http://www.brooksvannorman.com Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:51:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/thoughts-for-2012/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/thoughts-for-2012/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:50:01 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=2102 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/thoughts-for-2012/feed/ 1 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/new-years-resolution-or-dis-illusion/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/new-years-resolution-or-dis-illusion/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:25:56 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=1970 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/new-years-resolution-or-dis-illusion/feed/ 0 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/kelowna-wildfires-where-are-the-mars-water-bombers/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/kelowna-wildfires-where-are-the-mars-water-bombers/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:24:44 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=1751 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/kelowna-wildfires-where-are-the-mars-water-bombers/feed/ 3 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/the-power-of-passion/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/the-power-of-passion/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:45:34 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=1419 the single most important ingredient in the success of any long term endeavor is the passion. It doesn't matter whether it is a marriage, a business or a blog. If you can't find the passion and remember it every day, it's time to throw in the towel. ]]> http://www.brooksvannorman.com/the-power-of-passion/feed/ 1 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/keeping-depression-out-of-my-life/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/keeping-depression-out-of-my-life/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:11:01 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=761 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/keeping-depression-out-of-my-life/feed/ 4 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/how-i-am-getting-better-at-time-management/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/how-i-am-getting-better-at-time-management/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:51:48 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=749 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/how-i-am-getting-better-at-time-management/feed/ 0 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/a-week-in-california/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/a-week-in-california/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:19:43 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=550 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/a-week-in-california/feed/ 1 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/playing-a-background-swat-officer-in-i-robot/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/playing-a-background-swat-officer-in-i-robot/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:40:50 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=513 i-Robot was the largest made for film production ever filmed in Canada. 185 million USD was the total budget. Will Smith got $20 million. I got $1,500 for a few scenes with the back of my head and a side profile over 7 days work. But it was a blast. My agent told me that I am well suited to military and cop-type role roles. (I'm sure the Buzz Lightyear jaw line has something to do with that!). Actually, there were so many special effects in this film that they were rumored to eat up most of the remaining budget. The [...]]]> http://www.brooksvannorman.com/playing-a-background-swat-officer-in-i-robot/feed/ 0 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/hong-kong/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/hong-kong/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:47:11 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=490 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/becoming-half-alien-on-stargate-sg-1/ http://www.brooksvannorman.com/becoming-half-alien-on-stargate-sg-1/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:13:17 +0000 Brooks Van Norman http://www.brooksvannorman.com/?p=470 http://www.brooksvannorman.com/becoming-half-alien-on-stargate-sg-1/feed/ 2