Beth Lano is "resting comfortably" after quitting a quite lucrative 9-year-stint as a popular morning radio DJ in Las Vegas, Nevada. (What is she, nuts? You be the judge). She is currently employed as a Senior PR Specialist at The Firm Public Relations/Marketing in Las Vegas, where she can put her writing skills to good use, and additionally she is working 6 nights a week as the solo French hornist in the orchestra for "Monty Python's Spamalot" in the Grail Theatre at Wynn Las Vegas. She is in demand as a freelance voice-actor nationwide. As a musician, Beth has worked with pretty much every musical act that requires the presence of the French horn....from Metallica to Sinatra, The Who to Bocelli, and virtually everyone in between. As a voice actor, Beth can be heard on commercials for clients such as Lowes, Cox Communications, Lexus automobiles, Skechers shoes, and as a character in a popular Argentinean anime' series, among others. Although extremely Nordic in appearance, clients don't seem to care, and for some reason, Beth gets a lot of voice work as an African-American woman. She portrayed herself in a 6-part series titled "Casino" for the BBC, and still wonders how THAT turned out, because the BBC hasn't sent her a copy yet. (Hello....BBC?!) Beth lives in Las Vegas with her three cats in a beautiful home with a pool and spa, and because she works so much, she spends precious little time there. For now....

My passion is ...

Music, literature, art, and, apparently, being a ham.

I know too much about ...

nothing, and a little bit about too many things.

My parents always told me ...

I should become a pseudo-intellectual housewife. Seriously.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an entertainer.

My favorite memory ...

How many people said "I can't remember" in response to this?

Why I write ...

Because I have a lot to say, it's therapeutic, and I love doing it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Inadvertently, a repeat of "The Bold and the Beautiful". Usually it's music.

My first job ...

Teaching swimming to mentaly-challenged residents of the Indiana State Hostpital in New Castle, Indiana. Call it "One Swam Over The Cukoo's Nest."

My best moment ...

has probably not yet happened. I have had a few that are quite memorable....but I am convinced :the best is yet to come!"

My inspiration ...

Life...and capturing all its absurdities.

Pets & Animals > Cats (Other) How to deal with your cat's death

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One day last March, I woke up to greet the day, listing the day's errands in my still-sleepy brain. I remembered, during that haze of dream/wake that on the agenda was another trip to the vet with my mentally-challenged (okay, RETARDED) cat, Wally. He's been failing for quite a while, and I knew this day would come.Over the span of several days, while I was out rehearsing and performing for a Broadway musical that was coming to Las Vegas for an extended run, Wally developed a massive infection in his left eye. The inner lid swelled up over the outside of his eye, and by the time I found it,...

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