My Screenwriting III class starts tonight for me (I missed the REAL first class last week due to work related travel), and they want me to start a brand new screenplay for it.¬†¬† Let's see... I have the "competition screenplay" that I worked on with … [Continue reading] about Another new screenplay? My brain a’splodes.
Goin’ Tom Cruise Crazy!
If I ever go so nuts I'm fully Tom Cruise Crazy, I hope someone puts me out of my misery and sends me back to Xenu.¬† Fortunately, Jonathan Coulton (of Portal theme fame) has boldly gone where I hope never to go... and wrote a song about being Tom … [Continue reading] about Goin’ Tom Cruise Crazy!
Man with no legs takes pictures of those who stare
ABC has an amazing article about Kevin Connolly, who was born with no legs.¬† He gets himself around on a modified skateboard, and with a Silver Medal in the 2007 X Games he seems more active than most people I know. He's also started his own … [Continue reading] about Man with no legs takes pictures of those who stare
The Road
I just finished reading Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and I'm mentally exhausted.¬† I'd had the book for months, picking it up in an airport bookstore and then never quite getting to it. The Coen Bros' movie "No Country For Old Men" led me to read … [Continue reading] about The Road
Holiday shopping binge!
I've never been a big fan of Christmas, mostly due to the way the rampant commercialism has squeezed the joy out of things. I just grit my teeth and stay away from the malls between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I've also reached a gift truce with … [Continue reading] about Holiday shopping binge!