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Tom Frank performs at Universal Studios City Walk in Los Angeles Sept. 10, 2009.

Happy 73rd Gordy

Dad

You were there
even when I wasn’t

Dad

You were there
as I made mistakes

Dad

You were there
even when it didn’t feel that way

Dad

You were there
as I made more mistakes

Dad

You are here
as we both grow older

Dad

you one of the best friends I have in the whole wide world

Dad

You make me happy

Dad

You’ve taught me so many incredible things I have trouble keeping track of them

So, to here, is the many nice things I have say about you

I love you and all that you bring to my life, you my man, a stogie in hand, a glass of scotch and the notion of an experience that has yet to be lived

Happy Birthday Dad
I miss you and I’m holding the fort down just like you told me to.a

Donald Duck, originally uploaded by disneyfreaksam.

In my "In Box"

Hello Tom!

My name is Sindre and I am the kid who bought a stripper deck from you at Universal Studios. I am blond,and I did the drummer spin.I really liked the routine that you did with the stripper deck.I was wondering if you could make a tutorial for me on the routine you did at universal studios. You probably can't,but it would be great for me. If you decide to do it, you can send it to me via email or you can put on YouTube if you want. Can you please send me a video when you perform your magic routine in front of a crowd, because the card that you put in the book looked cool! Thanks for you time.

From Sindre.


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My Response

Sindre!

What a pleasure it was meeting you and your parents at the CityWalk. Great idea about putting some stripper deck clips up on youtube, I'll give that some thought and get on it as time provides.

Until then, enjoy the clips I have up there already

here's one to start you off. Check out the others as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsazQ8IJ2hQ

Hope you are well and happy

Tom

And another night at the CityWalk

What I've been working on • Shooting & Editing

Another night at the CityWalk

Another night at the CityWalk, originally uploaded by Dai Vernon.

Summertime Blues

Lighting up a cigar, I straighten up my spine forcing good posture. I think about what a nice summer it’s been and realize that it’s almost over. Smoke lazily drifts from my box pressed Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur (part of a juicy sampler pack that my dad sent me).

Who cares, whatever, say what you want. Talk about the kick ass mushrooms you ate, or the Tim Flynn Visit, or celebrating 3 years with the girl I love. Bla bla bla

Where's the action? The inciting incident? Who cares? How do you make them care? Well now, we’re onto something.

Polly and I had a great summer. In episodic TV Land, during the summer, the town all but shuts down. Leaving us to spend all day everyday enjoying each others company. The gym in the morning, lunch then a movie then chill till I go to work. She’s been back to work a few weeks and we’re still getting used to it. We went out to a nice restaurant and celebrated our anniversary in style.

I love LA and I love Polly Lucke. I’m a lucky guy. Don’t see much of her during the week. She’s up at 4 AM out the door at 5, at work by 6 and home after I go to work at 6 PM. Since she gets up at 4, she crashes before I get home at 10:30PM. It’s all good, we’ve done it before. Luckily CSI:Miami rarely works more the 60 hours a week. Big Love and Dirty Sexy Money were both closer to 80 hours (in a 5 day week).

It’s always fun visiting Polly on set or on location. She gave me the tour of the sound stages they use for CSI:Miami at the Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach (also used for the 2nd Iron Man Movie). Cool stuff seeing close up and personal the magic of Hollywood. She showed me the morgue set and it fooled me like a trick. I opened one of the refrigerator doors where the dead people go, fully expecting to see a compartment with a pull out area where the corpse goes. HA! no such luck, just a fake brick wall behind the door. As we pass various things I ask the question, “fake or real?

What is real, is the deep love I feel for this girl. We’ve been together for 3 years now and have yet to have an argument. We call our house “Camp Paradise” and live by a strict set of rules; First and foremost, Be Nice.

I’ve toothpicked the nub of my cigar and am enjoying the last of it.

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

Happy Birthday Jerry