Back at it again today, this time in Stouffville for a visit to Geneva and a very unique home plus a healthy dose of action compliments of Fight Choreographer Cyril Raffaelli (pictured above, calling YOU out). The day was a scorcher! It was a hot, long day and, as a thank you to my terrific…
August 1, 2011: Maximus…
I noticed the change in Maximus several weeks ago. Normally possessed of an appetite characteristic of most pugs, he would scoff down treats on sight, snapping up kibble, liver brownies, and fingertips with equal relish. And then suddenly, three weeks ago, something changed. While he didn't exactly turn down the treats, he no longer attacked…
July 17, 2011: The Transporter – another Stargate connection! Dog pics! Catching up with the mailbag!
As many of you know, the new show I'm working on - The Transporter - has a few Stargate connections. In addition to Paul and I who are show running the series (alongside Alexander M. Ruemelin), there's Executive Producer Robert Cooper and series director Andy Mikita. And now, another tenuous connection of sorts. The director…
July 7, 2011: Sooooothing doggy pics!
Oof! What a day. Let's leave it at that and, instead, concentrate on soothing doggy pics. Soooooothing...
June 27, 2011: Transporter: The Series Production Update! Jelly! Bento Breakfast!
Hey, look! It's the new guy! A.K.A. writer Steve Bailie, formerly of Primeval and The Bill, presently of episode #10 of Transporter: The Series. Steve, who hails from Jolly Olde England ("Smashing kippers, wot?") got in yesterday and showed up armed with a slew of good ideas. Now, all we've got to do is pick…
June 20, 2011: Dog Day Afternoon!
You know who enjoys sunshine? The dogs! And so, when the weekend rolled around, I was all ready to hop in the car and head downtown for the afternoon when I started getting "the look". You know what I'm talking about. The "What? You're just going to leave us? Okay, okay. Go. Have fun. We'll…
June 17, 2011: I’ve become that crazy dog guy my writing partner warned me about. And barbecue! Oh, and the weekend alarm sounds early!
With Fondy heading out of town for the week, Akemi and I assumed temporary possession of her house. And dogs, Brie and Stewie. As a result, we'll be hosting a veritable pooch party for the next little while... Slow progress on the script rewrite front. It seems that whenever I sit down to tackle Act…
June 12, 2011: Bubba update! Ivon Bartok hits Banff! Woofstock! Pugs eating ice cream! Mailbag!
Bubba update! We took him back to the vet's for a second visit, this time getting him checked out by a second doctor. We explained that he'd been quite lethargic of late and, every so often, was given to brief trembling bouts. The vet informed us that this was a sign he was in pain…
May 29, 2011: The Doggy Defense!
Tim Hendrix writes: "Joe, I have a couple of dog questions. I had to leave my house last week because of impending tornados and my dog, Rhet, companion of 13 years, had a seizure in the car and I had to have him euthanized 2 days later. I lost his sister 2 years ago and…
May 5, 2011: Doggies Eating Peanut Butter!
Whew! What a day! I had three appointments, three scheduled conference calls (all of which I missed - the first because my phone kept on dropping the call, the second because I was busy, and the third because I misread the email and called in six hours late), notes to deliver, lots of errands to…
May 3, 2011: Skinny little Maximus! Stargate: SG-1 season five memories! The Refuel update!
So it was SG-1's fifth season and our second year on the franchise. After spending six months in the extended-stay suites of Vancouver's venerable Sutton Place Hotel (with its antiquated rooms and celeb-watering hole Gerard Lounge), we moved into a furnished apartment in the heart of the downtown area. We would call that place home…
May 2, 2011: You’ve Been Warned! More SG-1 Season 5 Memories!
Late last year, after watching the producer's edit of Epilogue, Carl expressed a sentiment that has echoed throughout fandom since the episode aired: "That would have made a great series finale.". Yes, in hindsight, it certainly would have. Unfortunately, that isn't the case and Stargate: Universe WILL end on a cliffhanger. Now I've noted some…
April 28, 2011: Maintaining my constant Defcon 1 status!
Taking a little break from my Stargate ponderings to shift focus to the new show, Transporter: The Series. This morning, we welcomed our new continuity director... Then, it was three successive interviews with some potential Directors of Photography, THIS massive lunch sandwich - And a futile attempt to get some work done on my latest…
April 20, 2011: Dogs! And such!
My car finally arrived yesterday, apparently a little worse for wear from the cross-country shipping. It sounds like a commercial airliner and smells like a Parisian brothel. Going to need to get it serviced and detailed. More meetings on the pre-production front! Yesterday, we sat down with a couple of potential Visual Effects Supervisors, then…
April 7, 2011: The Mystery of the Chewed-Up Chapstick! Stargate links! Pre-Production Update!
Look at 'em. So easygoing and laid-back. Little angels they appear to be. Certainly not the type capable of something like... THIS! I'm baffled as to who the guilty party is. In The Big Red Chewing Gum Incident, Jelly's cinammony breath was a dead giveaway. In the Mystery of the Missing Curry Fusilli, the fact…