Eastern Hemisphere where pale skin is desired. Think how popular I'd be.

But until then ... please don't call me pasty.

I prefer being referred to as transluscent.

Embrace Life

New commercial out of England. Well-done and poignant, I thought, without being overdone.

So buckle up y'all, and EMBRACE LIFE!

Pass the Can, Please

Have you heard about the Candwich, the new "sandwich in a can"? Sounds gross to me. Requires no refrigeration. Long shelf-life. Ugh.

I don't really get how it works. Is it like Pillsbury Crescents? You flip the top and the can pops open?

Comes in three flavors, too: PB & Strawberry, PB & Grape, and Barbecued Chicken. Ewwwwwww ...

Maybe I'll eat it in the post-apocolyptic world that's coming. But for now, I think I'll take my fruits and vegetables for lunch, thank you very much.

With a real peanut-butter and jelly sandwich from time-to-time.

It's still on!!!

The latest report (from Ireland's Herald, no less) says that Spider-Man the Musical is still on schedule to open on Broadway this November.

What? It's still coming to Broadway? In 2010?

I'm holding my breath.

But now the question to ask is:

Which will be worse ... Spider-Man or Phantom 2?

Missed? Opportunities

You know the cliche "Everything happens for a reason"?

Well, I believe that, even if it's hard to swallow sometimes.

I was just offered an opportunity that would have been so perfect for me, but I couldn't make it happen within the confines of my schedule. So I had to let it pass me by.

I'm bummed but, at the same time, realize something better will come along.

The reality is that this opportunity could still come back around again and work within my schedule. But if it doesn't, then I shall move forward knowing that it wasn't the right thing for me.

It's just frustrating to be offered a tantalizing treat only to have it ripped away from you.

Oh, well.

Maybe I'll just go eat some dark chocolate.

And The Rockets Red Glare

To all those in the armed services serving their countries throughout the world, thank you for your sacrifice in helping to make this world a safer place to live!

And to all my fellow American patriots:

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

Calorie Counting

When I finish my current Royal Caribbean contract, I'm going to start counting my calories.

Why, you ask? Good question, gentle blog reader.

I've always been against calorie counting. I thought it was too much hassle. Too much stress. Too much everything.

But about two years ago, I was privileged to have a personal trainer for a short time, and I loved it. If I could afford it, I'd use a personal trainer all the time.

During that time, my trainer had me doing a food log and, essentially, counting calories. And you know what? I liked it.

Yes it was a hassle. Yes it took time. But I learned a whole heck of a lot.

Besides discovering that some foods were more calorically-dense than I'd previously thought, I learned a very important lesson:

I can eat A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT of food if the food is healthy. Healthy foods tend to be low in calories while unhealthy foods are usually higher in calories (DUH!)

But I'm a hungry guy, and I like to eat a lot. So having three pieces of Pizza Hut pizza, while delicious, means I can't eat anything else the rest of the day.

Uhm, no.

I need to eat. Often.

So when I have more control of what I can eat (i.e. when I leave the ship), I'm going to count my calories. That way I know just what I'm putting into my body.

It's not something I'll do forever. It'll be more of an educational exercise to remind myself of what I should and shouldn't be eating.

Because after all, food is good! And I want more, please.