At Work

So here's a look at where I spend many, many hours these days. The studio is not something you would expect to find at your average old folks' home. Neither is the daily show we produce there. But then, Shell Point Retirement Community is not your average old folks' home.

And here are my ironically very young co-workers in this land of retirees. Zach on the left was a student of mine at CIU. Rochelle schedules the shoots and when the stories run, writes the scripts for the anchors (of which she is one), and checks our work every day for errors. She's a sweetheart and loads of fun. Sorry guys, she's already married. Lee on the right shoots and edits as do Zach and I on three Macs running Final Cut Pro. We will soon all be hooked up with an Apple X-Serve and a 7 terrabyte X-Serve Raid for you Apple aficionados. Interestingly, Zach grew up in Thailand and Lee lived there for a while.

We shoot a lot in the studio and a lot on location all around the properties. There are regular segments that are on every day and various features that run every week or two and some less regular than that. An anchor hosts the show every day. Eventually you may be able to watch it on the web, but, unfortunately, not yet. It's closed circuit only to the 2,000 people living here in 1,200 or so living units in several neighborhoods. It runs on the half hour, 24/7, with new episodes starting at midnight. Yes, that does indeed take a lot of work.

So these are the three people I spend far more time with than anybody else these days. It's a good thing we all like each other. I've gotten to spend a bit of time with Rochelle's husband, Mike, as well and he's a great guy. And Zach's wife, Rachel, and Lee's Alyson - all so nice. I'm old enough to be their father but that doesn't seem to be something they or I think about much. They are just good friends and colleagues and I'm blessed to have them in my life.