Every so often, I check out my spam folder for erroneously misdirected reader comments. Last night, amid the 535 quarantined messages, I came across the following: "Brazil shemales" "Star ladyboys" "Big ass shemales" "Trilby hat sales" - I find this offensive, embarrassing and downright disturbing. How dare they presume I'd wear a trilby hat! Hey,…
February 7, 2014: Planning ahead and picking our April Book of the Month Club pick! Our Stargate Atlantis rewatch continues with…Poisoning the Well!
Yes, our Book of the Month Club is back and we're kicking things off with a March 3rd discussion of Matthew Kloos's Terms of Enlistment, the book YOU selected in our January poll. Aint democracy grand? With February upon is, it's time for another round of voting as we choose our April Book of the…
January 30, 2014: Upcoming Under-the-Radar Movies to Look Forward to! Or not! Join our Stargate: Atlantis Re-watch! And take part in our Book of the Month Club!
A FANTASTIC FEAR OF EVERYTHING Release Date: February 7, 2014 What it’s about: A former children's author seemingly loses his mind. What it’s got working for it: It's certainly unique and inventive-looking. What’s it’s got going against it: Pegg's movies are hit or miss. Even going off the trailer, it's hard to say what to…
January 21, 2014: News of note! Answering your questions!
Well, this is interesting... Another reason why it was a good idea to drink six cups of hot chocolate yesterday: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/compounds-found-in-chocolate-red-wine-may-lower-type-2-diabetes-risk/ Finally! My terrible memory may well pay off down the line. Scientists posit the theory that brains are like hard drives, capable of running out of storage space with time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10584927/Brains-of-elderly-slow-because-they-know-so-much.html If there's one…
January 13, 2014: Trust me when I say that dogs prefer shopping over sitting and waiting! Our Book of the Month Club pick!
I was downtown today. I dropped off Akemi, who was meeting a friend for lunch, and was on my way back from purchasing my 2014 cologne (I change it every year - and location. John Varvatos Vintage is Tokyo, Aramis' Tuscany Montreal, and the sickening scent of Jean-Paul Hevin's Le Beau Male will always remind…
January 13, 2012: Golden Boy Martin Gero wants to hear from YOU!
Yes, it's true! After too long an absence, fan favorite and culinary wingman Martin Gero makes his return to this blog to field YOUR (and a couple of my) questions. What the hell has he been up to since Stargate: Atlantis ended it's run? Find out! Ask him about his time on Stargate, his HBO…
January 8, 2010: Our Next Book of the Month Club Selection! My Next Big Thing Wish List!
Allow me to kick off today's entry with the announcement of our next Book of the Month Club Pick. This one sounds delightfully unique, has received a lot of good buzz, and is written by an author whose work (Four and Twenty Blackbirds) I've enjoyed in the past. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our…
May 14, 2009: BIG Book of the Month Club News
Let’s kick off today’s entry with some BIG book of the month club news. There will be one, and only one, selection for June’s BOTMC discussion: Elric: The Stealer of Souls, by Michael Moorcock From the publisher: “When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and…
March 17, 2009: Expert Analysis vs. Dumb Luck, Questions for Kate, Some Stargate News of Note, and May’s Book of the Month Club Selections
Hey, look who’s back in town! It’s our former script coordinator Alex Levine. Alex, who is now working as a story editor on The Border presently in production in Toronto, dropped in to say hi - and coordinate the annual March Madness pool. Although I love college ball, I haven’t been paying close enough…
February 11, 2009: More Big Book of the Month Club News. And the Mailbag!
I’d like to take a moment to invite fence-sitters and prospective first-timers to join our Book of the Month Club. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll announce the upcoming titles and include a brief synopsis of each and a date for the commencement of discussions. For those interested, the pertinent information is available in the right…
February 4, 2009: Celebrity Freak-Out, Book of the Month Club Push, and The Mailbag
By now, most of you have probably heard Christian Bale’s expletive-ridden tirade from the set of Terminator: Salvation, a four minute+ outburst triggered by the Director of Photography stepping into Bale’s line of sight during filming. A lot of you are expressing outrage at the actor’s behavior. Others, seeking to defend him, are quick to…
January 21, 2009: Book of the Month Club Announcements, Guest Authors, and My Luck is About to Change!
I’m going to start off today’s entry by announcing the titles for next month’s Book of the Month Club discussions: Infoquake, by David Louis Edelman From the publisher: “Natch is a master of biologics, the programming of the human body. He's clawed and scraped his way to the top of the biologics market using little…
January 9, 2009: Swag! Sausage! Sooners! And the Mailbag!
In the past, as part of the ongoing Book of the Month Club discussions on this blog, I’ve given away prizes to random participants. Lucky winners have received signed books, magazine subscriptions, and signed scripts (among many other things). But, next week, those taking part in our discussion on David Weber’s On…
December 29, 2008: Chinese Cultural Learnings, Biting (Chewing, and Swallowing) the Hand That Feeds You, and some Book of the Month Club Reminders.
In an effort to follow up on yesterday’s lesson in Italian slang, I asked my wife for some suitable Chinese examples with which to educate you al. Alas, she was only able to come up with two: Heui-sei: Which, she cautions, is a very bad thing to say and translates to “Drop dead!”, and… Chee-sin:…
August 7, 2008: Road Triiiiip! And The Weird Food Purchase of the Day
ROAD TRIIIIIP! This morning, fellow Exec. Producer Carl Binder and I threw caution to the wind, jumped into my Q7, and hit the road. We took an impromptu journey guided only by our spontaneity, our sense of adventure, and the directions to the location of Marty G.’s Brain Storm shoot. As it turned out, however,…