Back in the day, Exec. Producer Brad Wright used to say: "Fast is good, but good is better than fast." To which then writer/director Peter DeLuise would invariably reply: "GotitgoodisbetterthafastGotit!". But there was no rush. Usually. Stargate was a well-oiled machine, this in no small part due to the writing department's ability to have a…
April 24, 2012: Recent Eats! Adoption! The L.A. Complex!
Some recent meals... Meat & Bread : 370 Cambie Street : Victory Square : Vancouver BC. As tempted as I was, I decided to take a rain check on the maple-bacon ice cream sandwich. On the home front... Heard from the Seattle Pug Rescue today. They informed me that since it was impossible for them…
April 23, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Captain America (1990)!
From direktor of Kickboxer 4: De Aggressor and Nemesis III: Prey Harder and producer of Breakin' 2: Elektrik Boogaloo and Super IV: Quest for Peace (uh oh) come Captain America, de greatest American hero since Superman. Oh, and de Greatest American Hero. Movie start in pre-WWII Italy. Mussolini interrupt boy's piano lesson. Boy forced to…
April 22, 2012: Beta 5! A Top Chef contestant checks in! Switching over from horror to mini-series mode!
Akemi and I paid a follow-up visit to Beta 5, a bold new addition to the Vancouver chocolate scene. Located in the out-of-the-way industrial area off Main Street (appropriately enough, on Industrial Avenue), the shop/factory offers up a variety of intriguing products, from bars to caramels, marmalade to caramelized Marcona almonds. I picked up a…
April 21, 2012: The Big Vancouver Fan Expo Report!
I was online yesterday, checking out the local weekend events, when I came across a report on Vancouver's very first Fan Expo taking place this Saturday and Sunday at the downtown convention centre. While in Toronto, I attended their annual Fan Expo and had a pretty good time walking the floor and tracking down a…
April 20, 2012: Cringeworthy moments!
Cringeworthy moments. You know what I'm talking about, those singular instances in your life - sometimes painful, sometimes embarrassing, always impossible to forget - that, when recalled, incite the sort of response commonly reserved for that part in the horror movie when the bad guy/monster/ghost/possessed grandmother crosses the line from horrifying to Oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-they-just-did-that! The mere…
April 19, 2012: 2001 – A Food Odyssey!
A couple of months ago, I was reconsidering this whole blog thing. In truth, after 4+ years of daily blogging, I was thinking about calling it quits or, at the very least, scaling back. I was on the fence and so, elected to look ahead to my next milestone post - the big 2-0-0-0. I…
April 18, 2012: Happy 2000th! And Happy Birthday Akemi!
This entry marks my 200th consecutive blog post. Yes, what began as a simple travel journal over four years ago has flourished into this unduly verbose everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-me-and-then-some collection of thoughts, essays, rants, and pictures of my dogs. And, over the course of those 4+ years, this blog has become a typical part of my daily…
April 17, 2012: Al-most there! Things that have been getting on my nerves lately…
This will apparently mark my 1999th consecutive blog entry. And, should everything go as planned, I'll upload my 2000th entry tomorrow. The milestone will happen to coincide with another notable occasion: Akemi's birthday. Akemi will celebrate by attending her English classes all afternoon. I'll (hopefully) be finishing my final (for now) pass on my horror…
April 16, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club Reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Darkman!
In his most understated performance since role of Rob Roy in movie me can't remember name of, Liam Neeson play part of brilliant doctor who invent sintetic skin (lucky :)) but not having much success perfekting formula (unlucky :() but have beautiful girlfriend (lucky :)) who about to blow whistle on her crooked boss (unlucky…
April 15, 2012: Project Thunderbolts! And others!
It looks like the mini-series gig is a go. First thing tomorrow morning, Paul and I will have a conference call with the studio execs to discuss the concept after which we'll get started on the outline for "big event" story. We'll hammer those out, get the approvals, move onto the script and then it'll…
April 14, 2012: Not-so-easy Home Repairs!
Help me out here. I'm about to embark on a bunch of home repairs and - well, where to start? Seriously. Where to start? I'm the last person who should be doing home repairs. I mean, I wouldn't know the difference between a Philips Screw and, well, the other ones. On the rare visits to…
April 13, 2012: The Doggy Guilt Trip!
My dogs have a way of laying on the guilt trip. Whenever I put on my jacket to go out, my thirteen year old pug, Jelly, transforms from an arthritic perennial lounger to a pup at heart, hopping up and bounding about, tail wagging, barking. It's her way of saying: "Finally! We're going out! Allow…
April 12, 2012: Garvige Day! Things Japanese! Mailbag!
"Garvige day?"I asked. "What's garvige day?" "Gar-vige,"Akemi enunciated for me. "Garvige day." "You mean garbage day,"I said. "Yes,"she confirmed as if that's what she'd been saying all along. "Garvige day. Why? How do you spell it?" "G-A-R-B-A-G-E". I said the letters aloud as I wrote them in big block letters on the piece of paper.…
April 11, 2012: Decisions, decisions! Another Dark Matter review!
I picked up a few books today and I'm trying to decide on some sort of reading order. Familiar with any of the above titles? Able to read the above titles? Okay, allow me to help: Dark Places, Gillian Flynn The Story Sisters, Alice Hoffman The Islanders, Christopher Priest (actually, already halfway through this one).…