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The Non-Adopters
Posted on April 11, 2013 1 Comment
I have a problem. I’m not sure if it’s a generational thing. I mean, I’m friends with people from many generations, and it doesn’t strike me as a generational thing. Here it is: Why doesn’t everyone use Google (or, God forbid, “The Google”)? There seems to be a subset of humanity that actively refuses to […]
Writing to Completion
Posted on March 29, 2013 1 Comment
I finished writing a pilot. It’s the first sitcom pilot I’ve written. My other scripts have all been either sci fi drama pilots or sitcom spec scripts. For those of you outside the TV writing sphere, a spec script is a script for a show that already exists. It’s sort of weird to talk to […]
How to Achieve Your Dream
Posted on March 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
I have a dream. I don’t often talk about my dream publicly. I mean, my friends know. And my family knows. And I’m always striving, always working toward that goal. I think I have a sort of weird knock on wood mentality about my dream, like if I say it out loud, it won’t come […]
On Ruining Everything
Posted on February 28, 2013 3 Comments
A recent post about Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has my childhood spinning in its proverbial grave. And, before you start accusing me of hipster nostalgia, you’ve got nothing on me. I watched the cartoon, had the toys, devoured the movies, got the Christmas ornament. I even read Ninja Turtles books. Checked them out […]
10 Things to Tell Your Kids (or Grandkids) You Had Back in Your Day
Posted on February 8, 2013 Leave a Comment
1. Nine Planets Pluto was downgraded to Dwarf Planet in 2006. Be on the look out for the modern fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarf Planets. 2. Mail on Saturdays Beginning in August, the US Postal Service will no longer deliver mail (letters, catalogs, and the like) on Saturday. The plan will save […]
‘Twas The Night Before Rapture
Posted on December 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
‘Twas the night before Rapture and all through the land; We hoped that the Mayans were wrong on their plan. For some people said it would be over soon. Many of us hope they’d just run out of room. With holiday greetings still stacked on the shelves; We hoped to see light at the end of Two […]
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