My Ego Needs Viagra

It is with great pleasure, pomposity and (need a word with a 'P', hmmmm...) pistachios that I announce the on-line episode of "Garden Wise Guys: The Big Picture." Ooops, forgot to put a bunch of exclamation marks at the end of that sentence, and now I've gone too far, so I'm going to skip it, and besides, I haven't had my morning coffee yet and the reach with my pinkie finger is too risky. Onward! ouch.

I co-host Garden Wise Guys on the City of Santa Barbara's own cable channel. Owen Dell, author of the just-released Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies (at his website) is the co-host and co-writer, and all-around fabulous and brilliant dude. We've had the quarterly show on the air going on our third year and this episode shares all the ideas of sustainable landscaping in an Ebert & Siskel meet Mystery Science Theater retrospective mashup, to explain the big ideas. We got to wear tuxedos and pontificate from the gloriously restored Granada Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. We also got our asses thrown out (and wait for the outtakes at the end - mucho fun).

The episode runs about an hour, so get a soft cushion for your chair, a stiff tumbler of your favorite adult beverage (or tea, if you prefer) and prepare for fun. We even have a cameo appearance from our rubber chicken mascot, Dirtrude. That's her in the middle, Owen on the right.

If you make it through the whole episode, please come back here and let me know what you think. My ego is a frail thing.

But enough about ME. Let's talke about YOU. What do YOU think about me?