Level with me. Is there some trick to eating a mango? Some secret strategy to separating the edible from the inedible parts? One that doesn’t culminate in my having to insert the entire pit in my mouth in an attempt to chew the flesh free? Okay, admittedly I’m not what you’d call a Mango Man.…

We had arrived in San Diego for Comicon and were in the taxi, on our way to the hotel the network had booked us into, when I glanced out the window and noticed the lurid lettering on the side of the bus beside us. “HAUNTED TOURS” it screamed. Perfect, I thought. Fondy is a big…

Unlike a lot of people, I actually enjoy the company of chatty cab drivers. Rather than sitting forlornly in the back of the taxi, silently contemplating a script, the last book I read, or whether or not that snoopy neighbor is going to discover the cadavers of the two vagrants buried underneath the toolshed, I…

They say that you should never go shopping when you're hungry. To this, I would add: Never park your car equidistant to two or more take-out restaurant when you're hungry. I decided to pick up dinner on my way home, intending to drop by The Memphis Barbecue House for some ribs and pulled pork. However,…

Wow! When I first started this blog, I was averaging about 50 hit’s a day. Slowly but surely, those numbers crept up to the point where, as of last week, I was averaging closer to 250. The greatest number of visits to this blog was a little under 600 but, after yesterday’s entry that record…

Success! Finally! After what felt like two grueling months (No, check that. It WAS two grueling months), the script is done. Almost. Actually, not even almost. I have a first draft. Fifty-five glorious pages that, when printed up, feel nice and heavy and, upon first glance, resemble a real honest-to-goodness Atlantis script. All that’s left…

Allow me to start off by congratulating the San Diego Chargers for reaching deep, deep, DEEEEP down within themselves to come up with a game so uninspired, so ubridled in its carefree sloppiness, that it actually proved alternately painful and unintentionally hilarious. I could find fault with the Charger's poorly conceived use of time-outs, their…

I was fixing myself a late breakfast when I heard someone at the front door. Actually, I heard my dogs hear someone at the front door, barking and howling to catch my attention. I’ve been conditioned by my wife to check who it is before answering (too much Sopranos has made her wary of unexpected…

“He’s lost it,”was Paul’s prognosis as we watched our fellow writer shamble down the corridor like a zombie staggering to catch up with its horde, in a hurry but not really hurrying. In truth, he had all the time in the world as the show’s producers, either weary of dealing with him or simply not…

Whenever someone informs me they are thinking of visiting Vancouver, I invariably list all the activities they’ll be able to enjoy here: snowboarding, snowshoeing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, skating, hiking, climbing. All wonderful ways to exercise both mind and body - that I wouldn’t be caught doing in a million years. Don’t get…

My wife directed me to the email and the attached pics of the dog, a shiba inu cross looking for a home. I threw her a look: "Seriously?" We already have three pugs. Still, I actually considered it. The poor dog had been dropped off at Fetch in North Vancouver for a grooming, and then…

Fans of SG-1 and Atlantis may be excused for not realizing that SciFi intends to air the back halves of both shows this year. A recent ad that aired on NBC showcased the 2007 SciFi line-up - shows like Battlestar, Eureka, Dresden Files, Painkiller Jane. That is all. Hmmm. Which reminds me of a funny…

David Hewlett (seemingly trying to hang himself with his own scarf above) and his lovely fiancee Jane dropped by for horror night tonight, their dog Mars in tow. Equally lovely Martin Gero and his beautiful Stephanie also came by for dinner, but ducked out before we headed downstairs for the screening. Martin claimed he was…

I actually cooked for the second time in as many days. For lunch, I made a broiled tequila-lime marinated arctic char with minced garlic and basil. While last night's creation was fine, today's was actually very good. Surprisingly so in as much as I was the one who made it.After a grueling afternoon of watching…

Is it just me, or is Jared getting a little paunchy? No, no, it's not just me because Fondy actually brought it to my attention today. "Jared got fat!"she exclaimed when the Subway spokesman flashed onscreen. Normally, I couldn't care less what someone weighs (sumo wrestlers being the sole exception here as there's nothing I…