Pecha Kucha is the art of presenting- 20 slides, 20 seconds each. I’m a huge fan of the local group- one of over 400 worldwide. I spoke at PK-8 about coin-flip politics, but, I’ve tried to keep my readers informed of every PK night. Tonight, one of my team at The Next Wave will present. [...]
This Thursday night- if you don’t have anything else to do- come down to Pecha Kucha and hear me speak for exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds while displaying 20 slides in a PowerPoint deck. You can also hear 8, infinitely more interesting people the same night. And for the first time- this is FREE. [...]
I don’t normally interview entertainers on this site. The closest I come to comedy is when I quote the editorial board of the Dayton Daily News- and they really aren’t funny. So when a publicist asks if I’d like to interview comedian Paul Mecurio- I first have to look him up- because I’m usually too [...]
Direct from the press release: A great line-up of inspiring presentations await you this Thursday, February 3, 7:15PM at The Neon. $5 for the program which includes the documentary DIVE! Not only do we have a great venue (The Neon has a nice variety of beer on sale at the break), we’ve got speakers who [...]
This in for my friend Thomas. DR. CREEP BENEFIT All proceeds donated to Creep’s Family & Funeral Expenses featuring FreakShow Deluxe! January 28, 2011 – Doors open at 9:00pm 18+ is $5 21+ is $3 Vex 101 S. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH 45402 A little more about it can be found here: http://www.freakshowdeluxe.com/node/163 Have [...]
Probably because the last time the issue of Segways on the city streets and sidewalks was greeted with an “over my dead body” attitude by the powers that be in Dayton, the first Segway event that I know of in Dayton is going to be held over our oldest dead bodies- in Woodland Cemetery. Here’s [...]
Straight from the Neon Movies press release: Here’s more great news. On Oct. 1, we will begin a one-week run of THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM. “The Elephant in the Living Room is an award-winning documentary about the controversial world of raising the deadliest and most exotic animals on earth as common household pets. [...]
Yep- it’s at the Greene- at 7:30, but- I’m helping a PR person from my old haunts in Cleveland Heights: For your chance to win passes log onto www.gofobo.com/rsvp And enter the code: FAAFJR20 “The comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks,” tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first [...]
Yes, only Dayton could get over 8,000 people to watch the 64 and 65 seeds duke it out in the “play-in” game for the NCAA. How many will show up tomorrow, March 20, as Dayton City League rivals Dunbar and Thurgood Marshall go head-to-head for the Regional D-II championship? I predict a full house at [...]
We both ran the Turkey Trot in Miamisburg this morning. I was an official runner- Greg ran “bandit”- registrations closed on the 5 mile run a few days ago, at 6,700. My official time is now up: 47:50 which means I ran under 10 minute miles- not bad considering my right ankle looked like a [...]