My traveling is done and I can finally sit back and relax, just as soon as I – finish my script, give Rob notes on his movie outline and his Atlantis script, call the electrician to come in and check out the disconcerting PING! emanating from my sump pump ever… Read more ⇢

Well, we’re back in Vancouver and, evidently, I’m not the only one who’s overfed. According to our dog sitter, our pugs have been enjoying the good life for far too long and she has put them on a strict regimen of daily walkies, scaled down breakfast and dinner portions and… Read more ⇢

Back at the turn of the 20th century, when my grandmother was growing up in the Italian countryside, her town bore witness to a remarkable phenomenon: a solar eclipse. My grandmother, then a young girl, did what any levelheaded would have done at the time: she and her sister dressed… Read more ⇢

With only a couple of days to go before I head back to Vancouver, I thought I’d take a tour of some of my old childhood stomping grounds. It was a little surreal, like those dreams in which you find yourself in familiar yet slightly incongruous surroundings. The neighborhoods don’t… Read more ⇢

The dawn of each season brings ideas galoreSome which survive, others shown the door,Like that time travel story, or the love romp not done, Or the Dark Daniel arc trimmed from six tales to one. We begin each new year with the best of intentions,Seeking to craft our inspired inventions.But… Read more ⇢

I hear Disney is taking some of their titles off store shelves and putting them “in the vault”. In a matter of weeks, titles such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Bambi: Special Edition, and Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition will become unavailable (until a time of Disney’s choosing… Read more ⇢

My wife loves boardgames. I think it must be a genetic predisposition because, every holiday, whenever she and her sisters get together, they end up playing into the wee hours of the night, loosening such shouts, shrieks, and maniacal laughter that you’d think they were playing Scattegories: The Bloodsport Edition.… Read more ⇢

Every time I come into town, my mother has yet another friend of a friend or cousin’s neighbor’s son to recommend, some neophyte writer-director-editor looking to get into show business who just needs that one break to get his foot in the door. And the way my mother sees it,… Read more ⇢

Sorry. No photos today as I’m on a Mac. Instead, here are a few more scifi book I really enjoyed and would highly recommend: The Forever War – Haldeman A Canticle for Leibowtiz – Miller Parable of the Sowers – Butler Old Man’s War – Scalzi Read more ⇢