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What Dungeons & Dragons (and RPG games in general) has taught me about writing screenplays
Writing my own adventures, be they exploring a dungeon in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) or a spy mission in Top Secret (TS), an espionage themed role-playing game, indirectly taught me about writing screenplays for film, TV, etc.
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2013 Year End Recap
2013 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year - 2012 - music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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2012 Year End Recap
2012 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year - 2012 - music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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Carthulhu has risen
My car has now become evil to the point that I have renamed it “Carthulhu” (Lovecraft fans will get the riff---for a visual, mash up the Lovecraft’s ultimate evil with transformers). I brought the car into the shop for major maintenance service (90K) after hitting the 100K mileage mark plus some “minor issues” (to quote an SNL sketch, those are ( Read more... ) -
2011 Year End Recap
2011 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year - 2011 - music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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2010 Year End Recap
2010 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year -- 2010 -- music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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2009 Year End Recap
2009 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year -- 2009 -- music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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2008 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year, 2008: music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
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This is exactly how the Planet of the Apes started
I fear for the future of my planet. This video in Japan shows a trained monkey acting as a waiter --- this does not bode well for man.
As any Sci-Fi/movie geek knows, in the movie Conquest Of The Planet of the Apes from The Planet of the Apes movie series, Chimpanzee's are used as trained servants before Caesar (Roddy McDowall) organizes them ( Read more... ) -
Essay on the Batmobile
A funny essay that muses on how much of a hassle owning and driving the Batmobile must be ( Read more... )