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New comments on Stealing Spielberg: “I absolutely loved the script. It’s a true callback to what a 80’s summer coming-of-age story should be. So many great twists — the comedy hits everywhere. And then the ending with Henry just blew me away.” Producers wanna read? 👀 #scriptsky #screenwriting

I love this spot. Btw- Chuck Testa is the first person listed in my painting “Andy’s Army”!

Food poisoning is crazy. Came on out of the blue fast and furious. Now 100% feeling fine. Wierd stuff. Note to self: don’t buy the sausage breakfast sandwich from Tim Horton’s next time you fly out of Mexico City airport. 🤢

When food poisoning sets in halfway through your flight:

Adios CDMX. See you soon!

Con mis hermanos en la boda de nuestro sobrino. Ciudad de Mexico. #CDMX

Scaramucci has such a nice ring to it. I’m gonna suggest we refer to her tenure as a “Half-a-mucci”. Q: how long did she last? A: Half-a-mucci.

Half a Scaramucci. Is that a “Scara” or a “‘mucci?” 🫣

Chillin’

That can’t be good. 😯

Tonight’s rabbit hole adventure: checking out adult ice hockey options in New Zealand.

Name a song lyric you've misheard. Here’s one of mine: “Jacques the monkey!” (Sad but true. I was young. 🤣) #wronglyrics

Today was a nice day.

One way text stream to wife who is at work to tell her how handy I am. Still awaiting reply.

Life is messy item #72: unclogging the kitchen sink p-trap.

chipping away at a new story, one bit at a time.

Wild colors in the sky.

1975: we didn’t call them compression socks. They were just…socks. 🤣 That’s me giving the cool thumbs up.

If everybody’s talking, who is listening? 🤔 (Most likely answer: the algorithms. You’re talking to the algorithms.)

Middle daughter is working on a farm just outside Chicago on the weekends. Check out this drone shot of their corn maze!

I love this.

Blacklist now providing social media images for reviewed scripts. Here’s mine for Stealing Spielberg. Still available, y’all. Holler if you want to read. #scriptsky

Cubs relievers have me like:

Yawns are like pop tarts in that if someone near you yawns you reflectively yawn as well and if someone mentions wanting a pop tart, then you wanna pop tart too.

Raise your hand if you've ever licked your thumb, used it to clear a smudge off your laptop screen, and then used the bottom of your t-shirt to wipe off the residue. 👋

How I feel today: 🎶 Allergy Man, Allergy Man…suffering like an Allergy Man 🎶 (To the tune of Particle Man, by TMBG).

Anyone else find themselves using the phrase “my goodness” a lot these days? Trying to get up from a chair: my goodness. Cleaning up cat barf: my goodness. Taking in general state of the world: my goodness.

Pulled up to the UPS store at 9:24, no one in parking lot. In and out in less than 30 secs. In car reading email, ten cars pull in. Wierd.

Who's the most chaotic choice to give the One Ring to?

Naming contest for giant boulder unearthed at O'Hare airport. My name suggestion: Steve. #O'HARE #SteveStone

Home from hockey. Man, I miss being on the ice. Body will pay for it tomorrow, but felt so good to be back. #beerleague #hockey

Anyone else getting this email offering query research for fee? I spend quite a bit of it of time researching who I want to reach out to. Couldn’t imagine farming this out, and paying? Nope. #scriptsky #query

Following up on BL thread. Views and downloads have slowed significantly since this post. Seems to have coincided with back to school time frame. Will likely pause hosting after current month ends. Unrelated note (maybe?), someone from The Gersh Agency checked out my LinkedIn page. 👀 #scriptsky

I broke my glasses. 😢

Solved a structural element with a new story. Now to update outline and see what impact it has.

I hung 22 pictures on a client’s walls today. That’s a lot of measuring and leveling.

I saw Rocky last week in Aspen, CO. He didn’t talk much.

Where in the world is… Mitch McConnell?

Just like everything else around here, my boots are falling apart after ten+ years. Hate to have to break in a new pair. Ugh.

Note to self: that seat heater you turned on to start loosening up your back on the way to the gym? Make sure you turn it off when you arrive, otherwise your 56 year old self will think he’s having a hot flash half way home. #manopause #oldguyproblems #swampy

Worst part of travel is waiting for the shuttle bus.

Hey. Hey you. 👋 Don’t forget to stop and look up every once in a while. You might see something others miss. Picture taken today on Rabbit Run trail, Snowmass, Co.

Um, Bundt is a possible solution. You said so. So there is more than one possible solution. Why do you have to be this way @nytimes.com ? Makes me sad. I think I’ll eat a Bundt cake to feel better.

Saw these two taking photos in Aspen and could tell they were enjoying spending time with each other, posing etc. so I snapped this shot of them as we were finishing up our ice cream. Tracked them down soon thereafter at the park and gave them this photo. Found out they are on their honeymoon. :)

Did the Chicago Triathlon Sunday with the Mrs. and middle daughter. We did a team relay: Mary swam, I rode the bike and Grace finished up with the run. We got to cross the finish line together and they grabbed this photo of us. Great memory!

Four ideas I’ve been outlining: a hockey story, a noir, a diamond hunt, a time-travel piece. They don’t seem to have much in common but they do: every one is about secrets, concealment, self-deception. Now the question: which to tackle first? #scriptsky