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So John McCain lampooned Obama for his lack of foreign diplomatic experience. Obama promptly scheduled a fact finding tour, and the press and foreign countries ate it up. Visuals of Obama sinking hoops with the armed forces while McCain looked decrepit riding around in a golf cart made the rounds of the media. The result? McCain is now bitching about the media’s love affair with Obama.
Sorry, Senator McCain. What you should have done was keep your mouth shut and not talk about Obama’s not visiting Iraq in several years until September, when it would have been too late for Obama to arrange a foreign sweep. Instead you enabled him to turn a liability into a plus. And since it was all your idea, I don’t really see where you get to complain about it.
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The embattled senator has been depicted wearing a Hulk necktie based on the cover of Hulk #401, written by yours truly. Apparently it’s his favorite tie when he’s in trouble. I’m starting to get an inkling of how Rowena felt upon learning that her art was a favorite of Saddam Hussein. In the words of Groucho, it’s a club that you really would rather not be a part of since it would have you as a member.

photo copyright Doug Mills/The New York Times
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…”They should really cast Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney in ‘W.’”…
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Efficiently run but a marathon endeavor as always. I was exhausted by Wednesday. It doesn’t get any easier the older you get.

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The mice at home decided to come out and play
We have had “Ask Peter”. We have had “Ask Kathleen (aka Ask the Wife)”
So now Ariel and Caroline are taking questions.
So this is Ask the Kids.
Fine print; If I (being Kathleen) think a question is inappropriate I will make it vanish. There are questions that might get a pass for various reasons including Non-disclosure agreements and other legal things that we have to abide by. Please be understanding if we don’t or can’t answer.
So there it is. What questions do you have for the children of Peter David

Below is my schedule of activities at San Diego. Feel free to swing by to any of them and say hi.

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You guys following this? Joss Whedon’s mini-comedy/drama with Neil Patrick Harris as an overreaching would-be evil-doer squaring off against his arch nemesis, Captain Hammer (a monumentally smug Nathan Fillion). If you haven’t been following it thus far at www.drhorrible.com, then I suggest you wait until tomorrow since Act 3 will be up and you can watch the whole thing in one shot. (Me, I’m wondering if the Doc’s would-be girlfriend turns out to be someone even more evil than he, but that’s just a theory.)
My one quibble? First rule of singalongs: Provide the lyrics. The musical numbers are fine, even catchy, but why call it a singalong if you don’t have the lyrics on the screen, preferably highlighting the words as you go or even–if you want to do it old school–have a little bouncing ball? One hopes that the DVD release will correct this horrible oversight.
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The first issue set in XF’s new playground of Detroit. Whad’ja think?
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1) Just turned in the next “New Frontier” novel, “Treason.” Pub date is early next year.
2) If you have read and enjoyed “Tigerheart,” please go over to Amazon.com and post a review. Thanks.
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On the Adventurers Club thread, several people have asked to hear the story of how I proposed to Kathleen at the AC. Herewith the column I wrote describing the event. If nothing else it might give people some feel for the depth of attachment we feel for the place.

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Check ‘em out. And if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, buzz over to Amazon and grab one.
SF Review
Playback
January Magazine
Blog Critics
Fantasy Book Critic

Something on par with the sort of stupid discussion you’d hear in a bar or see at a convention.
Plus I’ve watched a few too many of those “Best (fill in the blanks) in movies.”
So I’ve decided we should collectively put together a list of the Twenty Best Ass-Kickings in movies

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