It was much cooler out today than yesterday. Thank god. I didn't have to turn the air conditioning on. I realized yesterday that any money I'm saving on gas by telecommuting will go right into the A/C bill this summer. My work day was light. I put in my 8 hours, then greeted my friend, Dave, who just came into town from Toronto for the week.

I've known Dave for about 11 years now, I guess. His also a television editor, and in fact, he is the person who first introduced me to editing and has taught me a lot about both the editing craft and the technical side of the business. One of the things I like best about Dave is that he's actually more of a tech head about editing and Macs than I am, which is rare, so I always get to learn things from him. Over dinner, he was telling me how he can loop out of his Avid (editing) system and through his iChat so he can screen a cut with a director in another place. I know...most of you just heard "blah blah blah iChat." Take it from me...what he's talking about is a cool thing. We talked about how I might be able to do it with my home system even though I'm missing one of the boxes he has. This led to a visit to Office Max and then the Apple Store for what we thought would be the proper cables. Ultimately, we spent a couple of hours in my office trying unsuccessfully to get it to work. I still think I can do it...I just don't have the time to screw around with it right now. (I get it, I'm a geek).

We were just sitting here in front of the TV watching a rerun of Monk on USA when I saw a memorial type ad for Stanley Kamel who plays Dr. Charles Kroger, Monk's therapist. I didn't realize he had died. Apparently, he had a heart attack on April 8 and died at the age of 65. What a drag. I wonder who they'll cast as Monk's new therapist, because you KNOW Monk can't go without a shrink for long.