Merry Christmas the 2012 Edition

Posted By: Kathleen DavidPosted On:

I woke up on my own about 6:30 and went to check on Caroline who was awake and ready to get up. We snuck quietly downstairs to check out the tree. Ariel joined us shortly thereafter.

Last night we performed the rituals that I have done since I can remember.

This morning we open presents, eat eggs benedict, and enjoy being in each other’s company.

Later we are going to go see Les Miserables with my sister Sheila. Or at least that is the current plan.

This evening I will be visiting with friends and catching up on people’s lives that I see only a few times a year and they don’t blog or use social media much.

Tomorrow I am going to see my brother and his family and then we are off to Florida to see Shana and a few other folks as well.

There is a comfort in knowing what the next couple of days are going to be and what will be happening. There will be adventure and surprises along the way with not knowing how things are going to play out but that is part of life.

Right now I am watching my daughter read her new Monster High book and, occasionally, share passages with me that she find very funny. She is curled up on the couch like I use to do with my new book(s) as Christmas enjoying herself. And the circle continues.

I wish you all a good holiday and a pleasant day.

I am grateful for my mother’s Eggs Benedict. It is really really good.

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The Illusion of Change

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

digresssmlOriginally published July 3, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1285

“The illusion of change.”

That’s what Stan Lee always said was the secret to Marvel storytelling. Make it seem as if things were changing in the life of a character… but, in point of fact, have them remain exactly the same. It’s a terrific theory, and creators and publishers still abide by it.

However, at this point it may have led to a readership that is so jaded that it’s hard to convince readers that anything matters anymore.

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Creative Differences, part 2

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digresssmlOriginally published June 26, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1284

I was speaking last week of my favorite gags.  These were concepts, notions, dialogue, or whatever that I came up with which, for whatever reasons, were overruled and tossed.

Favorite Lost Star Trek Subplot: I do a series called New Frontier for Pocket Books.  We launched it last summer, and Paramount let the first four books sail through with virtually no changes.  The books did very well.  Naturally, that meant that when books #5 and #6 showed up, it was time to start gutting stuff.

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Creative Differences, part 1

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digresssmlOriginally published June 19, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1283

“Creative differences” happen all the time.

The term has become something of a catchphrase to encompass a wide variety of reasons why someone leaves a particular project. It’s nice, it’s non-inflammatory. It doesn’t assign blame; it simply says that two (or more) parties were unable to see eye-to-eye on a situation, something had to give, and one of the parties simply threw up their hands and walked away.

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Dear NRA:

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

At what point will it be appropriate to talk about gun control? About raising the rules? About making it an actually difficult thing for lunatics to acquire guns that destroy rooms full of children?

How many have to die, and how long do we have to wait after those deaths, before it’s addressed?

Just curious.

PAD

Cat Update

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

The biopsy came back on the mass that the doctor removed from his hindquarters.

Cancer.

The upside to that pronouncement is that the doctor was able to remove all of it in the surgery. And it’s a type of cancer that such a 100% removal can serve as a curative. So basically we have to keep an eye on Treat from here on to make sure there’s no recurrence.

PAD