Check out the Birthday Gal!  17 today.  Old enough to drive, yet not quite old enough to drink or buy smokes.  Still, she had a pretty good day - two walks, special treats, apple slices, and some peanut butter and jelly ice cream.  Wishing her a very happy birthday - and, hopefully, no tummy issues…

Occasionally, Akemi when I'm trying to write... Asamimichaan Also... https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1521490153906352140   Thinking of switching over to writing features for a while.  The last one was a positive experience that turned out better than I expected. Now, all I require are some movie ideas. https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1521256966059966466 How long do you give a show to win you over?…

Yozo! No Baron's Book Club Blab Blog entry today as I, sadly, was unable to read a book last week given that I was wholly focused on my first feature screenplay in, oh, roughly three years.  Still, I'm heartened by the fact that I have 73 books under my belt some four months into 2022…

In the most unlikely event you missed it, here is a link to this afternoon's Dial the Gate discussion of Stargate: Universe season 2, the last season of Stargate...for the time being.  With guest star me, and extra special guest star Paul Mullie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=234Dd0J_HKY Came across THIS article the other day... https://soranews24.com/2022/04/28/pettable-pokemon-transforming-mario-ghost-latte-art-made-by-amazing-japanese-artist【videos】/ Which brought me…

Inevitably, whenever I complete a script, there is an overwhelming sense of accomplishment, of pride at the final(ish) product, and relief that the process is finally over (for now).  As most writers can attest, from here, it'll be a slow build through various stages of elation as you forward the script to your reps, formulate…

Huzzah!  I have completed a rough first draft of my feature script.  It's a little hard to believe given that I think I really just started writing it about a week ago.  And yet, 100 pages later, I have a first pass on the first film script I've written in - oh - twelve years.…

Headed into today's zoom pitch like It went well.  I think.  But, ultimately, the success of a pitch from a technical standpoint bears little relationship to the ultimate outcome.    Still, it was good practice to kick off the extended go and pony show, and now I have the rest of the week free and…

Thor: Love and Thunder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Gc0dGo68E&t=1s Thor: Ragnarok is one of my favorite Marvel movies, the perfect blend of action and humor.  This one seems to follow in the same tonal footsteps, but I'm not wholly convinced with the "trek to find himself" angle.  I mean, he's a god who has presumably been around for 1500…

I hit the 45 page mark of my feature script today.  I have the rest of the story pretty much worked out in my head with the exception of one crucial scene that requires some deft narrative sleight of hand to pull off.  The timing and logic have to line up perfectly and, so far,…

Well, I've finally made some headway on that feature I planned to write...back in 2020.  After innumerable non-starts and false starts, I actually sat down and made the magic happen.  About 30 pages in and I have a fairly detailed game plan for what lies ahead.  The plan is to have a draft ready to…

My conversation with Akemi today: Me: Batman is a good guy. Akemi: He's a bad guy. Me: No.  He's a hero. Akemi: Then  why is he called Bad Man? Me: He's not called Bad Man.  He's called Batman.  He named himself after the bat. Akemi: Say his name. Me: Batman.  Not Bad Man. Akemi: Sounds…

Remember this whiteboard AU season 6 of Stargate: Atlantis? I posted shortly after the cancellation and offered up quick summaries of each episode.  Since then, I've been going through my old hard drive in search of Stargate files and came across some of the notes I took on the-episodes-that-never-came-to-be back in the day.  And, over…