Global Spin

Guess who’s going to be on Jeopardy! this week? No, not me. I’d choke up like a vegan at a hot-dog eating contest. The Global Spin community is much better represented by Deana, if this 10-second teaser video is any indication. Deana appears this Friday, June 22nd. Check your local listings, etc, and watch with [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, Television on June 18th, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Slate.com often features interesting historical “slide shows” that both entertain and educate. I really enjoyed today’s about What the First Moviegoers Saw”, especially the hand-tinted “Serpentine Dance”.

Posted by Deana in Culture, Film, History, Technology on June 15th, 2007 | Comments Off

Yes, it’s that’s time of year again, Flag Day (aka Karen’s little section of the solar system). We are once again in that little section of earth’s orbit where Karen was born. And to celebrate, I found This page, all about women who are always “Karen.” It’s sort of lame, but oddly appropriate…

Posted by Deana in Holiday! Celebrate! on June 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

So ScriptFrenzy got off to a rocky start. We spent the first few days of June getting prepared for a trip, and another week or so on the trip itself. (With no laptop. And a three-year-old boy. ‘Nuff said.) As a result, the grand total after we got back was still 346 words. Ah, but [...]

Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 13th, 2007 | Comments Off

We wrote our first few words for Script Frenzy this evening. Yes, it has begun again with the oh-so-simple-sounding EXT.  ALLEYWAY – NIGHT. Who knows where it will lead, though? Will our hero find a way to save his girl from certain doom? Will our heroine find a way to let this blockhead know that [...]

Posted by Chris in Film, NaNoWriMo, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »