Promo // Undisclosed NBC Shows
Today I stood in for Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon on promos for undisclosed NBC shows.
Promo // Undisclosed NBC Shows
Today I stood in for Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon on promos for undisclosed NBC shows.
Photo Shoot // Last Week Tonight
Today I stood in for John Oliver for the pre-light of a photo shoot for Last Week Tonight. The shoot was produced by Pix Productions, and the photographer was Alexei Hay.
Manifest // Episodes 301, 303 & 304
Today I stood in for Josh Dallas on Episode 301 and Episode 304, Matt Long on Episode 303, and I also did utility stand-in work on Episode 304 of the television series Manifest.
Video Presentation // “Extensional Devices Revisited”
Today, at the 2020 General Semantics Symposium hosted by the Institute of General Semantics, my video presentation titled “Extensional Devices Revisited” was released.
The presentation gives a brief overview of general semantics and its founder Alfred Korzybski’s vision, mentions five linguistic devices he recommended for making one’s language more correspondent with empirical reality, and introduces two new extensional devices to the list.
The 15-minute video was uploaded to the IGS YouTube channel here.
Essay // “What Can You Do for General Semantics? (J. Talbot Winchell Award Acceptance Speech) // ETC: A Review of General Semantics
My acceptance speech for the 2018 J. Talbot Winchell Award, given by the Institute of General Semantics, was recently published in the institute’s journal, ETC: A Review of General Semantics.
The speech is titled “What Can You Do for General Semantics?” The issue in which the speech appears is ETC 75:3-4.
Video of the acceptance speech is online on IGS’s YouTube channel. An introduction by IGS treasurer Jacqueline Rudig is also online.
Audiobook // Can You Catch Santa?
Today I completed narration for the audiobook of Can You Catch Santa?, a Christmas novel by Kody Evans.
Audiobook // Alexander Ant and the Art Contest
Today I recorded the audiobook of the children’s book Alexander Ant and the Art Contest, by Tangie Marie.
eBook // Listener’s Guide for IGS 1948 Summer Seminar-Workshop
Today, the Institute of General Semantics published on its website my new ebook, Listener’s Guide for IGS 1948 Summer Seminar-Workshop.
The ebook is included within an MP3 collection of audio recordings I recently digitized from the IGS archives. The ebook helps lay out what happened at the 1948 course at Millbrook School in New York and provides valuable historical insight into the lectures contained in the collection.
My interest in general semantics goes back to my freshman year of college. I am a long-time board member for IGS and am also its webmaster.
Photo Shoot // Confidential Project
Today I stood in for Josh Charles on a photo shoot for a confidential project.
FBI: Most Wanted // Episode 112
Today I stood in for George Hampe on Episode 112 of the television series FBI: Most Wanted.
Photo Shoot // Simon Foods
This afternoon I worked as a hand model for a print shoot for Simon Foods. The photographer was Sam Kaplan.