Peter Umbras

Former actor, currently writer/husband/dad/tender two cats and two dogs all residing quite contently on the Upper West Side of New York … State!

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Shouldn't be this hard (two tries) or hard at all to upload to change a new profile photo. Get with it, Twitter. (!)(?)(Really)

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Torn between my long time thing, Twitter, and my new love only most recently discovered, Facebook. So freeing to write almost novels novels

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Major expansion in my life. I've activated a Facebook account for myself, thereby joining much of the world. O, what time this will cost me!

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First serious attempt at crummy weather, I.e., snow, for the season hit about 6 this evening. Dangerous potential all around. 50s by Thurs.

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This old and former actor realized, on the way back from a physical exam, that the only "scripts" I get nowadays are from my doctor!

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Take a deep ruby red, mix it with an intently serene blood orange … and you've got some remarkable tree colors in praise of the morning sun.

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What happened to the time when I had time for my daily dose (at the very least) for Twitter, to Tweet and read Tweets? My life be a-changin.

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Spent 3 hrs+ putting together simple storage chest prefabbed in China (screw holes pre-drilled somewhere else)! Y'know? they don't tell ya…!

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Channel Williams' "vain scribblings … old trunk bottom," notes for Book of Clyde now http://t.co/0nbk56c7MY

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New week ahead. Bought new car. Call in for fridge. Heat solved (maybe). Focus still a bit askew, but ears tuned in to Lou Reed CD sounds.

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Mojo out there could be better. 'Sbeen a bad week. Car wrecks. Fridge breakdowns. Heat probs. Focus is chaos. Now … Lou Reed has passed …RIP

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Want so much to tally progress on fridge, furnace, cable and car issues, but wary of toying with fate and sliding back - spook the miasma...

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Insurance assesses car is totaled. A shame. Lot of miles and adventures on a great set of wheels ruefully ended by making Bambi an orphan.

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Driving rental car now. Bit skittish about deer. 'Tis the season and they are running rampant. See them in bunches of 3 and 4 in back field.

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Car/deer accident Saturday. Furnace out this morning, followed by 5-year-old SubZero hi-end fridge failing later today. … Locusts to follow.

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Question: Wouldn't a suitcase filled with only men's jockey shorts be called a briefcase? ... (Still seeing deer in the headlights.)

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Predawn hour car slam at 55 mph into a huge deer cancelled my weekend to NYC and a tribute to Bob Sickinger. Car totaled. Deer dead.

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@rojopelo Thanks for the follow, and I am pleased to continue to return the compliment.

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Don't believe much in nightly dreams. If I did, I'd awake each morning, step out onto the beach for a swim... For now, I'll relish the dream

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Just re-viewed RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. Wonderful. If I were teaching a course in Chekhov again, I'd suggest students seeing this movie first