Discarded opening lines to my novel:


• The man with the dark eyes looked at her with them.
• Paul Atwood was walking through the square when suddenly all hell broke loose.
• My grampa was saying, wheezing, 'you kids, you never leave the house, you know, these days, and the air, it's important!' Now he's shouting, and we shrink back.
• I looked at myself in ( Read more... )

I know you're eagerly awaiting my top ten films of 2007 list, but unfortunately, you're going to have to keep waiting just a little longer. I'm hoping to have it typed up and ready for posting tomorrow. So, instead you're going to get a couple different lists today.

Gregory's expected candidates for President, 2008.Republican: Mike Huckabee ( Read more... )

Coming quickly upon us is MacWorld Expo 2008, where once again Steve Jobs will introduce a product which will blow the mind of everyone in the audience. He did it in 2007 with the iPhone, and now he's poised for something even bigger. Predictions have been flying as to what the mystery product(s) could be, most centering on the idea of a sub- ( Read more... )

Who wants to road trip to Chicago with me in Febuary?

And, we're into it again, the season of the year where I start looking forward and back in time, and explaining to you why you should care. Today's article is:

The Top Ten (Twelve) Films To Look Forward To In 2008
Remember, folks. 2009 is going to be a horrible year for film, 2010 even more so (thank you writers' strike!). So next year is your last ( Read more... )

The guitarist speaks: "Thank you for coming, once again, we're--"

a group of four girls show up

Girl 1: "WOO!!!!" Girl 2: "Woo hoo! This is awesome!" Girl 3: "Who are you?"

The guitarist, again: "3 Feet Up."

Girl 2: "What?"

Guitarist: "We're 3 Feet Up."

Girl 1: "Do you want us to promote you?" Girl 4: "Woo!!"

Girl 2 gets on her cell phone ( Read more... )

So 2007 is almost over, and there's still a ton of great cinema still to come, not the least of which are 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Charlie Wilson's War.' I can't wait.

But I want to make sure before I assemble my yearly Best-of-the-Year list (here's 2005 and 2006) that I've seen everything worth seeing. I'm sure there's SOMETHING I've missed, and so I ( Read more... )

In his newest blog entry, Mike Ausiello cites 'Keri Russell' as a reason to be thankful this Turkey Day season. I couldn't agree more.

Also: now that I have a microphone (thanks Rock Band!), I've gotten back on the horse. The recording horse. Here's my first new creation, a way-overdriven cover of Rivers' 'Butterfly,' to commemorate the ( Read more... )

Hi, and welcome to a brand new edition of What's This All Mean To Me?, your source for finding out what technical stories in the news mean to you, the average Jane. Tonight's topics: the Hollywood writers' strike--but first, the Gphone ( Read more... )

My boss's brother made a movie, which we shot in about four hours over two days last week.

Here it is:

The Box and Mr. Swiss

Written and Directed by
Jeremiah Sganga

Starring
Matthew Sganga as Jonathan
Larry Coleman as Mr. Swiss
Molly Coleman as Patty
Gregory Harbin as Jim
and introducing Chad Sganga as Mr. Kinsley