My early July post about my Tyrannosaurus sculpture is one of the more popular things I've written recently, mostly because of interest from Columbia residents. The buzz attracted the attention of Mary Sturgill of WLTX 19, our local CBS affiliate. Sturgill visited me last week and interviewed me about the sculptures. The story ran on last night's 11 O'Clock News (you can see the piece here).
I'm not used to being on television and, like much of the rest of population in my age bracket, it makes me nervous to watch myself speak. It also makes me nervous to give up executive control of my message and trust someone else to do the editing. That's why this tweet last night was somewhat terrifying:
I'm not used to being on television and, like much of the rest of population in my age bracket, it makes me nervous to watch myself speak. It also makes me nervous to give up executive control of my message and trust someone else to do the editing. That's why this tweet last night was somewhat terrifying:
I watched the piece this morning and was relieved to find seeing myself on TV to be a survivable experience. I think Mary did a nice job, and I thank her for taking the time and interest to hang out in my backyard and work around the noisy kid that was home with me that day.
There's also a story by Chris Horn about my sculptures in today's USC Today, a daily electronic publication that highlights stories related to the University of South Carolina. I like the piece that Chris wrote, and I like the picture of myself with the Tyrannosaurus. I also appreciate that he knew much more about the plants in my backyard than I do and he pointed me toward a local source of wholesale scrap metal. Thanks, Chris!
There's also a story by Chris Horn about my sculptures in today's USC Today, a daily electronic publication that highlights stories related to the University of South Carolina. I like the piece that Chris wrote, and I like the picture of myself with the Tyrannosaurus. I also appreciate that he knew much more about the plants in my backyard than I do and he pointed me toward a local source of wholesale scrap metal. Thanks, Chris!
Me and my friend (photo by Chris Horn).
I'll be on the road all day today. I'm leaving the Cape Fear region and heading toward Charlotte. My souvenirs of this part of my trip include a Ziploc bag of tiny shark teeth, a book about Operation Bumblebee, and a minor sunburn on the tops of my feet. My best memento, though, is this broken steel chair that I yanked from some Topsail resident's garbage pile as I was leaving the island:
Thanks for the memories, Topsail!
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