Sometimes returning to a favorite restaurant after a long absence is like being reunited with an old friend. Fond memories are stirred, new appreciations blossom, and one marvels at the soulful consistencies that have managed to endure. Other times, the reunion is more like getting together with an ex-girlfriend - less happy memories and…
March 22, 2008: Yet another upcoming guest, and the Baron takes out a loan
Executive Producer Robert Cooper dropped me an email this morning, letting me know that he would be delighted to swing by and do an Ark of Truth-related guest blog entry for us. Date yet to be determined, but I’m thinking sometime in late April. For those newcomers to the blog looking to join in…
March 21, 2008: A rude awakening
My French bulldog, Lulu, hates it when I sleep in. In that respect, she reminds me a lot of my mother who, when my sister and I were teenagers, used to rouse us out of bed by serenading us with early morning hymns. Not so much hymn-singing in Lulu’s case, but a lot of outraged…
March 20, 2008: Destructo in the driver’s seat, bloopers in peril.
With 9 of the 32 first round games complete, Baron Destructo is looking pretty good in the inter-office NCAA March Madness pool. While he and his fellow aliens and mutants for evil are enjoying the games from the high-tech comfort of their moonbase headquarters, I hosted a little get-together at my place. Special features…
March 19, 2008: A trip down memory lane.
“I better get cracking!”I informed Alex Levine as I hurried in to unlock my office door. “I have a lot to do today.” “Putting out the revised script, huh?”Alex assumed. “Script? Screw the script! I’ve got to make my picks for the NCAA March Madness pool!” So I settled down, did my research, and…
March 18, 2008: I hate rewrites.
If you were to consult my long, long list of Things I Hate, you’d find “rewriting a script” right up there, somewhere between “world hunger” and “the New England Patriots“. It’s not that I’m particularly precious about my ideas. It‘s just that after spending days upon days going over a script, writing and rewriting…
March 17, 2008: Worst day of 2008. So far.
These are the types of days that make me wish I’d pursued a different career. Something far less stressful or emotionally taxing like, say, mining, teaching at an inner city high school, or working undercover with the DEA as a mule for a Colombian drug cartel. To say that this afternoon’s notes session didn’t…
March 16, 2008: The worst person to invite to a surprise party…Me!
The girl with the glasses snapped her cellphone shut and excitedly informed the room: “She’s on her way!” The birthday girl was enroute! “Lily is going to be so surprised,”Glasses assured us. “Doubt it,”I murmured, checking the battery life on my camera. She threw me a look. “Why not?” “Well, for starters there’re all…
March 15, 2008: Want to write for television? Okay, step one: Get your foot in the door and try not to blow it!
I‘ve always held that making it in this business takes 33% talent, 33% connections, 33% luck, and 1% miscellaneous variables. There are a lot of very untalented people who continue to work because they are either very lucky or well-connected, and then there are some very talented people who are not thriving or have yet…
March 14, 2008: HUGE news on the Book of the Month front!
This morning, I received an email from Jeffrey Ford (http://14theditch.livejournal.com/), the author of this month’s fantasy selection: The Empire of Ice Cream. Jeffrey has kindly agreed to drop in and do a guest blog entry for us when the time comes. So go pick up a copy of the book and start reading. Discussion…
March 13, 2008: Hazzencockle’s hard times and the trouble with flares
One of my alternate yahoo accounts received an email from a Hajia Mariam, the widow of a Nigerian General, who was looking to for help in accessing the $12.6 million dollars her husband had left behind. Well, this was just the kind of offer Aloysius P. Hazzencockle was waiting for… “Dear Hajia, You have…
March 12, 2008: Who Wants to be a Supervillain?
The following email went out to Charles Saludo who contacted Baron Destructo about a hard-to-pass-up-on business proposal to the tune of $25.5 million dollars: "Dear Suitable Candidate, Congratulations. $25.5 million dollars should just about cover your basic processing fee for consideration as a new member of The League of Aliens and Mutants for Evil.…
March 11, 2008:
Last night, we attended the Chef’s Table Society of B.C. Fundraising Dinner at Yaletown’s Elixir. And by we, I mean Marty G., his lovely gal Stephanie C., and myself. We arrived at about 6:15 p.m. to a fairly full house, fashionably late for the speeches but unbearably early for dinner. While Martin and Steph…
March 10, 2008: THE ULTIMATE EXTREME EXTRA SUPERFANTASTIC BEST LUCKY ULTRA NUMBER ONE FINAL FINAL DRAFT
I’m in the eye of the storm, that eerily calm period between putting out a Final Draft and receiving the network and studio notes. Although, really, “Final Draft” is a incredibly hopeful misnomer given that the Final Draft is never ever THE final draft. A quick glance at the title page of Broken Ties…