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Hey guys, Has anybody seen the spoof ad for George Bush that Will Ferrell and activist group America Coming Together have done? Check it out if you haven't - http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7B06DAEF0E-9000-4422-B4DA-AFBAA10CAF60%7D/FERRELL_QT_HI.MOV

Did anyone else see his speech at the Democratic convention last night? It was great. If you missed it you can copy and paste this URL in to RealPlayer - rtsp://cspanrm.fplive.net/cspan/project/c04/c04_dnc072704_obama.rm I've also posted the full text of the speech here.

Hey, it's Mike Quinn's birthday today. Happy birthday Mike - wherever you are!

Hi all, Kathleen David recently posted pics of some Labyrinth costumes she made for the Shoreleave sci-fi/fantasy convention. Kathleen won a couple of awards for them. I thought some people here might enjoy these: http://homepage.mac.com/kathodavid/PhotoAlbum15.html

Hi all, File this under shameless self-promotion, but I forgot to post this over the weekend, but I got interviewed about Bear Town and puppetry in general recently for The Epiguide. I've never been interviewed about my own puppetry work so I was pretty excited about this! :D You can read...

Hey guys, Build-A-Bear Workshop an international chain of stores that sell customized teddy bears and plush toys has announced that beginning July 23rd they'll have Elmo available. No word yet on whether other Muppets will follow but you can check out the announcement here.

Been coming across a few miscellaneous puppet articles, including some Creature Shop mentions and some stuff about Canadian puppet shows on DVD - posted most it in my blog today (look for it under the June 18th entry).

A puppteer in the UK is looking for a puppet builder for a project he is doing. If anyone is seriously interested in this email me privately and I'll get you his email. Here's the info: I need a battery boy puppet for some educational shows I will be doing! The logo for the recycling...

Hi everyone, Been meaning to mention that as I seem to have less and less time lately I haven't been able to post as much puppetry stuff...I am still posting stuff I come across, but now mostly on my own site via my blog and my forum. Everyone is of course welcome to check out both if they...

Tears of Joy Theatre (based in Portland, OR and Vancouver WA) is in need of 1 puppeteer for their upcoming 2004-5 season. The contract begins August 16 and is a full time salaried position (benefits available) that runs through May `05. There's touring involved so you'd have to be willing to...

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse.... http://www.onefunsite.com/frodo_has_failed.shtml

Hi all, For those of you who watched Babylon 5 you'll be sad to hear that Richard Biggs, who played Dr. Stephen Franklin on the series died suddenly on Saturday, reportedly of either an aneurysm or a massive stroke. JMS reported the sad, sad news in this post to the...

Hey everyone, Someone I do graphic design for recently got a few DVD burners and was asking about legal sites to buy or "rent" movies for download (he's not interested in anything like Netflix where the movies come in the mail). I know there are a few places out there, but I was wondering if...

Trek Today is reporting that UPN has finally renewed Enterprise. The official announcement won't come until Thursday but this is good news. They had an amazing action-oriented season this year that I really enjoyed. Most people assume that to get to year five the series will have to hold (or...

Did anyone else catch Elmo on the Simpsons last night? They seem to really like putting him in. This time he was locked up in a "re-education centre" with the Simpsons and a bunch of other celebs like Michael Moore and Bill Clinton for being unamerican and critizing the U.S. government. He...

Not sure if there's going to be a "Remembering Jim Henson" menu this weekend or not, but I thought it was worth noting that tomorrow (Sunday May 16th) is the 14th anniversary of Jim Henson's passing. A sad day. :cry: Every year I put a small tribute up on the index page of my web site to...

Anyone else sad to see Angel go? I just read the spoilers for the last episode (me bad) and wow, they're really taking the show out with a bang. Lots of characters from the series mythology return, people die and we finally get to see the Senior Partners...sort of.

Hi all, Pavlov's Puppets have two puppets on ebay right now. They look pretty neat and best of all they haven't set a reserve price. Bidding is still at 99 cents for the Pelican. Monkey Puppet http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&item=3191066615&ssPageNam Mouse Puppet...

...Consumer Monster! This is pretty neat. They've even included instructions on how to make your own Cosumer Monster here. Best of all it's being released under the terms of the Creative Commons License. Very cool. :cool:

This will be of interest if you've ever dreamed of making your own Tron costume (I for the record haven't), are a big fan of Tron or just kinda like seeing middle aged men in ridiculously tight spandex costumes. http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/TRONcostume/