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Tomorrow night, I want to watch Sci-Fi Channel's new mini series, Tin Man:

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I've been writing today, and I'm encouraged. I've got something worth finishing, and it may lead to other things, which might lead to a completed work. We'll see. It's still early ( Read more... )

All right, let's establish right off the bat that I'm not a reviewer, I won't be going into any depth (probably not ever, but never say never, right?) on anything I let you know I've read or watched or heard. I've been reading recently about how to ask critical questions of books in order to learn more about how to write stories, but that doesn't ( Read more... )

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39215b258260115b392d7a20045

I just watched the American premiere of DEATHNOTE, the manga that just finished in America not too long ago. Really nice adaptation, extra creepy and I'm glad I can ( Read more... )

Since I finished Al Gore's book, The Assault on Reason, (which isn't really about the media so much as it is the overall attack on just plain thinking for yourself and reaching out for information in every way possible, not just depending on cable news) I've been supremely pissed off. If the things he says about the Bush Administration are true, ( Read more... )

BOB EDWARDS' BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD R. MURROW AND THE BIRTH OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM. I know I've mentioned this a couple of times before, but I don't think I gave any reasons why this book was so good, and ultimately so important to the future of America, if only people cared enough to read it. Edwards is the former Morning Edition host who is now ( Read more... )

Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont. What did I learn about Chris that I didn't know before? He's a HUGE Heinlein fan, as evidenced in the Star-Lord story in this volume. Yes, he's one of the most verbose writers in comics, but he tells a damn fine story when he cares about a character. Anything to do with Wolverine, Kitty Pryde or Lockheed ( Read more... )

Up through my twenties, I was an AVID reader, going through Stephen King or Anne Rice or Robert Heinlein in five days or so. Over the last five years or so, my reading has been greatly diminished in favor of trying to make comix, write stories, and advance at my day job. I've read maybe a dozen books in that time, maybe less ( Read more... )

CITY OF TOMORROW: Howard Chaykin and Michelle Madsen. Chaykin's typically sharp artwork in a typically sexy Chaykin mystery. Typical Chaykin, high-quality and fun.

THE FATE OF THE ARTIST: Eddie Campbell. Witty, dry, laugh-out loud account of what every graphic novellist probably deserves. Highly recommended. Read an interview indicative of ( Read more... )

It's been a tough year so far, only ten weeks or so into 2007.

But there's more about that in a bit.

Today is the one-year anniversary of my new program to improve myself. It began auspiciously, with my first of many morning walks taking me home just before the microburst that left quite a path of damage and destruction that cost my community ( Read more... )