So the wife is home and exhausted, so we took a relaxed approached to the day of rest. A quick trip to Wally World to replenish the snack reserves, a visit from Donna, and clearing hours of recordings off the DVR. Best of the lot was, of course, Battlestar Galactica. Favorite of the rest was the debut ep of Dollhouse, the latest from Joss Whedon. With that in mind, today's pick will be the show that made Whedon's name:
Today's Story: The Tree That Learned Everything. This is one of the tales from my Arturo Fuente collection. It's one of my favorites. Hope you like it.
Today's Word: Auteur (You won't see Whedon's name on the list, but he's developing something of a reputation. Maybe one of these days...)
Peace.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Photo blog
A rainy Valentine's Day passes with chores and the eventual arrival back home of my wife, who was gone this week to take care of her ill sister. So again, a quick entry as the day draws to a close, with photos from last night's bands. Peace.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday the 13th Was Not So Scary
But it was awfully busy. I'll fill you in with stories and words and so forth tomorrow. Suffice to say tonight I listened to bands at the Bridge Venue. I'll post photos (and if all goes well, video) sometime Saturday.
Peace.
Peace.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Enter, the Sandman
Conversation at work today turned to The Sandman, the comic series that made Neil Gaiman's career, in the sense that he made The Sandman into an epic storyline that touched so many deep wells of mystery and myth that we carry within us. I have been slowly purchasing the graphic novel collections, but my friend wants the Absolute editions. Starting with this one:
Today's Pick, as it were.
And that reminded me of this video, in which someone took lots of images from various films and video games to create a fake trailer for a movie version of the comic:
Today's Word: Morpheus.
Today's Story: A Chapter from my serial novel, "The Traveler," in which Cain enters the Sleeping City in the land of Nod.
Peace.
Today's Pick, as it were.
And that reminded me of this video, in which someone took lots of images from various films and video games to create a fake trailer for a movie version of the comic:
Today's Word: Morpheus.
Today's Story: A Chapter from my serial novel, "The Traveler," in which Cain enters the Sleeping City in the land of Nod.
Peace.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Follow ups and more
Today's Story: Father Crow, one of my scrolls from "The Arturo Fuente Short Story" collection.
Today's Pick: Global Frequency. I was talking to someone the other day about the free-runner in that Third Eye Blind video I linked to, and it got me thinking about an "episode" of the 12-issue series by Warren Ellis, and the best TV series pilot you never saw. At least you can still get and appreciate the source material:
Today's Word: Frequent.
Updates and Followups:
There are some things I made promises about that haven't been seen through yet. Here they are:
On a Weird Friday, I mentioned a report of a local high school girl who got stalked by an inmate because she put her info on the Inter-tubes. Not so. Her brother was an inmate and had given their address to fellow inmates so they could keep in touch. So the lesson becomes: Don't have a brother who's in jail.
That same day I promised to link to this video of Matty J talking about "Nothing."
Another night, I wrote about a video of the Unitarian Church's art night I would link to when it was live. Here it is.
And as a follow-up to yesterday's post about being home sick and wishing my Uncle Eddie would bring me some new comics: When my friend Brady got to work today, he was toting a handfull of old comics. Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, various minor characters and independent titles. Not new comics, but new to me. If I had a heart, that would've warmed it.
(Thanks, Brady!)
Peace.
Today's Pick: Global Frequency. I was talking to someone the other day about the free-runner in that Third Eye Blind video I linked to, and it got me thinking about an "episode" of the 12-issue series by Warren Ellis, and the best TV series pilot you never saw. At least you can still get and appreciate the source material:
Today's Word: Frequent.
Updates and Followups:
There are some things I made promises about that haven't been seen through yet. Here they are:
On a Weird Friday, I mentioned a report of a local high school girl who got stalked by an inmate because she put her info on the Inter-tubes. Not so. Her brother was an inmate and had given their address to fellow inmates so they could keep in touch. So the lesson becomes: Don't have a brother who's in jail.
That same day I promised to link to this video of Matty J talking about "Nothing."
