THIS was the first sight to greet me when I walked into work this morning - Most gloaters do their gloating verbally. Best Boy Mike goes one step further, celebrating Bailey's Irish Creamers' defeat of my Snow Monkeys with a painstakingly assembled collage. Obviously, someone has put their weekend scrapbooking classes to good use. Well,…
November 14, 2010: The “I Make the Best Whatever” contest is off to a delicious-looking start! That was fast! And the mailbag!
The "I Make the Best Whatever" contest is off to a great start. Check out yesterday's blog for full contest details but, in short, I'm asking blog readers to send in a description of THE dish they're known for - be it rack of lamb, walnut cream cake, or those bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with almonds…
November 13, 2010: The “I make the best whatever” contest!
Announcing this blog's very first "I Make The Best Whatever" contest! 1. How To Participate No purchase necessary. Just post the name of your dish with a short description and an accompanying photo. 8 recipes will be chosen for the showdown. The 8 finalists will then be asked to post the accompanying recipe. Each week…
November 12, 2010: Some Stargate: Universe links! What are YOU reading? Mailbag!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill me in on their viewing habits. Some wildly varied tastes out there. Keep those t.v. lists coming! To those who may have missed it (ie. anyone who lives outside of Canada), here's a link to the Stargate: Universe segment that aired on Canada AM this morning…
November 11, 2010: Mystery vid! What are YOU watching? Mailbag!
Let's kick things off with a little mystery clip from the set of Stargate: Universe... So, what is everyone watching? Beside Stargate: Universe of course. My weekly viewing schedule is made up of - The Walking Dead: I love the fact that Frank Darabont has taken the source material, the brilliant comic book series by…
November 10, 2010: What hath wrought such destruction? Take the Dog Bark Challenge! Mailbag!
Production on episode #220, Gauntlet, the BIG season finale continued today. How BIG a finale? Well, let me put it this way - the booming bass of the thunderous happenings on Stage 5 were reverberating all the way up to the writers' room ALL AFTERNOON. On a somewhat related note... What hath wrought such destruction?…
November 9, 2010: Bloodsucking Fiends – A Love Story, by Christopher Moore
Apologies to those who were waiting for me to wade in with my thoughts on November's Book of the Month Club pick: Bloodsucking Fiends - A Love Story, by Christopher Moore. For some reason, I thought discussion on the novel wasn't scheduled to begin until the week of the 15th. Fortunately, while I didn't get around…
November 8, 2010: Pics and links!
Today, we started production on our final episode of the season: Gauntlet. There is one scene still outstanding, however, and it looks like I may be the one to write it - right after I finish my producer's edit of The Hunt tomorrow. We've finally got all the scenes from the new set (where, not…
November 7, 2010: Snow Monkeys about to win! The challenges of scripting comics! Jamil’s new, personalized head shot!
An exhausting day today spent watching every NFL game televised (and that was all of 'em, folk!). God bless the NFL package provided by my local satellite provider. At one point, I was flipping between five different games in order to track the progress of my fantasy roster. Looks like week 9 was kind to…
November 6, 2010: Stargate ratings, fandom, and my picky aunt!
The great thing about the ever-growing variety of programming choices available out there is that it gives us plenty of options, allowing us to be very selective when it comes to the shows we choose to invest in. There are just so many hours in a day so, naturally, people will only make time for…
November 5, 2010: Production Update! Louis tells us about the infamous “camera” prank!
Whew! Busy day! Shooting those scenes outstanding from The Hunt over on Stage 4. Boy, does that second level set look awesome. I took plenty of pics. A little spoilery...but a very cool spoilery so I may consider posting next week. Watched the Day 2 mix of #210, Resurgence, with the VFX finals. Wow! An…
November 4, 2010: Ashleigh’s sketchy neighborhood! Unique cast headshots! Links!
When Akemi told me she'd been checking out a language school in the city's Gastown district, I warned her to be careful. It isn't the best of neighborhoods, frequented by junkies, pickpockets, and Ashleigh. For her part, Ashleigh took exception to my warning, insisting the area is perfectly safe - which is the same thing…
November 3, 2010: Production Update! Stargate Pics! More of that Q&A with Louis Ferreira!
Finished up the script for the second issue of the comic book. It was a little tricky getting used to the format - and, truth be told, there are still elements that don't make sense to me. It took me about a week to write the script for issue #1 (which is comprised of the…
November 2, 2010: New SGU! Snow Monkeys Pull Off Incredible Comeback! Stargate Set Pics!
Snow Monkeys Win! Snow Monkeys Win! Down 17+ points going into the Monday night game, my Snow Monkeys scratched, bit, and clawed their way to victory over the Vancity Viktors, improved their record to 3-5, and positioned themselves one game out of that final playoff spot. A new episode of Stargate: Universe airs tonight at…
November 1, 2010: Snow Monkeys, Zombies, and Louis Ferreira!
Curse the Seattle Seahawks' offensive line and the team's inability to establish a running game. Thanks to them - and several other notable underachievers, my Snow Monkeys head into tonight's Monday night game needing a monster night from both QB Matt Schaub and RB Arian Foster to pull off an unlikely week 8 victory. At…