WILL IT BLEND - THE iPAD 2

We had fun with this one. I wrote around the keynote speech that is always given before the release of a great new Apple product. We hired my old friend Alan Peterson (who plays Ron Erassmessen in The Last Eagle Scout) to be Steve Jobs again (returning fresh from his appearance in the blending of the iPhone 4).

Then we went to the Scera Theater to film the speech in front of no audience and a fake screen in the background. I had just come back from Las Vegas by plane and was a little late. We had very little time and my new assistant, Kyle, was awesome in getting all the equipment there before I showed up.

Then Tom, being the engineer he is, had to make sure we could break and blend the thing. Luckily, we had done it before. We actually shot the blending back at the Will it Blend set in front of a black back drop because we only had the Scera Theater for 3 hours and we only got through the opening. So we filmed everything before and everything after the blend. But you will notice you never see the blending and Steve Jobs in the same shot.

The great thing is I am now mostly shooting with 2 cameras now (sometimes 3) all in High Definition. (thanks Blendtec).

Quickly, the reviews from everywhere have enjoyed something a little different from the normal Will it Blend. Mostly love the Steve Jobs appearance. Enjoy the madness.

PINE VALLEY, UTAH

It has been along since I have entered a post on this blog. I have spent most of my time on Facebook, mostly with business. I have many thoughts and hope to catch up on some.

This cabin is one of the things on my mind. My parents moved to Vegas a few years ago from Virginia to live near my sisters and call it quits. But my dad's brain continues to function like it's 35. He's always has something he wants to do. I imagine I might be the same. I hope.

Pine Valley is a place in Utah where even many long-time Utahn's might say "where is Pine Valley". Look it up on Google. It is down south between Cedar City and St George. I was surprised how green it was with all the pine trees and beautiful surroundings, being in a desert.

My parents got the tip from on old friend from Virginia who now lives in St. George and my dad moved on it quickly. First he bought a small house, about 5 bedrooms (if you think that is small). Ok, maybe I should say average size. Whatever.

I call it small, only because of what my dad did several months later. The picture you see here is a newer cabin he bought after the other house (keeping them both). Using the house for our family use and this cabin for rental. His thinking was that Pine Valley was a nice small get-away with the one country store and no stop light, and families coming up for family reunions... yet no place to rent or stay.

So he just closed on this cabin with a steal-of-a-deal. This 10 bedroom, 10 bathroom, 10,000 sq ft house was for only $650,000. The previous owner put more then 2 million in it and then toppled over. It still has work to do in it, but it is a beauty.

I just walked through it with my sister and my lovely wife and it was fun watching the ladies imaginarily decorate it. They had tons of magazines with pictures of homes, hoping to find some kind of match. It was definitely a dream-builder for Steph and I as we eye a new home in the coming years where we can call it for a long while.

It will be up for rental this summer, hoping to cater to families who are looking for a different kind of experience.