Important Updates

Corey posted this in the comments, but I feel it’s important enough to make separate note of since it directly relates to work of mine that might be of interest:

New Release: Crusade: Other Voices Volume 2, which collects PAD’s script and outlines for his episode of Crusade, “Ruling from the Tomb.” Also features an introduction by PAD. Available for ordering from www.b5books.com.
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J.K. Woodward has posted the cover art to PAD’s upcoming Crazy 8 Press novel The Camelot Papers.

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“Blind Man’s Bluff”–Because you Demanded it

Well, one guy asked, actually, but okay. Here’s when you can discuss the latest and possibly last entry in the New Frontier series.

Why possibly last? Because the economy sucks, the publishing industry is slowly disintegrating, and rather than make long term plans, Pocket is making decisions entirely based upon what’s happening right now. So they’re waiting to see what the sales are on this book before deciding on whether there will be any more.

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Interesting Poll Results

On Monday, Jon Stewart showed up on Bill O’Reilly’s show to debate (of all stupid things) the invitation of rapper Common to the White House. On O’Reilly’s own website, they put up a poll question: Who won the debate?

The answer: An overwhelming 79% voted for Stewart.

Did “Daily Show” fans swamp O’Reilly’s site and vote for their guy? Did O’Reilly’s own people just shake their heads and say, “Bill, you brought a knife to a gun fight.” Or was it some combination of the two?

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A Missed “Glee” Opportunity

In this week’s episode, the ever-scheming Sue concocted a plan where the New York City-bound “New Directions” would wind up on a plane that would dump them in Libya instead. Without giving away anything major (they’ve been promoting the hëll out of the NYC episode) let’s just say it doesn’t work out that way.

I think that’s a crying shame.

Would the plot machinations for them to be oblivious that their flight was heading to Tripoli instead of Manhattan been preposterous? Sure. But it would have been totally worth it to see the glee club wind up in the middle of a war zone. In an episode I call “Tripoli the Light Fantastic,” as bullets are being fired at them, they become nostalgic for the days when the worst thing thrown at them was slushees. And then, when they’re all against the wall and about to be shot, they start singing “We are the World” and suddenly Kadaffy shows up and says, “Are you guys a glee club? I love glee clubs! I’ve got quite a good voice, you know.” (Which allegedly he really does). And using the power of song, they manage to settle all the unrest. At which point the State Department shows up and is so impressed that they decide to send them to the Middle East to sort out all those problems. The name of that episode? “Jumping the Sheik.” (Which is, from what I understand, what they did in “Sex and the City II.”)

But no. They’re just going to NYC. Big deal.

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Cowboy Pete Held His Breath During the Last Five Minutes of “Chuck” (w/spoilers)

Okay, well, admittedly I did exhale and then inhale it a couple of times.

See, my story sense told me that there would be a serious change to the status quo in the last act of the show, and I was afraid I knew what it was. Turns out I was wrong, thank God.

Publicity Double Dipping

Remember how a month or so ago I reported that X-Factor won a GLAAD award? Well, apparently some sites just got wind of it. There was a second awards ceremony carried out in San Francisco a few days ago (as opposed to the one in New York in April) and it seems it was (re)announced there. So it’s being reported as if it just happened. This, of course, has given some fans the opportunity to extend their congratulations and the usual suspects the chance to spout off about it’s undeserved. So everyone’s happy.

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