Since a good chunk of my writing revolves around Star Trek, I often get asked about other properties for which I'd like to write. I've rambled about that before, but another question I recently got in e-Mail was what other tie-ins, if any, I like to read in my leisure time ( Read more... )

This story over on io9.com is a few days old, but I only just read about it yesterday. Are you a fan of the music from big-budget movies such as that composed by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Hans Zimmer and so on? Well, it seems that there's a reason you might be attracted to such music in film after film:

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First, an admission: I'm a closet Bigfoot geek ( Read more... )

If you're a writer and you've ever had the good fortune of experiencing someone who wants you to sign their copy of your book, this likely has happened to you at least once ( Read more... )

So, another day, another debate between the ever-dwindling number of Republican presidential hopefuls. If you're thinking, "Geez, wasn't there one of these just the other day," well, you'd be right. It's the second debate this week. It's the second one in 48 hours, in fact. That's right; the GOP candidates debate more often than astronauts are ( Read more... )

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One of the things I like about the WordPress version of my blog is the stats portion of the dashboard. It gives me a snapshot view of how many hits there are on various pages, what are the most popular pages, what people are clicking on once they're here, and so on ( Read more... )

I only just became aware of this today, thanks to a friend. Friday, November 25th, 2011, marked the three-year anniversary for the finale to one of my all-time favorite TV shows, The ShieldFor those who don't know, this was a police drama which ran for seven seasons on FX (those being the shortened 10-13 episode seasons typical of scripted shows ( Read more... )

Recent arrivals here at the Manor. Mr. Potato Head on the bridge! They ought to get the raging fanboys into a fresh froth, but the kids love 'em, so that's all I need to know.


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