Another night, I wrote about a video of the Unitarian Church's art night I would link to when it was live. Here it is.
And as a follow-up to yesterday's post about being home sick and wishing my Uncle Eddie would bring me some new comics: When my friend Brady got to work today, he was toting a handfull of old comics. Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, various minor characters and independent titles. Not new comics, but new to me. If I had a heart, that would've warmed it.
(Thanks, Brady!)
Peace.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Home Sick
When I was a kid and stayed home sick, I'd spend much of the day reading. I recall reading Tarzan of the Apes one day while my mom bustled around the house. Once at Grandma's I picked up a Star Trek novel my uncle had. And of course, Uncle Eddie would always bring me comics. Always DC comics, though, never Marvel or Archie. This was after the revival of Captain Marvel ("Shazam!") he'd often bring me new issues of that along with some Batman and Superman.
I'm thinking about this because I'm home sick today. And while I have plenty of comics in the house, I don't have anything new. I thought about sneaking out to the comic shop, but that would be wrong.
However, I have been reading "Slow Way Home" by Michael Morris, and he was right to suggest it for me. (It has to be today's pick.) It's beautifully written, and it's set in a time I'm familiar with (apparently the late 1960s, early 1970s) or at least is told by a boy who is young in that time and relates things in his life to Buffy and Jody from "Family Affair" or thinks someone reminds him of Endora from "Bewitched." He's growing up in a small town in North Carolina, which could as easily have been a small town anywhere in the South. I recognize the folks who live there. I am so loving the book, and when I finish it, I'm going to go out and get his earlier book, "Wiregrass," also.
Today's Word: Homesick.
Today's story hasn't been written yet. Write one of your own and send it to me instead.
Peace.
I'm thinking about this because I'm home sick today. And while I have plenty of comics in the house, I don't have anything new. I thought about sneaking out to the comic shop, but that would be wrong.
However, I have been reading "Slow Way Home" by Michael Morris, and he was right to suggest it for me. (It has to be today's pick.) It's beautifully written, and it's set in a time I'm familiar with (apparently the late 1960s, early 1970s) or at least is told by a boy who is young in that time and relates things in his life to Buffy and Jody from "Family Affair" or thinks someone reminds him of Endora from "Bewitched." He's growing up in a small town in North Carolina, which could as easily have been a small town anywhere in the South. I recognize the folks who live there. I am so loving the book, and when I finish it, I'm going to go out and get his earlier book, "Wiregrass," also.
Today's Word: Homesick.
Today's story hasn't been written yet. Write one of your own and send it to me instead.
Peace.
Monday, February 09, 2009
back on track
Today's Word: Convergence.
Or maybe a better word would be irony? Anyway, at work there's a daily recognition given out for the writer who uses words that one of the editors likes. Some of them are actually quite interesting words. Some of them are just your basic verbs like clap and washed. And while we laugh about the "contest," here I am listing words of my own. Make of that what you will.
Today's Pick: Three Doors Down. Again, say what you will, but I like this band, especially their recent song "Not My Time." Yes, I've seen that National Guard ad at the theater a few too many times, but it's still a good song. But in their defense, I say, "Kryptonite." But back to the newer song: Follow that link and watch the video, which is about someone racing against the clock to change the course of history. It's not my time. I can dig that.
Today's Story: Moonage Daydream.
Peace.
Or maybe a better word would be irony? Anyway, at work there's a daily recognition given out for the writer who uses words that one of the editors likes. Some of them are actually quite interesting words. Some of them are just your basic verbs like clap and washed. And while we laugh about the "contest," here I am listing words of my own. Make of that what you will.
Today's Pick: Three Doors Down. Again, say what you will, but I like this band, especially their recent song "Not My Time." Yes, I've seen that National Guard ad at the theater a few too many times, but it's still a good song. But in their defense, I say, "Kryptonite." But back to the newer song: Follow that link and watch the video, which is about someone racing against the clock to change the course of history. It's not my time. I can dig that.
Today's Story: Moonage Daydream.
Peace.
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