I wrote a month ago about the Electronic Arts video game, Lord of the Rings: The White Council, and how reports had it that EA had pulled the plug on the game. Well, not quite. According to a news blurb at TheOneRing.net: Today, during a postearnings call, EA CFO Warren Jenson confirmed that The WhiteContinue reading “On The Hobbit and The White Council”
Monthly Archives: February 2007
On Snow!
Snow fell last night. About an inch, maybe an inch and a half. The world looks pretty. The yard has that flat, white look that it gets when everything’s under a layer of snow. The road’s already clear.
On the Senate and the Iraq Troop Surge
Yesterday Republican Senators were able to block debate and a full Senate vote on a non-binding resolution expressing disapproval of President Bush’s decision to “surge” American troops into Iraq. For the forty-seven Senators who voted against cloture on the resolution, their votes amounted to an approval of the President’s decision to keep the United StatesContinue reading “On the Senate and the Iraq Troop Surge”
On Ideas
Some days, Batman once said, you cannot get rid of a bomb. Occasionally, I’ll have a story idea like that. It’s something I just cannot get rid of. Recently I’ve had four abso-smurf-ly killer story ideas. For Boston Legal. And absolutely nothing I can do with them–though I could write a teleplay on spec, I’dContinue reading “On Ideas”
On Revisiting a Previous Post
That potentially good news I mentioned. Yeah, didn’t come through. Quite frankly, I have no fucking clue what’s going on. And in other news. My bitchin’ computer speakers? Yeah, one died. Not quite as bitchin’ any more.
On Invitations
An interesting e-mail arrived today–an invitation to a blogger conference/get-together in Raleigh, hosted by the local NBC station there. I’ll admit, it’s intriguing. I’ve never thought of myself as someone who got noticed in the blogosphere. The NBC station wants to have a sit-down with bloggers to talk about the role blogs can play inContinue reading “On Invitations”