Posted in Uncategorized, tagged m:brgr on July 3, 2008 | 66 Comments »
The great thing about visiting Montreal is that it finally allows me the opportunity to relax and take my mind off work for a change. In the past two days, I’ve spent time with friends and family, walked the streets of my hometown, and, oh yeah, took part in a 90 minute conference call with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged In the Garden of Iden, Restaurant Garcon on July 2, 2008 | 52 Comments »
I took my eyes off the menu to glance outside. On the other side of the big bay window, one of the restaurant musicians was emptying his spit valve. I redirected my gaze back across the table to my mother who was weighing her choices. By the look on her face, I knew exactly what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Don S. Davis on July 1, 2008 | 214 Comments »
My earliest memory of Don S. Davis is of a charming, bigger-than-life individual who greeted me with a hardy handshake and a boisterous “Hellooo, Jooooe! Welcome to Stargate!” on one of my very first days on set. This was back in season four, sometime between our second script (Window of Opportunity) and our third (Point [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged In the Garden of Iden, Kage Baker, Stargate: Atlantis on June 30, 2008 | 145 Comments »
I was first introduced to the works of Kage Baker through Lou Anders’ Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge, a former book of the month club pick. Baker’s contribution to the collection, “Plotters and Shooters”, was far and away my favorite of the short stories in FF1 and so, when it came [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Stargate on June 29, 2008 | 105 Comments »
It’s a little like choosing between two people you happen to be dating. When you’re with one, all thoughts of the other are instantly forgotten and the decision seems pretty simple. But when you’re with the other, it’s just the opposite. Well, I made my decision nine years ago when I moved to Vancouver and, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aikawa, Book of the Month Club, Catherynne M. Valente, Jennifer Pelland, K.J. Baker, Kage Baker, Lois McMaster Bujold, Stephen Dobyns, sushi, travel on June 28, 2008 | 69 Comments »
I woke up at 5:20 a.m., a full forty minutes before my alarm was scheduled to go off. It’s always the way the night before I travel. For some reason, something in my subconscious mind won’t allow me a restful sleep. There’s always that niggling doubt, that faint uncertainty that I did, in fact, set [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hair cut, Stargate on June 27, 2008 | 76 Comments »
Fondy cut my hair last night and it was about time too as I had begun to resemble a cross between Gary Oldman’s Dracula and that guy from Flock of Seagulls. She’d been busy of late dealing with business matters and, as a result, my once trim do had gradually deteriorated to the capillary equivalent [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon footprint, Catherynne M. Valente, Cordelia's Honor, green initiative, In the Garden of Iden, Janina Gavankar, Jennifer Pelland, K.J. Bishop, Kage Baker, Lois McMaster Bujold, Stargate, Stephen Cobyns, The Church of Dead Girls, The Etched City, The Orphan's Tale: In the Night Garden, Unwelcome Bodies, Visual Effects on June 26, 2008 | 67 Comments »
Hurray! Today, I received my $100 Climate Action Dividend from the government of British Columbia. According to the document that accompanied the check: “…this year’s Provincial budget is making it easier for British Columbians to choose a lower carbon lifestyle.” I suppose, for instance, the $100 could be put toward the purchase of a scooter [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Janina Gavankar, Kage Baker, spoilers, Stargate, Whispers on June 25, 2008 | 91 Comments »
Mailbox quota exceeded? How the hell is that possible? I mean, COME ON! My writing partner Paul hasn’t deleted an email in over three years. His inbox looks like a guest list for an Italian wedding and yet he doesn’t seem to have any problem either sending or receiving. Of course, it may have been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Stargate on June 24, 2008 | 88 Comments »
I swung by post today to approve the seamless version of Broken Ties. The seamless version is, of course, the uninterrupted version that will eventually find its way onto DVD. Many shows (The Shield come to mind) simply go to black at the end of each act but Stargate’s episodes run uninterrupted, segueing smoothly from [...]
