Sold Out.

After a lengthy and equally heated conference call between my manager, agent, and myself, my name has been legally changed to "U.S. Cellular Presents Dependable Pete". So, per my new contract, if you don't mind, thats what I'd like to be referred to as until further notice. Sometimes we do things outside of what we normally would to further our careers as local celebrities especially when a writers guild strike ends and my contract is up.

(Thats me on stage)

Lunar Eclipse

Last night I watched as the moon (Luna) was eclipsed by the great almighty Earth. The Sun in all its glory passed behind Earth casting one hell of a shadow upon the face of our beloved moon. I can't help but wonder what it might be like to stand on the surface of the moon. What would I do there, I ask myself? The only thing I was sure of was to simply look back at earth. Why is it that astronauts in there wisdom spend all that time and energy working toward space travel only to reach the farthest place ever before, jam a flag in the sand, and look back at home. Seems silly to me. Go to the moon just to look at earth in the same fashion. Life. Grow old just to recollect on your younger days. Discontent seems to be something of a problem affecting all of us. Me, I look forward, soon I (lady friend included) will be a homeowner.

Candy Cane

Since I've figured out the feature that allows me to post video clips I've received overwhelming demand to post this classic clip. This is me and my brother putting a candy cane in a cordless drill. Enjoy.

DependablePete Classic Clip: The Pocket Bike.

This is what my work days look like.

Rock N Roll

Dependable Pete is in the Combat Zone. (Promo pic for Brutally Handsome)

Danger!

There's a lot of jobs out there with an inherent level of danger. Some of these jobs are obvious like; logging, and tug boat captaining, but an incredible amount of others go unrecognized. Imagining some possibilities you can't help but realize the people doing these jobs will inevitably become desensitized to the danger in these situations. It's especially funny when you envision the dialogs between the workman getting home and his wife asking how his day went. Here's an example I think puts my point a little bit more in focus, the job title would be, Department of Corrections Bus Driver. I have to assume this guy gets punched in the face on a daily basis by the obvious felons regardless of any fence he may sit behind. There's the background, now lets get to the experiment. Dude gets home from work and his wife asks innocently "How was work Honey"? Dude casually replies "I was held hostage for like two hours until Officer Coharsky stepped in and shot the guy, and then we got lunch at Wendy's. It was OK, I got a #2".
Here's another. Indoor Shooting Range Attendant, I'm guessing the close-calls can get a little nuts. Dude gets home from work and his wife poses the same question. Dudes answer "Some idiot with a .45 almost smoked me so I kicked him out. Oh and the Ham sandwich was good. Is that new mustard"?
Think of your own examples, it's kind of funny to imagine.

Quilt

This is a quilt I made for Nick, Katies brother, as a Christmas gift.