Whoa. Akemi's turning into quite the cutting critic. The other day, when I asked her if she wanted to watch an episode of Modern Family, she offered the following genuinely apologetic response: "Sorry, but I feeling like laughing tonight. Can we watch Curb [Your Enthusiasm] instead?" Also, yesterday, she crushed my entrepreneurial spirit. We were…
Notes on those white board notes!
MFB writes: "Since I like this kind of stuff I thought I’d share some boards that I’ve collected from writers’ rooms of other shows and one movie. http://imgur.com/a/tD2bJ?#0 About the Breaking Bad boards: The stories were spun and broken to cards in the room. Then the cards were taken off of the board and photocopied…
March 10, 2014: A brief history of the Stargate writers’ room whiteboard, February 2007 – September 2009!
March 9, 2014: Vote for our May Book of the Month Club selection!
Here are the nominees: THE MEMORY OF SKY (Robert Reed) Paperback, 624 pages. Diamond is an odd little boy, a seemingly fragile child—who proves to be anything but. An epic story begins when he steps into the world his parents have so carefully kept him from, a world where gigantic trees each house thousands of humans…
March 2014: Eyes! Akemi flexes her culinary muscles! And a little more Book of the Month Club discussion!
This morning, on the drive back home from the farmers market, the conversation turned to eyes. According to Akemi, one of the instructors at her English language school: "Has eyes like Husky!". Clearly, them's some lovely eyes. But, apparently, they don't hold a candle to those of my writing partner. "Munyu Munyu's eyes [her nickname…
March 7, 2014: The T.V. Biz!
Bad news for my writing partner. Apparently, an intimate knowledge of the Home and Garden network line-up and/or those various storage locker reality shows ISN'T going to offer much traction in our upcoming L.A. meetings. According to my agent, one of the first things an executive will ask us will be: "So, what do you…
March 6, 2014: Aeroplanning your next trip? Good luck with that!
The other day, a friend of mine floated the idea of a group trip to Las Vegas. With the proposed dates over two months away, I thought I'd try to book my flight and/or hotel on points. After all, I've amassed an impressive amount on my Aeroplan program, a loyalty program that "THEORETICALLY" allows people…
March 5, 2014: Updates on the dogs and recent news of note! Continuing our Book of the Month Club discussion!
Jelly's tests results are in and it's good news: a grade 2 low-malignancy tumor with clean margins. Apparently, that means the chances of a recurrence are low and that the operation was successful in removing all of the malignant tissue. She's still pretty spry for 15. Pictured above, Jelly is thrilled to hear it. Bubba,…
March 4, 2014: News of Note! Continuing our Book of the Month Club discussion!
The results are in. And they're shocking! Apparently, the meat and cheese diet is bad for you: Meat, cheese diet study Also, this just in! Sitting around all day is bad for your too: 'Brain Fog': Sitting for hours negatively impacting health... Also, angrier people are more likely to die of heart attacks: Angry people 'risking heart attacks'…
March 3, 2014: The Book of the Month Club reconvenes! Let’s discuss Terms of Enlistment!
After an all-too lengthy hiatus, our Book of the Month Club is back. Let me get the ball rolling by offering up my thoughts on this month's title... Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are…
March 2, 2014: Those Personality Quiz Results! Bookly matters!
A mere 125+ of you have taken the ultimate Personality Quiz I uploaded yesterday (March 1, 2014: Yet another personality quiz!). Those of you have taken the time can attest to the fact that the results are uncannily accurate. Nay, eerily so! The results so far… Roughly one third of those who took the quiz ended…
March 1, 2014: Yet another personality quiz!
G'head! Take it! Click on the cloud to take the quiz. I got Mario Batali's Apron! What'd YOU get? [gigya src="http://cdn.tagul.com/cloud.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="450" height="500" flashvars="id=282143@7&openLinksInNewWindow=true"]
February 28, 2014: Jelly on the mend! Offal showdown! A dying dog’s bucket list! That’s some tasty azodicarbonamide! Whisky shortage! 20 Laughably Terrible Batman Villains!
No word yet on the test results, but Jelly is feeling much better, post-surgery, as you can see - She's bounced back remarkably well, waking me up only once last night and keeping me up for a mere hour (3 a.m. to 4 a.m.) before drifting back to sleep. As always, she thanks you for…
February 26, 2014: Jelly’s surgery day! Update!
Big day today for my gal Jelly. She's in for surgery - and a possible teeth cleaning while she's under. Last month, I noticed a curious lump on her belly and made an appointment to have it checked out. Of course, by the time I brought her in, the mysterious lump had mysteriously disappeared. I…
February 26, 2014: This guy! That gal! And March under-the-radar movie releases to look forward to! Or not!
THIS guy - THIS GUY - - is, of course, former Stargate Executive Producer and writer Carl Binder who called me this morning to catch up. Coincidentally, I was just thinking about him the other day and was meaning to give HIM a call after Akemi inquired: "How's Binder-san?". Well, Binder-san is doing great and…