Not a lot to talk about?

It's been awhile since I had the time to write anything here. But, that's not surprising given the time of year we're in. This year we've also had the new wrinkle of adding our Gift Card program to the theatre's menu of products. We retired the old-fashioned MovieCard, which was good for five movies. The new Gift Card can be used for movies or concessions and it can be recharged.

If you are nostalgic for the old-fashioned MovieCard, don't despair. It will still be used whenever we donate movies to a charitable cause, so you might see one once in a while.

Otherwise, during November, I'm usually engaged in one of these pursuits:

1. Putting up the train layout at Valley Auto. If you haven't seen it, stop by the store anytime before January 10. It features several buildings built by my buddy Ray Deering (including a really cool 1/48 scale model of the Roxy), about 50 other buildings, a lot of model cars and trucks, and ... oh yeah, Lionel trains.

2. Putting up the Christmas lights at the theatre. If you've never seen them, just look up as you drive by. The lights go over the top of the building's middle arch. Looks like no big deal, but it's a challenge to get those lights up there and make them stay there. We decorate inside too -- the stage lights and the tinsel garlands in the entryway are over 25 years old! -- but the outside
lights are my favorite Roxy Christmas tradition.

3. Putting up the Christmas lights at home. I am constantly amazed at how perfectly-working lights can burn out while in storage at the house. The bulbs also come unscrewed from the sockets...how does that happen?