Terrorists. No, really.
Month: October 2003
HORSING AROUND
From a recent open letter by Bill Jemas:
“At the same time, the friends that I work for and with are giving me reign
to do what I do best; exploring new challenges.”
Here’s a suggested challenge, Bill:
USE THE RIGHT FLIPPIN’ WORD.
It’s “rein,” dámņ it, not “reign.” To “reign” is to rule, as a king. You’re not a king. To “give rein,” just as in “give free rein,” is a horsemanship term. It means to ease up on the restraints and let the horse go at whatever clip it wants in whatever direction it wants.
I don’t know why so many people screw this up, but I see it all the time and it just makes me nuts.
PAD
COWBOY PETER’S TV ROUND-UP–ALIAS, SMALLVILLE, ANGEL, WEST WING, AND A SHOUT OUT TO NIP/TUCK
A note to our friends in other countries who have requested that this be broken up into individual threads for spoiler purposes: Sorry, guys. I sympathize, and that’s actually the way I used to do it. But there were times it seemed that every blog posting was TV discussions. So I decided to consolidate all the major ongoings I watch into one place. Hence the “round up.” I apologize if reading the thread in its entirety muffs up your enjoyment of the episodes when they eventually hit your airwaves. On the other hand, you can always wait until you’ve seen all the shows and then read this in the archives.
So…onward…
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
No, it’s not a baseball blog entry. This is a pencil preview of an upcoming issue of SOULSEARCHERS & COMPANY which will feature the introduction of the Enclave of Incidental Individuals…an assortment of literary also-rans such as Inspector LeStrade, Renfield, and a hypochondriac martian from “War of the Worlds,” who have not-so-compelling adventures.
TMNT #5: So, what’dya think?
Leave a message at the comment tag. [beeeeeeep]
WHAT’CHA WANNA KNOW?
I’m going to start up another open thread for questions. Way it works is, you put your questions to me and then, using the edit function, I’ll be responding to them directly in the thread. Anything you’re interested in regarding my past, present or future projects, general thoughts about industry-related stuff, etc. And please, guys: We’ve already done the oh-so-witty “What’s the average wing speed of an unladen swallow?” or “Who wrote the book of love?” or abstract scientific theory questions. Just, y’know, save us the cleverness this go-around, ‘kay?
PAD
Okay, that’s enough of that. It’ll take a while to hack through these, so there’ll be less blog activity from me. And guys, next time…one question each, okay?
UPDATE 10/25–Okay, THAT’S done. Geez.
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