The feature that I worked on back in 2005 won the John Cassavetes award this past weekend. It's yet another flourish in the August Evening experience. Pete Castaneda was nominated for best male lead, alongside Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Frank Langella.

It sounds as if August Evening will be distributed before long, but no one knows when. Since it's in Spanish with English subtitles, now might be a good time to brush up on your Spanish.

The operation to re-attach my retina was successful. Dr Chen installed another gas bubble to hold the retina in-place. Post op required that I lay on my face for a week to maximize the effect of the bubble. This meant renting a chair and bed attachment that looked like pieces of massage equipment to facilitate the face-down stance. During that week, it was difficult to type more than a brief sentence or two, so I am trying to get back up to speed now. I have to say that it's nice to walk upright again, and to be freed from what house arrest must feel like. Having to face down was another good reason to go ahead and get a Sony Playstation Portable. I watched a couple of movies on it, played some games, and tinkered with it for at least thirty hours of my incarceration. When I thought I'd go stir-crazy, I listened to a couple of movies on the MacBook. Catch-22 and Sneakers are two that can be enjoyed when you can't look directly at the screen. I had a mirror contraption for seeing outward, but it was more relaxing to keep the eyes shut and simply listen with earphones. Catch-22 has dialog that keeps the interest up, and Sneakers' has a wonderful musical score by James Horner, along with a performance by Winton Marsalis that is always a joy to hear.

Doc says not to physically exert myself for a while, so I'm spending time in the office and not in the garage where I maimed myself in the first place.