October 31, 2011: Hmmm. This could take a while…

Granted, it’s early, but Halloween is off to a quiet start.  Hopefully, we’ll break last year’s record of six kids!  I’m already eyeing that bag of mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  Regardless, the day is off to a splendidly scarific start.  Apparently, Akemi threw a scare into poor Lawren, startling the hell out of him [...]

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October 30, 2011: Sweet furry victory!!!

Yeaaaaah!!!  Can you believe it?!  My Snow Monkeys beat the top-ranked and undefeated team in fantasy football league.  By the narrowest margins mind you (one point something) but a win’s a win.  Pending scoring adjustments.  For now, let’s celebrate! For the third game of the triple-header Sunday, we headed over to Rob’s place…

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October 29, 2011: Things not Japanese! Or maybe they are!

There are times when I feel like I’m dating a Japanese version of Star Trek’s Chekov.  Remember how the pesky navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise would often claim that anything of any note originated in his homeland of Russia?  Quadroticale, scotch, the Cheshire Cat, the Garden of Eden!  In similar fashion, Akemi is constantly bringing [...]

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October 28, 2011: The Great Vancouver Food Truck Tour #3!

“Traffic blah blah blah.  Dishwasher blah blah blah.  Football blah blah blah.  Romo Romo Romo.” – Akemi’s imitation of my conversation with friends – October 28, 2011 A great turnout today for round three of the ongoing Vancouver food truck tour.  Joining me on this incredibly rainy day: food truck roving regular Akemi, returning participant [...]

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October 27, 2011: Turning this blog over to a cookierrific guest blogger!

Since returning to Vancouver, I’ve been surprisingly busy – much busier than I expected.  In addition to reorganizing my library, filing eight months’ worth of mail, and completing Akemi’s sponsorship documents, I’ve been catching up on my reading and looking ahead to several projects (outlining and writing the novels, approvals on the Dark Matter comic [...]

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October 26, 2011: Vids! Pitches! Snow Monkeys! Dinner!

A few videos that caught my attention today.  First up – you’ve heard of shadow boxing?  How about shadow swordplay?  Very cool. Next up is a trailer for a script – yes, a script! – that was just snapped up by Universal Pictures.  This was a first sale for writers Brandon Bestenheider & Allen Bey who [...]

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October 25, 2011: Mystery of Dark Matter Solved! It’s a Comic Book Series Coming Out In January of 2012!

I received the almost-finished first issue of Dark Matter today and to say that I am pleased would be to understate.  I am very, VERY happy. Great work on the part of artist Garry Brown, colorist Ryan Hill, letterer Richard Starkings and Comicraft, editor Patrick Thorpe, and the rest of the gang at Dark Horse. [...]

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October 24, 2011: Vids! SGA! SGU! Puppy Lulu!

Robert Cooper directs Bob Picardo and David Hewlett in a scene from SGA’s Vegas… And a scene of the evacuation of the Icarus base from SGU’s Air I… And video of puppy Lulu.  This was her very first day with us and the pugs…  

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October 23, 2011: Behind the scenes on Stargate: Atlantis! Snow Monkeys win! Mailbag!

A couple of more clips from the vault – behind the scenes on Stargate: Atlantis’s Midway.  Andy Mikita directs the wraith… I’m pleased to report my Snow Monkeys kicked the crap out of Ivon Bartok’s The Running Dead in fantasy football action today, climbing into a three-way tie for second place in the R.I.P. Stargate [...]

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October 22, 2011: Dinners, projects, and Snow Monkeys!

Recent dinners: Transylvania Flavor with Steve, Jodi, Akemi, and Gemma… Bao Bei with Jacqueline… Bistrot Bistro with Ivon and Sara… I spent the greater part of the afternoon organizing my library, ultimately coming to the conclusion that I may have way too many books and not enough shelf space. Also started fleshing out some ideas [...]

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