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Wil, So sorry for your loss, and my condolences and heartfelt prayers for you and your family (including Riley, of course). I went through a very similar grief when my 16 yo cat passed away a few years ago. He was MY cat, I saw him being born and held him as he passed away, and for weeks I did not know what to do with myself, and yes, cried continuously. My kids were quite worried, but finally I was able to talk with them about it, explain why Mommy was so upset and that it was normal and that I'd be ok. My aunt is a minister and has taken courses on grief counselling and says if we haven't completely grieved over something in our past, the next grief drags up that old grief and adds to it. So, cry your eyes out, and let your grief out. And, trust me, even though it doesn't feel like it now, time does indeed heal all wounds.
i can't think of a title, so i'll just say thank you
I once had a terrible case of the flu. In addition to the body aches and chills and stuff, I was puking my brains out all over the place all the time. The worst part of it was that it would happen with no warning; one second I was fine, and then I'd suddenly feel my stomach turn, and I'd be thro...
Wil, I just want to say THANKS for introducing me to The Guild. I know you have mentioned it on your blog many times, but after this video I decided to check it out. As Bladezz would say: O. M. G. I just sat here and watched ALL season 1 & 2 episodes, and am now in withdrawl and can't wait for season 3, and to see YOU on the show. Wish I could fastforward! I'm like half in love with Zaboo, for some crazy reason, lol.
Wil, I love your blog, and it has introduced me to so many cool things I can't count them all. You rock! \m/
oh yeah, this is totally +5 to sexterity
Just in case you haven't seen it ... Congratulations to Felicia, the cast of The Guild, and everyone else involved in the creation and production of the Do You Want To Date My Avatar video. Ever since I saw a rough cut of it while we were shooting season three, I knew it was going to be a h...
You should be proud - great performance!!! It was an awesome short all around, great writing, great drawing and great acting/voices. I loved the little touches that make you want to watch it over and over to catch everything, for example how Rosemary is taking notes with a quill and inkpot rather than a pen. It makes me want to see more, but it's true it wrapped up nicely so the story really was told already. Anyway, Kudos!!
kyle + rosemary is finally online
I'm too busy to write about how incredibly awesome my trip to Seattle was, but I just found out that kyle + rosemary is online, and I want everyone in the world to watch it, because I'm so proud of it: Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW (Thanks to reader squonkmama for the ...
Wil, it takes talent to turn an 'epic fail' into an interesting read, as you did. I enjoyed the article. Kudos. And yes, you have your priorities straight. And to put technology and today's deadlines into perspective, I came across comedian Louise CK's 'Amazing World, Wasted on Idiots' today, and thought you (and your readers) might enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus
LA Daily: rebooting my positronic brain
This week's LA Daily is a day late: On my bio, it says that I'm an actor, writer, husband and father. I love being every one of these things, and somehow I've managed to strike a good balance among them in the ten years I've kept all these plates spinning in my life. It's been remarkable that I...
I cannot go to that link, it redirects me to a blank page. Is it maybe because I'm in Canada? Or is it gone? Do I have to be a member of Crackle? Can anyone help me, as I'd really like to see it? Thanks!
new webseries from ed brubaker debuts today. you don't want to miss this
My friend Ed wrote an insanely cool original web series called Angel of Death that debuts today on Crackle. Angel of Death stars Zoe Bell (who you've seen double all kinds of people, but probably didn't know it. She also spent much of Death Proof riding around on the hood of a car being awesome)...
Wil, as everyone seems to be saying, stop worrying and keep doing what you're doing. As one comment said "I started to read your blog and twitter BECAUSE it was such an amazing look at husband/geek/stepdad."
what to expect if you follow me on twitter (or: how I'm going to disappoint you in 6 quick steps)
Yesterday, my friend Alan tweeted a link to this story of how Twitter was born. If you use Twitter at all, you should totally check it out because it's awesome. If you don't use Twitter, you should totally check it out, because a lot of what you may have heard about Twitter is probably filtered ...
Wil, thanks SO much for sharing this. I am going out today to Chapters to pre-order this book (in Canada it says released Aug 7) for my daughter Danica (named after Ms McKellar, incidentally), who's going into grade 8 and who thinks math is boring (though she's a natural). Sorry I can't order through your Amazon link, but I have no credit cards (amazingly, it IS possible to live without them - barely).
