Last night was "guy's night out" - but, with Marty G., Alex Levine, and Rob Cooper long gone, Carl and Lawren out of town, our number was reduced to a modest two. It was just Ivon and me. Still, we made the best of things, hitting Cobre Restaurant in Gas Town for some nuevo latino…
July 21, 2010: Another chocolate tasting! Jelly shows off! 100 Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read – How many have you read? Solution’s tribute to Robert Cooper!
Another day, another chocolate-tasting. This time, we shift our focus away from Paris and its award-winning Pralus Chocolats toward the high-altitude environs of Salt Lake City and Utah's Amano Chocolate, makers of heavenly hand-crafted artisan chocolates. The line-up: Even though they've only been in business since 2006, Amano produces chocolate on par with the world's…
July 20, 2010: Charting Jelly’s progress! The Masked soundtrack! Last days of Atlantis II!
Jelly's on the mend and showing some improvement. As many of you will recall, two weeks ago the old gal could barely get around due to hip dysplasia and arthritic shoulders and elbows. Then, last week, she underwent a stem cell procedure that saw her own stem cells harvested from her belly fat, treated, then…
July 19, 2010: Masked hits the street! Last days of Atlantis! Mailbag!
Tomorrow's the day so you're going to want to head down to your local bookstore and camp out in order to make sure you get your copy of... Masked: An awe-inspiring anthology of all-original superhero fiction edited by Lou Anders! Publishers Weekly says: "Anders (Fast Forward) delivers an ambitious collection of superhero tales that provide…
July 18, 2010: Chocolate and dogs don’t mix! Except on this blog.
Last night, we sat down to a chocolate tasting. The selection: The entire Pralus line of dark chocolate bars. We had 14 bars to get through, so we started early and finished late. Following proper chocolate-tasting etiquette, we: 1. Made sure the chocolates were at room temperature. The Zero Bars were kept refrigerated for a…
July 17, 2010: Don’t recommend me a book! Enough with the mash-ups! Mailbag!
Here's a suggestion: Don't pay attention to the suggestions made my anyone who works in a bookstore. Between those ubiquitous staff picks and the disquietingly animated advice offered by aimless aisle-wanderers, you'd think they'd get it right at least some of time. The sad truth is that, for the life of me, I can't even…
July 16, 2010: Robert Cooper needs YOUR help! Golden Boy Marty G. checks in! World’s Best Dog Dad! And a mucho mailbag!
I woke up this morning to discover an email from Exec. Producer Robert Cooper sitting in my mailbox titled "Help!". I, of course, assumed he'd been nabbed smuggling snow monkeys again and needed me to bail him out of that prison in Honshu. But, as it turns out, it's not my help he needs; it's…
July 15, 2010: Atlantis crossover? Which begs all sorts of questions! And another BIG guest blogger announcement!
With word from producer John G. Lenic that the deals have been closed on those Atlantis alums, we can now move forward on the script, secure in the knowledge that both extra-special guest stars will actually be on hand to say the dialogue written for specifically for them. Great news for fans of the old…
July 14, 2010: My summer reading pile! Jelly’s return! Persons Unknown alert! And the mailbag!
My summer reading pile. Since snapping this pic the other day, I've already made some headway, finishing The Strain and Bitter Angels and moving on to The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Of course I also picked up three more books today - So I'm right back where I started. My eldest pug…
July 13, 2010: This blog goes to the dogs! Again! Some House of Suns discussion! And the mailbag!
Well, today was the day Jelly finally went in for that stem cell procedure I'm hoping will help her deteriorated hips and arthritic elbows. At eleven, the poor gal can barely get around anymore, limping to and from her food bowl every morning and night, requiring my assistance to negotiate stairs, couches, and that lofty…
July 12, 2010: House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
In the year 3000, the wealthy Abigail Gentean, inspired by dreams of exploration and discovery, creates nine hundred and ninety-nine clones of herself. These “shatterlings” and her original self (indistinguishable from her duplicates) are subsequently dispersed to the far reaches of space - to colonize, investigate, learn and, eventually, meet up every two thousand years…
July 11, 2010: He does it again! Afternoon soccer with the guys! The Pineapple Diaries part III! Mailbag!
The psychic octopus does it again! Not only does he correctly predict the outcome of every one of Germany's World Cup matches including both losses AND its final victory over Uruguay, but it correctly picked Spain to triumph over the Netherlands in today's final match. Amazing! Is he on facebook? If not, he should be.…
July 10, 2010: Proper script planning! Out and around the office pics! Another Masked review! The Pineapple Diaries #2! Mailbag!
Time flies when you're having fun - or when you're not prepping that script until September, meaning you don't have to finish your first draft until well after your return from hiatus. On the bright side, I finished the Tease and it's a pretty damn good one, the kind the network loves: Jeopardy! Jeopardy! Jeopardy!…
July 9, 2010: Greek Day! Two Emmy Nominations for Mark Savela and our Visual Effects Department! Holiday-mode Louis Ferreira Starts Answering Your Questions!
Yesterday, we hit the annual Greek Fest on Boundary Road... Headed to the Greek fest: Ashleigh, a jubilant Remi, and some border guard we picked up along the way. From right to left: Kerry, Carl, and extra special guest star Ming-Na! Gyros up front, spit-roasted lamb in the back. Kerry, just delighted to be in…
July 8, 2010: Maverick (a.k.a. Mike Banas, P.I.) fires back at ya!
When he's not editing or working on his deck, Mike Banas is answering YOUR questions! No doubt intimidated by the fact that I would be visiting him to start work on my producer's cut of Resurgence today, Mike magically turned around that outstanding Q&A we've all been waiting for. And it's a good one. As…