I am so happy and gratified by having a President whose inaugural address was one stressing hope and hard work. Today was my last day in San Fransisco and I gathered with some friends to watch the swearing in. We were all weeping with joy at the enormity of seeing watching this inspirational man become […]
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16:19 Reluctantly, I’m forced to acknowledge that my caffeine intolerence is being triggered by chocolate. # 22:08 Meeting my cousin, Susan, for dinner. I’ve been looking forward to this since I realized I was coming to S.F. #
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The Seattle Times has a great profile on Caroll Spinney, the man who puppeteers Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years old. Being Big Bird is sweaty,
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That was the most fun ever. Borderlands is an awesome bookstore staffed by people who love the genre and are just plain fun. We had 120+ people come to hear us read and it was a blast. At the end of the evening, we did improvisational science-fiction from an outline Scalzi came up with. I’m
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My new column is up at AMC. This week I take a look at ethnic diversity in fantasy films, or the lack thereof. One of the draws to fantasy for me has always been the rich worlds and strange cultures inherent in the genre. Give me the wide world of Middle Earth and I’m a
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So, yesterday was really long. I finished up at the theater about 1:30 a.m and headed for home to pack and then catch a 3:30 a.m. bus to the airport. I flew out on US Airways, but not that US Airways flight. I’m in San Fransisco now, totally wiped out and am going to bed.
02:13 Home now from a day in which the high point was being stuck in an elevator. I’m going to install the lamb’s eyes & make its neck limp. # 03:40 The lamb is staring at me. # 10:14 Putting mascara on the lamb. # 13:08 Heading to the subway with the lamb. Strange. Everywhere
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Mark Hamill talks about the dificulties of working with Yoda. via PuppetVision
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When you end the day by telling someone that the highlight of your day was being trapped in an elevator, you know it’s not been a good day. It went something like this. I had a load of props to carry out so I took the elevator, which I don’t normally do. I usually take
I’m in tech for 60 Miles to Silver Lake and prepping props for the next show as well as getting ready to San Fransisco on Thursday. Oh, and I’m supposed to build a giant dog in here somewhere. I think bed might be in order.
I was watching the Avengers tonight with Rob and loving it as always. Mrs. Peel is the embodiment of classy crime fighting. In this particular episode, Death at Bargain Prices, she and Mr. Steed are investigating a murder in a department store, so she goes undercover in the toy department. Notice the toy in her
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This week’s Escape Pod episode is my story “Chrysalis” which came out in Aoife’s Kiss. Cunning Minx gives it an evocative reading. People ask me if I ever get involved with the subjects of my documentaries. I have a difficult time imagining that they would ask my male colleagues the same question, but they seem
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19:45 I’m fluffing pine branches. # 20:34 I’m putting the black pentagons on a soccer ball with tape because I can’t find a classic one ANYWHERE in NYC. # 21:01 I just had to break the lamb’s neck. Thank heavens it wasn’t finished yet. #
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My new column is up at AMC on real world locations for fantasy. Location, location, location. That’s the one piece of advice every real estate agent will give you when talking about where to live or start a business. It’s also an important component in fantasy movies set in the real world. As we’ve discussed
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To begin, I need to take the rods of the taxidermy lamb form that I’ve ordered. These are intended to make it easy to mount the lamb on a board, but I won’t be doing anything like that. It will be laying in the back seat of a car, partially in a bag. Next, I