Scribbler, Animal Welfare Nut, Pixel Herder
Peter Straub Essay on Genre Fiction I got this little gem via Jack Haringa (a.k.a. Monsieur Crankypants). Like most horror authors, I’m a huge fan of Peter Straub and an even bigger fan when he lends his pen to non-fiction on the subjects of literature and genre. Click here to read Peter Straub’s the essay. [...]
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On Facebook, I just got finished wading through another wave of “Fan Page” requests from unknown and little-known authors. I also started a new policy of just deleting these people from my Friends list unless I know them personally (in which case I send a polite “cut it out” note). Jeff Vandermeer‘s BOOKLIFE makes some [...]
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Remaking “Death at a Funeral” So, I saw “Shutter Island” last night, and while watching the previews I was disappointed to discover that they have remade and Americanized the 2007 British comedy “Death at a Funeral” directed by Frank Oz. The 2010 remake stars Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence. I enjoyed the original so much [...]
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This feature has been out since September 2009, but I still occasionally have people ask me about it. Essentially, this is one of the ways where Facebook set out to mimic a very popular Twitter feature. The ability to tag your friends when you posted photos, videos and notes is not new. But, with the [...]
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So, it’s been a while since I’ve put anything in this blog. That’s mostly because of the life static arising out of the holidays, work, and family. Well, the good news is that two out of those three complicating factors have been eliminated. Yes … the holidays are over. No … I didn’t kill off [...]
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It’s interesting to watch the migration of genre actors from one geek show to the next geek show. It’s almost like there’s a temp agency in Burbank, CA, that specializes in transitioning our favorite scifi actors. For example: Hoban “Wash” Washburne (Firefly) begat Dale Maddox (V) Inara Serra (Firefly) begat Anna (V) Charlie Pace (Lost) [...]
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As I delve more and more into comic book writing, I’ve come across a couple of nifty galleries of comic book art that I thought I’d share. Both are from design blog abduzeedo.com (which I highly recommend). Super Heroes and Villains Alphabet This comes from the online portfolio of an artist called Ankles (that’s the [...]
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It never ceases to frustrate me that some men insist on talking to me about sports even though they KNOW I don’t follow or even care about sports. The conversation typically goes something like this: “Hey, did you see the game last night? Wasn’t that play by … ?” “I don’t like sports. You know [...]
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My sister, Sharon Harvey (executive director, Cleveland APL), has been very actively campaigning against Proposition 2 in Ohio. This agriculture bill would amend the Ohio state constitution to create a Livestock Board with unchecked power over livestock rules and regulations. While masquerading as an attempt to improve food safety and animal welfare, Issue 2 would [...]
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Generally, I don’t put much politics out there on this blog. Perhaps I should. Rumor has it that if you want over a hundred comments on a blog post, you need to either go political or say something bad about Mac computers. Anywho, this “Bend It Like Beck” clip from the Stephen Colbert is a [...]
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