First off, thanks to everyone who chipped and helped clean up. To those of your regulars and semi-regulars I didn't name, I limited myself to those who had posted in the last two days figuring they'd be in the neighborhood. Don't feel left out because the floors will need a fresh buff before Tuesday morning.…
February 12, 2010: A brief rundown of recent outings! And help me out here!
The other day, my friend Theresa called me up out of the blue. She was in town for an audition, was free for dinner, and wondered whether I might be interested in getting together. She felt like pho, so we headed over to Thai Son on East Broadway where we enjoyed - well, pretty much…
February 11, 2010: Production update! Olympic update! Mailbag!
Last day at the office before the Olympic hiatus and I finally completed the rewrite for Awakening (episode 3). Prep has already begun on the first episode up, Pathogen (actually episode 4), with our special guest director. In other writerly news, Paul and Carl are brainstorming #6 and #7, while Rob and Remi look to…
February 10, 2010: Actor Patrick Gilmore Answers Your Questions!
Before I turn things over to Patrick Glimore (SGU's Dale Volker), I feel obliged to mention that Carl came by my office this morning and requested I make a public retraction. He took offense to my assertion that he is an American trying to be Canadian. In fact, he claims he has dual citizenship. It's…
February 9, 2010: SGU Season 1.0 DVD Contest Winners! Bye Bye Brie! Olympic Update!
Anyone remember that episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, the one in which Johnny Fever mistakenly announces a five thousand dollar prize to the first person who can correctly identify an assembly of various tunes? With Andy and Venus's help, he creates a near impossible to identify mash-up comprised of a fraction of a second from…
February 8, 2010: SGU Season 1.0 Trivia Contest!
The SGU 1.0 DVD box set comes out this week so, as promised, here are 25 Stargate: Universe trivia questions to mark the launch. First three posters to correctly answer all twenty-five questions will be awarded some cool SGU-related prizes. Ready... Set... Go! 1. Who was the first person through the gate? 2. How old…
February 7, 2010: Super Sunday!
Today, I hosted a Superbowl party at my place. A good time was had by all, especially the dogs who ended up eating the leftover tenderloin. And, to top it all off... SAINTS WIN! SAINTS WIN! Not even the shitty Canadian commercials were enough to dampen the spirits of everyone in attendance. Except for…
February 6, 2010: Superbowl Bash! Olympic Update! Mailbag!
Last night, I dreamt I was back in Montreal. I was downtown and looking to catch a bus back to West Island, a ride that would take approximately 45 minutes, compounding my problems given that it was already 4:30 p.m., the Superbowl had kicked off an hour earlier, and I was supposed to be hosting…
February 5, 2010: Barbecue! Olympic Update! SGU Season 1.0 DVD Contest! Mailbag!
We made plans to go out for Peking Duck and, as usual, extended the invitation to Ashleigh who, as usual, blew us off, trotting out the old "But I'm a vegetarian" excuse. I pointed out that, in point of fact, she wouldn't be eating any duck meat, only the crispy duck skin. "Look at it…
February 4, 2010: An oversight! Olympic update! Your feedback! The mailbag!
I'd like to kick off today's entry by apologizing for a serious oversight made in yesterday's entry. While listing my Top Ten Worst Movies of All Time, I failed to include Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. I sincerely regret the error. The Winter Games are just around the corner and even though I couldn't…
February 3, 2010: News of Note!
Empire Magazine has put together their voter-generated list of the Top 10 Worst Movies of All Time. Leading the pack by a wide margin was Batman and Robin, outdistancing runner up Battlefield Earth which, quite frankly, would have gotten my vote. You can check out the entire rundown here: http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/worst-movies-all-time-led-clooneys-batman-reuters. Of course, whenever someone puts together…
February 2, 2010: It’s an outrage that so few films are nominated in the Best Picture category!
Hey, they revealed the official Oscar nominations today and, while perusing the Best Picture category, I couldn't help but notice a few notable omissions. Where was The Hangover? And Coraline? Thirst? Ponyo? Zombieland? Fantastic Mr. Fox? Sadly, handcuffed by the fact that they are only able to nominate a very limited number of films in…
February 1, 2010: What element (I’m leaving this one wide open) would you like to see added to the series as a whole?
I asked and you answered. These were the top 15 most popular requests: 15) Stargate touchstones: And by that, you mean cameos by the likes of such favorites as O'Neill and Daniel. Well, you'll be pleased to hear both will be putting in appearances in the back half of season one. 14) Alien tech: Over…