Liar! Liar! (2/28/09)

The answer to last week’s “Liar, Liar” was #1: I sniff milk.  There’s a long story as to why and it really does go to the extreme where I’ll sniff the same glass several times (you know, just in case it went bad in the time it took me to swallow).  As for the other [...]

On my way to where the air is sweet

Recently, a fundraiser called DEFYING INEQUALITY was held in New York. It involved the Broadway community getting together for a concert to raise funds that would go to a variety of organizations working to promote equality and protect civil rights for the gay and lesbian community.  In all, over $400,000 was raised (not bad at [...]

He’s the man who killed me.

Wanted: one new/gently used mind.
Previous mind blown by last night’s episode of LOST. Substitute mind should be capable of withstanding future episodes.
Please contact the management if you can help.

And would you not fancy the currency foreign to find the same face on both sides of the coin?

Oddly enough, one of the most challenging parts of my job is to provide feedback on cover designs.  I sit in on cover meetings where the designer usually offers a few different options and we bicker about discuss  the advantages/disadvantages of each.  So I’m often fascinated when I see the various cover designs for books [...]

Rogue Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go for the legs.

George Lucas is kicking himself that he didn’t actually license one of these twenty years ago.

I know *I* would have gotten one.

We have multiple DRADIS contact!

READING UPDATES:
–Mr. Toppit: I’m not in very far but the first chapter is STUNNING. The author is a fan of huge-ass sentences.
–Drood: A few chapters in, I’m enjoying it so far. While I generally like being surprised by books, I hope this is going in a direction the writing suggests, otherwise I”ll be very disappointed. [...]

Liar! Liar! (2/21/09)

The answer to last week’s “Liar, Liar” was #2: Every year at Christmas, I watch the movie MIXED NUTS. True, it’s an unconventionial holiday movie but few things make me squeal with pleasure more than watching Madeline Kahn being stuck in an elevator. As for the other answers: while I had an opportunity to be [...]

You maniacs! You blew it up!

Naturally, because of my job, I keep a close eye on publishing news. And sometimes, I forget that not everyone knows what’s going on in the publishing world as I do (or try to).  For instance, just as everyone is suffering through our very own economic Chernobyl, the crisis affects various industries in different ways. [...]

Fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun.

My dear friend Roy sent me this picture of the RED DWARF cast, presumably on set for the filming of the new specials, due to hit screens around Easter.
 
What intrigues me most (aside from the fact that the one person who’s really showing his age is Chris Barrie/Rimmer) is the fact that Rimmer has an [...]

I wish I had a chance to know that Jean-Luc Picard.

What I want to know is this: where do I get a job where I have this much free time on my hands?

The answer is yes… your life probably would have been much better having [...]