It's been a while since I've written. Not that anyone has noticed except my close friends.
Frankly it's been incredibly busy here at Kenneth J. Allen & Associates, which is a good thing.
Squeezed in the past couple of months was a long overdue visit with our daughter and her family in Phoenix, AZ and then some R&R in Rancho Mirage, CA.
As my daughter reminded me we had not seen our grandchildren for well over a year. Point taken.
My acting career continues to languish, although my agent from BMG Talent called a couple of weeks ago to ask if I would audition for an Illinois Lottery commercial. I had just returned from vacation and was up to my eyeballs trying to catch up so I had to take a pass.
Those of you who remember my auditioning for the feature film "Machine Gun Preacher," production has wrapped. It's due out in 2012. You won't see me on the big screen.
I do keep track of "Machine Gun Preacher" on IMDb.com and it looks to me like they never cast the role I auditioned for. I assume that means it was cut out. If true, that would make me feel a little better about not being cast.
Oh, and I almost forgot. My good friend David Stamps is retiring at the end of this month as executive director of the Hoosier State Press Association. He and I have been friends for over 40 years.
There was a retirement party in French Lick weekend before last and I was asked to participate in a roast of David. Those of you who know me know that I avoid public speaking virtually at all costs. But I did it. Three of us -- Scott Schurz, VP of Schurz Communications; Henry Bird, VP of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.; and me. Randy List from Greencastle was the M.C.
The audience was composed of newspaper executives and publishers from around Indiana, with a couple of exceptions. Peers of David's from Illinois and Pennsylvania also attended. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42479&id=127999110544640
Anyone who has been to French Lick knows you can't get there. That is true. It was a very long drive from Northwest Indiana.
So that's what I've been up to and I think that brings us up to date. I'll try to write more often. No guarantees.
