April 18, 2009 Roll Out the Red Carpet written by Steven Barrymore I walked into the lobby of the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, California with Charlie Chaplin. Mr. Chaplin is alive and well, portrayed by Robert Martin. Robert has been performing the Chaplin character for over 10 15 years in San Francisco for visitors from [...]

July 6, 2008 Mini-Blogs written by Steven Barrymore Idle Hands Are The Devil’s Workshop. So the saying goes, and what have I been building in my workshop lately? Designing and creating, the term that best comes to mind is, mini-blogs. An online service called Squidoo provides the place to build these mini-blogs. The word Lens [...]

January 13, 2008 written by Steven Barrymore photographs by Steven Barrymore FROM THE FILM COLLECTION Taking some time off. The Being of Life articles will return next month. Below are some favorite images from a collection of slides, photographed circa 1980′s in San Francisco. These scenes were photographed with Leica equipment (Reflex and rangefinder). Image [...]

May 16, 2009 Bart Simpson Live written by Steven Barrymore The Danville International Children’s Film Festival opened Friday May 15, 2009 with a VIP reception that included Nancy Cartwright, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson. Raini Rodriguez, co-star in the 2009 movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Charlie Chaplin (performer Robert Martin) and the [...]

November 18, 2007 Are You Being Happy? written by Steven Barrymore THE BUZZ Motivational speakers are now talking of being happy. Being happy will solve your life issues and create a blissful state of mind. Remember when you were a baby how happy you were (you may have to look at your family baby pictures [...]

May 23, 2010 Would Tesla Be Proud? written by Steven Barrymore Society is turning green and not with envy — with environmental conservation devices and systems shrinking in size, offering a bigger bang for the buck. Solar Aero, a New Hampshire based alternative-energy organization has developed a wind turbine generator. And this is not a [...]