Well, the results are in on my multiple shower polls and, I have to tell you, they're equally unsurprising and only moderately interesting! Approximately half the respondents take morning showers, while the other half take night showers. A slight majority, roughly 57%, do not wash their hair every day. An almost equal majority, 59%, do…
November 15, 2018: Your Shower Secrets Revealed!
Throughout most of my life, I've been a morning shower guy. Get up, brush my teeth, shower, get dressed and go. But when I started Akemi, that changed. Akemi was a night shower gal (a Japanese thing) and the whole morning shower routine left her thoroughly perplexed. She would ask: "Doesn't it make more sense…
November 14, 2018: Week’s Best Comic Book Covers!
These were my favorites... Cyber Force #7 (cover art by Atilio Rojo) Dark Ark #11 (cover art by Juan Doe) Darth Vader #23 (cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli) Domino #8 (cover art by Gang Hyuk Lim) Elves vol. 21: Rebirth (cover art by Kyko Duarte, Olivier Heban) Gideon Falls #8 (cover art by Andrea Sorrentino,…
November 13, 2018: This and That!
A late blog post today as I was out with Private Eyes Showrunner/Executive Producer (and former Stargate Co-Executive Producer) Alan McCullough for an evening of drinks, discussion, and rosemary-infused dessert. Good, good guy. He say hi by the way. Pursuant to what I mentioned in yesterday's entry...what was it again?...Oh, yeah! Dark Matter! I sent…
November 12, 2018: Distant Dark Matter Rumblings
When Dark Matter was cancelled a little over a year ago, I was left somewhat frustrated, kind of annoyed, a more than a little pissed. For various reasons. I was frustrated because I wouldn't be able to complete the story I'd mapped out, annoyed by what I felt was a petty and vindictive decision, and…
November 11, 2018: Suji Sunday!
Man, that is one kissable nose. This is her "Seriously?" look, usually reserved for occasions when dinner is late. Yo, Top Gun! Ready for bedtime. Quick! Get in! Poise and balance.
November 10, 2018: Moderate progress and the week ahead!
Well, today wasn't exactly the 10 page, Act II, whirlwind of writing I planned it to be. More like almost 2 pages, a revised outline, and a couple of well-crafted emails concerning various projects. I'd like to say that I'm going to make up for lost time tomorrow but who am I kidding? Tomorrow is…
November 9, 2018: My Top 10 Savory Guilty Pleasures!
I have to specify "savory" because if I didn't, my top ten would be entirely comprised of desserts. By the way, "guilty pleasures" isn't entirely accurate as I don't feel particularly guilty about eating any of these, but I can see how some might! 10. Stuffed Pasta with Cream Sauce I don't have it…
November 8, 2018: Toronto’s Top 5 Mochas!
As a fan of mochas, lattes, and various chocolate/coffee drinkables, I make it a point to sample as wide a variety as often as possible. For research purposes mostly. And, having done my due diligence over the past year, I offer up my Top 5 Toronto Mochas... #5. Bar Buca This place boasts a host…
November 7, 2018: Week’s Best Comic Book Covers!
A lot of great comic book covers this week. These are my favorites... Batman #58 (cover art by Tony Salvador Daniel, Mikel Janin, Tomeu Morey) Death Of The Inhumans #5 (cover art by Kyle Kaare Andrews) Friendo #2 (cover art by Kim McLean, Martin Simmonds) Friendo #2 (cover art by Kim McLean, Martin Simmonds) Immortal…
November 6, 2018: All aboard the runaway locomotive!
Well, the plan was to go catch Venom today, but I got waylaid by a last-minute rewrite, a few apartment chores, and notes...that I waited around for but never came 🙁 And so, in the end, I elected to just sit on my couch and finish Jonathan French's The Grey Bastards, a rollickin' foray…
November 5, 2018: Dear, Suspiria…
I have questions for your film, set in the 1970's that, oddly, borrows much of its visual style from music videos of the 1980's... Why didn't you hire an actual editor to work on your film rather than, say, some Yes Man or Woman happy to defer to the whims of your self-indulgent director? You're…
November 4, 2018: Suji Sunday!
Santa's holding auditions! Sassy boudoir shot. Lulu says "Wut?" A rare chill moment. Lulu on high alert. Suji's autumn look.
November 3, 2018: You Can Never Go Home Again!
Earlier today, I received a text from my good friend Robert Cooper who informed me that, while rewatching some of the classic movies he enjoyed back in the day, was shocked to discover that a number of the seminal films from his youth are, upon further review, not that good - or, at the very…
November 2, 2018: Halloween
Everything old is old again in Halloween, a sequel to a movie made 40 years ago, that feels like it was made 39 years ago, so devoid is it of even a shred of originality. Contrived death sequences? Check! Closet fake-out sequence? Check! Ankle grab and struggle beat? Check? Characters making moronic decisions that put…