In Los Angeles – BEA Here I Come

Arrived in Los Angeles.  Had a relatively painless trip, but I witnessed three things that terrified and mystified me.
1.     I stopped at FedEx this morning on the way to the airport and watched in amazement while a UPS driver walked in the building and delivered a package to someone who works at FedEx.  I think this [...]

Viggo Mortensen to Star in The Road

They are adapting Cormac McCarthy’s brilliant novel, The Road, for the big screen and Viggo Mortensen is playing the father. The son is being played by Kodi Smit-McPhee (Yeah, me either). The book was so incredible I don’t have a lot of faith the movie will live up to the original. Mortensen is a [...]

Rewrites

Working on some rewrites.  No time really to post on the blog today.  On the bright side, they’re may be a second, better edition of Délon City soon, and if that holds true, there will be a second edition of The Pure.  Not sure when, but I would say without a doubt, it is coming down [...]

Legendary Producer/Director/Actor Sydney Pollack Dies at age 73

This really does suck. Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. He was huge in the world of Hollywood. The guy was one of the few directors who could act in his own films. He wasn’t a filmmaker that used films as a vehicle for his acting career. He usually played bit parts, and turned them [...]

The Smart Car – Are You Ready For This?

Since gas is about the cost of a brief case full of diamonds, automakers are scrambling to find fuel-efficient alternatives. Enter the Smart Car. It gets over 40 mpg. It has a pretty good safety rating, and it’s made out of recycled parts. And to top it all off, a couple [...]

Dennis Cass is My New Hero!

You really want to see what an author has to go through to sell a book today? I give you Dennis Cass and his Book Launch 2.0.

You loved the video. I’m guessing you’ll love the book: Head Case: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My [...]

Randy Pausch Speaking at Carnegie Mellon’s Graduation

The stats show you love Randy Pausch (Well all but one of you.  Still can’t wrap my head around that, but to each his own).  No updates on his health, but here he is at Carnegie Mellon’s graduation.

American Gladiators’ Auditions – Girl Passes Out

I almost feel bad for laughing at this one, but… HA!

Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – $142 Million at the box office?

Industry estimates have the new Indiana Jones pulling in anywhere from $142 million and $175 million this weekend. It did $25 million on Thursday (memorial day weekend counts as a 5 day weekend. Yeah, doesn’t make sense to me either). I’m no expert on the box office, but $30 million a day [...]

Chad Vader

I haven’t decided if this is a good thing or bad thing yet, but I am a Chad Vader fan. If you’re not familiar with Chad Vader, let me give you the elevator pitch. Chad Vader is an online series of videos featuring Darth Vader’s brother, Chad Vader. Chad hasn’t quite reached [...]