Project Lite-Brite

Day-By-Day, Step-By-Step, I'm In It To Win It

Twelve years ago this week, I left what I thought might be my “dream job.” It quickly turned out to be a nightmare, but the courtship and honeymoon were nice.

Landing a job at one of the biggest companies in the world (after working for another corporate giant) was a boost to my ego…and bank account. Temporarily at least.

The new job required moving hundreds of miles away, giving up a rent-controlled apartment, leaving my adopted hometown and chosen family, and starting over in a new city I only got to enjoy after I gave notice.

Long story short, I know the way to San Jose, but I say, “No way, José!”

I learned lots of things in that year. Mostly what doesn’t work for me. But one thing I learned while on the job that continues to help me move through life is to turn your goals into projects and name them. In the process, you got from “trying to (insert goal)” to “working on Project (insert name).” For me, the difference is night and day.

So after a marathon cuss-and-discuss call with one of my nearest and dearest yesterday, I sat down and brainstormed what my “turn my lights back on” project name would be.

And the winner is…PROJECT LITE-BRITE!!!

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I loved my Lite-Brite. And my Etch-A-Sketch.

While there are things about the past 12+ years I wouldn’t mind forgetting, there are so many people, places, and things I never want to forget.

You take the good, you take the bad...you know the rest, right?

So, in case you are wondering, when I’m not making videos and posting, I’ll be working on Project Lite-Brite. With the love and support of so many wonderful people, including many of you. Thank YOU!

Let’s make this week—and world—lighter and brighter. Deal?

Off to “project manage” my new work-in-progress life.

Cheers, my nears, dears, and/or queers!
Clint 🌈✌️

P.S. Based on survey results, going forward, my plan is to post a new montage every day, alternating between a-little-spice-is-nice NSFW videos for Substack and better-safe-than-sorry SFW videos for YouTube. Only NSFW montages will be emailed. SFW ones will be linked in the next day’s email…and also available—with bonus content—on Substack.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
What did you name YOUR latest project?

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ON THIS DAY = FEBRUARY 10

BIRTHDAYS

• 1892 = Alan Hale Sr. = American actor and director

• 1893 = Bill Tilden = American tennis player 🌈

• 1893 = Jimmy Durante = American actor, singer, and pianist

• 1898 = Bertolt Brecht = German director, playwright, and poet

• 1901 = Stella Adler = American actor and educator

• 1906 = Lon Chaney Jr. = American actor

• 1908 = Charles Henri Ford = American writer and artist 🌈

• 1914 = Ken “Snakehips” Johnson = British musician and bandleader 🌈

• 1927 = Leontyne Price = American operatic soprano

• 1929 = Jerry Goldsmith = American composer and conductor

• 1930 = Robert Wagner = American actor and producer

• 1937 = Roberta Flack = American singer-songwriter

• 1941 = Michael Apted = English director and producer

• 1944 = Peter Allen = Australian singer-songwriter 🌈

• 1950 = Mark Spitz = American swimmer

• 1951 = Bob Iger = American media executive

• 1961 = Alexander Payne = American filmmaker

• 1961 = George Stephanopoulos = American television host

• 1967 = Laura Dern = American actor, director, and producer

• 1967 = Vince Gilligan = American creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul

• 1974 = Elizabeth Banks = American actor

EVENTS

• 1940 = Puss Gets the Boot, a Hanna-Barbera short, introduces the world to Tpm and Jerry.

• 1942 = Glenn Miller and His Orchestra are awarded the first for selling 1.2 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

• 1954 = U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

• 1990 = Bill Sherwood, director of Parting Glances, dies of AIDS at age of 37.

• 2021 = Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts during a winter storm. 4.5 million homes and businesses are affected and at least 276 deaths are killed directly or indirectly due to the power outage.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• Black History Month

• LGBT History Month (UK)

• National Clean Out Your Computer Day

• National Umbrella Day

PHOTO + QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the heart and cools the sting.”
Peter Allen

NEW + FEATURED

• Class Of 1868 = Substack + YouTube

• Substack = NSFW + Pioneers + Pride + SFW

• YouTube = Playlists + Streams + Videos

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