Lewayne L. White

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Youngest Kid to/from school. Ran some errands with them.
2) Stopped by Middle Kid's place, got a game console connected for them.
3) Oldest Kid got his car back from the shop.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Attended Mom's "Town Hall" meeting at her new apt. RE change in management. It didn't get too heated.
2) Got the talk-show segment of Sunday's Vagrant Fear Productions radio shows edited.
3) Middle Kid visited, had dinner with us.

Skipped SOTU to attend high school Individual speech parent night. Students spoke cogently on school shootings & phone prohibitions, increase in fans' unsportsmanlike behavior, cults, cybergoths, gender nonconformity, more. Refreshing to hear clear, concise, well-researched presentations.

Promo art for review of the movie "Ghost Train." Features a stylized border that resembles film frames with "Ghost Train" in the top section and "Screener Squad" in lower. Image inside the frame features a woman, a demonic figure and a shadowy figure.

Promo art for review of the movie "This Is Not A Test." Features a stylized border that resembles film frames with "This Is Not A Test" in the top section and "Screener Squad" in lower. Image inside the frame features a young woman with her face covered in blood.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Eye doc appt. I can still see.
2) New reviews dropped on @oneofus.bsky.social
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3) Saw Youngest Kid's two Individual Speech Competition speeches. Their speech subjects - a) Cybergoths and b) Gender Non-Conformity.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Mom to an appt. & ran some errands.
2) Finished moving Middle Kid & Roommate's heavy stuff. The rest is on them.
3) Started reading scripts to score for upcoming film fest script competition.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Worked on Mom's condo.
2) Worked on moving Middle Kid & Roommate & set up their internet.
3) Newest episodes of Narly's Night On The Radio & Vagrant Fear Discussions aired on KHOI FM

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Ran some errands.
2) Took Youngest Kid to Volunteen at local library. They got Silver Cord hours and I got to hang out at a library for a few hours.
3) Got radio show episodes edited and submitted.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Helped Middle Kid with some stuff, so we got to hang out a little bit.
2) Oldest Kid bought Northern Lights Pizza for dinner.
3) After wearing glasses since first grade, buddy of mine now just needs readers occasionally. Eye surgery literally changed how he sees the world.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Managed to get everyone, including myself, to a bunch of appointments.
2) Stopped at Tasty Tacos for lunch.
3) Recorded a couple movie reviews for @oneofus.bsky.social & got a chance to hang out with some reviewers I haven't seen in a while.

Poster art for the short film "Secret Ingredient." Mock wanted poster featuring the names of the primary cast at the top - Lyra Halsten, Adam McElhenny, and June White. Below that is the title, "Secret Ingredient" and tagline "It's Got A Special Kick." At the center of the poster is a photo of a pot of chili cooking over a stove. Left side of the chili are laurels for the Fleur Film Festival. On The right side are laurels for the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. Below the chili are the words "A Butter Cow Abduction Production," and below that are the words, "DIRECTOR'S CUT" "More Ingredients" and "More Kick."

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Oldest Kid's birthday. Lunch at Triple B's BBQ for lunch.
2) Watching a South Korean horror flick for review for @oneofus.bsky.social.
3) Updated the poster for Secret Ingredient with our two new laurels.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Hung out with Middle Kid.
2) Had superb ice cream at Over The Top in Pleasant Hill.
3) Open Script Night with IA Motion Picture Association. Heard a trio of excellent scripts.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Hauled a bunch of Mom's stuff to donate.
2) Attended a screening of the "director's cut" of our 48Hr. flick as part of the Fleur Film Festival.
3) Buttered movie popcorn...

Poster art for the short film, "Secret Ingredient." Mock wanted poster design on a western background. A pot of chili over a campfire is the center of the design, with "Directed By Lewayne White" "A Butter Cow Abduction Production" "48 Hour Film Festival" "Des Moines, Iowa" and "July 25-27, 2025" below. Above the chili are the cast names "Lyra Halsten" "Adam McElhenny" and "June White," the title, "Secret Ingredient" and tagline "Food is... something so much more."

