With the election right around the corner and a bunch of papers to sort out last night, I put on one of my favorite episodes from The West Wing. Toward the end of 20 Hours in America, Toby, Josh, and Donna get off a shuttle bus after being stranded in Indiana and trying to get home. Toby has been railing against the Republican nominee and his lack ( Read more... )

But, I'm very excited!

My interview with the creators of Monsterpocalypse, my new crack, was just posted on Gaming Report. It's long, but tells you a lot about the game and how the game came about. Hope you'll take a look. 

http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=25737&mode=&order=0

Since Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog came out I've been noticing more mad scientist stuff out there. For example, at GenCon I got a copy of the game MwaHaHaHa! by White Wolf to review. It's a fun game, if a little light, where you assume the role of a wannabe villian and try to blackmail the world.

Another example is the book Soon I will Be ( Read more... )

Maureen Dowd got Aaron Sorkin to write a meeting between Senator Barack Obama and President Jed Bartlet. My favorite part ( Read more... )

I am a fan of the show Pushing Daisies. Seems ABC is getting behind it with some real promotion muscle including a trip around the country with a mobile Pie Hole ( Read more... )

La la la.

www.icv2.com/articles/news/13127.html

Here's to hoping this recycling of my childhood doesn't suck.

I have a ten minute walk from the train to my office every day. I pass by a few resturants and hotels that play music outside their front door. Today as I was walking, I started tapping my finger to a familiar tune. Realized it was Radio, Radio by Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Wait, what? Who's... I look across the street and it's coming from ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things about travelling to ALA conferences for work is visiting the exhibits. There are publishers giving away lots of books. Last show I got Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and I got to meet the author this time in Anaheim ( Read more... )

Cory Doctorow spoke at a panel at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California on Saturday June 28. I have run a couple Google Searches hoping for notes or possibly video. No such luck ( Read more... )

But the commercial breaks are fun as Drew riffs with the audience. One guy in the audience was on a show with Drew 15 years ago. Really fun. Didn't get called up, but had a great time ( Read more... )