Krysta Rodriguez ("Wednesday") and Wesley Taylor ("Lucas") from the Broadway production of The Addams Family.

The flag at the Iwo Jima Memorial, during a trolley tour of DC with the Bohan wedding.

The cast!

Final scene of "The Wedding Singer".

Opening night of The Wedding Singer at RHS: the Flashdance water effect.

"Passengers must board your trains through the gates that has been assigned to it."

Looking down the barrel of a theatrical confetti cannon, mounted inside a truss built as part of the set.

The heart of the confetti cannon: a solenoid-activated water valve fitted with air hose connectors and attached to a wireless DMS dimmer. An air source (compressor) would be attached to the back end, while the barrel (full of confetti) would be attached to the front connector.

Everything is powered by two 9-volts ganged together (packaged and switched in the black box above). When the board op in the booth hits the cue, the board sends a wireless DMX signal to the dimmer, which opens to pass 18v through to the solenoid, which in response snaps the valve open, relieving 100 lbs of air pressure instantly into the barrel and thus ejecting the confetti to great cheering and applauding.

Kryptonite.

Confetti cannons in the making.

Waiting on the 7:56 this morning.

Trying the commuter rail to work this morning. Cut 30 minutes off each way and was cheaper than Metro.

otor extracted from my scroll saw, ready for duty in a bed-shaking effect for Reservoir's stage production of The Wedding Singer. Having taken copious notes, I'm confident I can rebuild my scroll saw after the show. Sort of...

It's only the ground wire flopping around loose in the connector...

Sawdust that leaked from the dust collector in the theater workshop. We keep a 10-gallon tub underneath the radial arm saw to catch it. One day we'll fix that...

A new local water tower being erected.