About a year ago, I touched on one of the most inscrutable aspects of film and television production: the mysterious producer credit. On any given movie or t.v. series, it's fairly easy to identify the respective roles of actors, directors, writers, camera persons, and crafts service personnel - but when it comes to identifying a…
April 23, 2018: Happy World Book Day!
Read these Fantastic 50(ish) Books and thank me later... A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Affinity by Sarah Waters Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer City of Thieves by David Benioff Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg Dear…
April 22, 2018: Everybody wants to work with you!
Congratulations. You've just wrapped up your very first round of Hollywood meet-and-greets, sit-downs with production and broadcast executives all over town, and if there is one indisputable fact you can take away from the glorious experience it's this: Everyone wants to work with you! It's true! They said as much in their unbridled enthusiasm for…
April 21, 2018: There’s No Business Like Show Business! Unless You’re Somehow Involved In An Asylum’s Black Market Fried Wraps Operation!
Honestly, growing up, I never aspired to be in show business. From a very early age, my ambitions were relatively simple. I wanted to tell stories or investigate crimes or explore outerspace. Author, Detective, Astronaut - those were my top three choices. I didn't even consider scriptwriting until a friend suggested I give it a…
April 20, 2018: A Visit to Japan via Kit Kats!
April 19, 2018: Akemi’s Birthday Festivities!
Yesterday, I redirected my thoughts off all this recent unpleasantness to focus on my birthday gal. We kicked things off with an early morning surprise - a present, lovingly wrapped in cardboard and tape, compliment so the fine folks at Amazon. For Akemi = the two bottles of Thann wood essential oils that actually smell…
April 18, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week! And all those Action Comics #1000 variants!
My favorites... The Amazing Spider-Man #799 (cover art by Alex Ross) Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1 (cover art by Dean Ormston) Dark Age vol. 1 (cover art by Juan Doe) Mister Miracle #8 (cover art by Nick Derington) Prison Ship (cover art by Estebean Maroto) Red Dog (cover art by W. Scott Forbes) Superman…
April 17, 2018: Sampling Japanese Snacks!
April 16, 2018: My Top (and Bottom) 5 Old-Fashioned Desserts!
A couple of years ago, Chatelaine magazine offered up a recipe collection titled 25 of our favorite old-fashioned desserts. Ever late to the party, I just came across the article and, while scrolling through the various pics and recipes, thought it might be fun to put together a list of my top 10. Only problem…
April 15, 2018: Suji Sunday!
I'll spare you the rant and leave you, instead, with some videos of Suji in action - Her imitation of a french bulldog. Has never met a camera she hasn't liked. A determined eater (P.S. Lulu already got her piece).
April 14, 2018: Suffering for Art!
"Oh my gosh!"said Akemi. "It's gorgeous!" We were strolling through the Art Gallery of Ontario at the time, so you might be forgiven for assuming she was referring to a painting or sculpture or some other piece of avant-garde art. Instead, Akemi bypassed the display and went straight to the couch in the middle of…
April 13, 2018: When one door closes…
...another opportunity for escape is thwarted and the chances of you ever leaving that locked room decreases in likelihood. Or something like that. Well, Friday the 13th is certainly living up to its moniker. This morning, I was expecting news on a certain project. I was enthusiastic about the possibility of good news, but I…
April 12, 2018: Scrap those long-term plans!
Well, I guess that's it. It was nice knowing everyone. Cram as much fun as you can into your final eleven or so days on Earth because, apparently, April 23rd is A- Day. A, of course, for Armageddon. This according to (at least one) esteemed(?) numerologist: "...the so-called Planet X, which is also known as…
April 11, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
My favorites... Captain America #700 (cover art by Chris Samnee) Crude #1 (cover art by Garry Brown) Despicable Deadpool #298 (cover art by Mike Hawthorne) Domino #1 (cover art by Greg Land) Falcon #7 (cover art by Jay Anacieto) Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (cover art by Tomeu Morey, Rafa Sandavol, Jordi Tarragona)…
April 10, 2018: #ILoveComics
I've always been an avid reader. One of my most prized possessions during my elementary school years was a leather-bound copy of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. I recall sitting down in my basement, writing up summaries of each act of every play, carefully recording them in a dedicated spiral-bound notebook. As an early…