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Hauled a bunch of Mom's photo albums & keepsakes from condo to apt.
2) Fettuccini Alfredo for dinner.
3) Short film "Secret Ingredient," which began life as a 48 Hour flick, just got into its second film fest.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Picked up Middle Kid's car from shop and got a chance to see her for a minute.
2) "Valentine's" lunch w/Spouse.
3) Watching Agatha Christie's "Seven Dials" w/Spouse.

1) Took Mom to an appt.
2) Worked on radio show stuff.
3) Watching movie for upcoming review for Screener Squad on @oneofus.bsky.social

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Youngest Kid to/from school, so we got to hang out for a bit.
2) Got some new movies to watch for
@oneofus.bsky.social. Reviews forthcoming.
3) Helped Spouse make a couple coffee cakes - one for the house, one for Middle Kid's workplace.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Got my health insurance (theoretically) straightened out. We'll see what tomorrow brings...
2) Helped Middle Kid arrange internet service for their new place.
3) @leekeeler.bsky.social is cancer free and got his new eye, and I'm crazy happy for him.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Ran the ODB codes on Middle Kid's car, made arrangements for repairs. Most are way above my skill level.
2) Saw a matinee screening of the horror flick, "Whistle," written by @owenegerton.bsky.social, directed by Corin Hardy.
3) Helped Spouse make pumpkin spice bread.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Mom to an appt. Ran into her old pastor and BSed with him for a while.
2) Helped Middle Kid and Roommate move some more stuff.
3) Got a good "dog barking" sound file to add to my radio show sound FX library. (Roommate's Dog barks at everyone who doesn't live there.)

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Moved some of Mom's stuff from condo to apt. Checked on her after her fall yesterday.
2) Casey's pizza for dinner. I felt bad for the pizza kitchen staff.
3) Listening to Versus Me while reading another script.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Hung out with a buddy of mine for his birthday. Nothing major, just sitting and BSing.
2) Homemade potato bar for dinner.
3) Started reading a new script.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Submitted episodes for Sunday night's radios shows.
2) Homemade pepperoni pizza for dinner.
3) Took a shower and shaved. Sometimes that's all the action you can handle for the day...

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Youngest Kid to appt. and hung with them for a bit.
2) Ran some homemade blueberry muffins to Middle Kid at their work.
3) Got the lenses in Mom's glasses replaced.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Submitted script and short film to one of my favorite local film fests.
2) Finished batch of scripts I'm reading for review.
3) Friend collecting dresses for his school's prom closet took a pile of dresses out of our house. Glad they're going to someone who needs them.

Screener Squad: The Confession - A single mom musician moves to a small town after her father dies and discovers a conspiracy of silence for a town that did not pay the piper.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Youngest Kid to an appt. so we got to hang out for a bit.
2) Director's cut of 48 Hour Film,"Secret Ingredient" got first laurel. Screens in couple weeks at Fleur Film Festival.
3) Review for "The Confession" dropped on @oneofus.bsky.social
oneofus.net/2026/02/scre...

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Youngest Kid to school today, so we got to hang out for a bit.
2) Got some more of Middle Kid's stuff moved to their new place.
3) Heard coyotes singing nearby tonight. They'd been quiet for years since all the developments sprang up around us.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Despite some set-backs, we recorded three more episodes of the retro-old time radio show, "Narly's Night On The Radio" at KHOI.
2) Cheesy beef and potato gas station burrito en route.
3) Worked on reading/reviewing some screenplays.

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Got Youngest Kid's debit card to work, finally.
2) Watched an episode of "Fallout."
3) Worked on some scripts for coverage.

Hopefully nothing too horrific happened while I was tied up with other stuff...

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Took Mom to some appts.
2) Worked on radio show stuff.
3) Pizza for dinner.

It's not a lot... But, even a little silver lining is something...

Today's 3 Good Things:
1) Therapist returned from 6 mo. tour of duty.
We got caught up some on the last half-year.
2) Worked on editing Sunday's KHOI radio shows.
3) Pancakes. I love breakfast for dinner.