Monthly Archives: December 2007

I finished watching The Da Vinci Code last night. Terribly lackluster ending. I think this could have been a much different film with another male lead. Ben Affleck, maybe. I like Hanks, but not in this film. The other great … Continue reading →

The Da Vinci Code was on a cable movie channel the other night, so I recorded it to watch again at my leisure. I saw it in theaters when it came out, and I was confounded as to how the … Continue reading →

I got the outdoor lights put up on Saturday. It turned out to be slightly more involved than I anticipated. I had four strings that would only half illuminate, up from just one last year. I decided to bite the … Continue reading →

It’s hard to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Or, it’s hard to create tension in a program when the outcome is pretty obvious. I thought Courtney’s dad was hilarious. “I don’t do shorts.” And the look … Continue reading →

William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist, To Live and Die in L.A., the latter featuring William Petersen) directed last night’s episode of C.S.I.. There were two parts in the show where the difference in direction stood out for me. … Continue reading →

When I was at the gym yesterday working out on the EFX, I was listening to my iPod, as usual. Every now and then something catches my attention on one of the TV monitors suspended over the workout area and … Continue reading →

Time for my annual cold. It’s the kind that starts with phlegm forming in the back of a scratchy throat, only at night when I’m trying to get to sleep—for maximum inconvenience. Then it works its way into a sinus … Continue reading →

Yesterday: 1 Rejection Today: 1 Story back out the door The law of conservation of submissions has been obeyed Getting the submission in order took up a sizable chunk of this morning’s writing session, though. Partly because my stupid printer … Continue reading →

…and the words tumble away. I did an editing pass on the first six pages of my new short story last night, and if I had used a red pen instead of a black it would have looked like the … Continue reading →