Emily and I had a great Halloween! This is probably the only holiday that I will celebrate. We bought candy, got costumes for the dogs and were all ready for the kids. Unfortunately, we were caught up at work until 7:15. When we got home, we dressed up the dogs and sat on the front porch with a big bowl of candy. Turtle loved running around in his little peacock costume. We had more Trick or Treaters than candy, so we had to dip into our personal stash. Most of the kids came dressed as rappers or gangsters (we live in north east DC). It was weird being the one handing out the candy not getting it. I felt old.

Myanmar's state run news agency continues to attack our VOA stories. Now they are starting to make personal threats! Check it out...

Emily have been extremely busy at work. It is unrelenting. We were shooting and editing IMF / World Bank footage all weekend and we won't have a break until sometime next week. This week I am working on fake news stories for Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), which will be used in their oil supply catastrophe simulations. At the end of the week, the Economist videos are suppose to start. Things have been continually up in the air though, so who knows if it will actually happen.

We are starting an exciting new project next month. The Washington Post wants us to make online videos for them, the first of which will an interview with Desmond Tutu.

For two days in a row, the videos I edited for Malcolm Brown have been "Video of the Day" on the Voice of America Website! Check out 'Child Soldier Turned Rapper' and 'Ordinary People Doing Evil'.

This is a very interesting piece I edited for Malcolm about a Nazi photo album which was donated to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.

This morning I filmed the Americans for Prosperity Foundation meeting. Among the speakers were Ron Paul, Rudy Guiliani, and Fred Thompson. The group is mainly concerned with ending pork barrel spending and reducing the size of the government. I certainly agree with their principals, but I could never fit in with their members. I have never seen so many cowboy hats or heard so many God Bless America's since I have been in DC. I enjoyed hearing Ron Paul speak. I may not agree with him on all of the issues, he seems like the most honest and consistent presidential candidate in the race.

The Nigerian Foreign Minister was in town yesterday, so I asked him to respond to Biafra's declaration of independence. Here is what he had to say...