I noticed some negative comments about the 'cute' aspect and the magazine style (like the horoscope), but I personally think that that's is a big selling point. Not that I necessarily want my daughters to feel they have to be 'cute', but it's a 'necessary' sell at this time - my daughters spend a huge portion of their money on teen magazines (despite my disgust), and something about that format obviously appeals to them, so I think it's a perfect way to introduce them to the concept that math is not just a guy thing. Trust me that I have fought the media since my first daughter, Darien, was born (yes, to the point of giving her a "boy's" name and buying her 'hot wheels' and star wars figures along side barbies), and I've role-modeled the confident, independent, intelligent woman for them, but media and peer pressure still had/have a huge effect. If this book format is what it takes to open their eyes to the concept that girls can/should be smart (as well as cute) and can do well at math, then I'm all for it! I hope Ms McKellar is now working on a science book of the same sort! Maybe a spin-off magazine?!
cute and smart is better than cute and dumb
My friend Danica has a new book out, and CNN noticed: Danica McKellar has a message for girls: Cute and smart is better than cute and dumb. McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show "The Wonder Years," is coming out with a book, "Math Doesn't Suck," to encourage girls to get into ...
Wil, thanks SO much for sharing this. I am going out today to Chapters to pre-order this book (in Canada it says released Aug 7) for my daughter Danica (named after Ms McKellar, incidentally), who's going into grade 8 and who thinks math is boring (though she's a natural). Sorry I can't order through your Amazon link, but I have no credit cards (amazingly, it IS possible to live without them - barely).
I noticed some negative comments about the 'cute' aspect and the magazine style (like the horoscope), but I personally think that that's is a big selling point. Not that I necessarily want my daughters to feel they have to be 'cute', but it's a 'necessary' sell at this time - my daughters spend a huge portion of their money on teen magazines (despite my disgust), and something about that format obviously appeals to them, so I think it's a perfect way to introduce them to the concept that math is not just a guy thing. Trust me that I have fought the media since my first daughter, Darien, was born (yes, to the point of giving her a "boy's" name and buying her 'hot wheels' and star wars figures along side barbies), and I've role-modeled the confident, independent, intelligent woman for them, but media and peer pressure still had/have a huge effect. If this book format is what it takes to open their eyes to the concept that girls can/should be smart (as well as cute) and can do well at math, then I'm all for it! I hope Ms McKellar is now working on a science book of the same sort! Maybe a spin-off magazine?!
cute and smart is better than cute and dumb
My friend Danica has a new book out, and CNN noticed: Danica McKellar has a message for girls: Cute and smart is better than cute and dumb. McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show "The Wonder Years," is coming out with a book, "Math Doesn't Suck," to encourage girls to get into ...
Forgot to mention: Have you read JD Frazer's book 'Money for Content and your Clicks for Free'? He actually makes a living on his comic site (http://www.userfriendly.org/) advertising. I have the book, and it's great. He's been there and made the mistakes so you don't have to.
regarding advertising 2: electric boogaloo
As I mentioned a few months ago, I'm experimenting with ways to help WWdN:iX bring in some revenue via advertising. Yes, we all know that advertising sucks, but when you have a kid going to college in less than a year and there's an opportunity to help pay for that with advertising, you'd be sur...
Forgot to mention: Have you read JD Frazer's book 'Money for Content and your Clicks for Free'? He actually makes a living on his comic site (http://www.userfriendly.org/) advertising. I have the book, and it's great. He's been there and made the mistakes so you don't have to.
regarding advertising 2: electric boogaloo
As I mentioned a few months ago, I'm experimenting with ways to help WWdN:iX bring in some revenue via advertising. Yes, we all know that advertising sucks, but when you have a kid going to college in less than a year and there's an opportunity to help pay for that with advertising, you'd be sur...
Why the heck shouldn't you use advertising??? I'm all for it. I'll be doing the survey right away. And, advertising and spam are definitely not synonymous. Spam may be a (deplored) type of advertising, but advertising overall makes the world go round. ;-)
regarding advertising 2: electric boogaloo
As I mentioned a few months ago, I'm experimenting with ways to help WWdN:iX bring in some revenue via advertising. Yes, we all know that advertising sucks, but when you have a kid going to college in less than a year and there's an opportunity to help pay for that with advertising, you'd be sur...
Why the heck shouldn't you use advertising??? I'm all for it. I'll be doing the survey right away. And, advertising and spam are definitely not synonymous. Spam may be a (deplored) type of advertising, but advertising overall makes the world go round. ;-)
regarding advertising 2: electric boogaloo
As I mentioned a few months ago, I'm experimenting with ways to help WWdN:iX bring in some revenue via advertising. Yes, we all know that advertising sucks, but when you have a kid going to college in less than a year and there's an opportunity to help pay for that with advertising, you'd be sur...
55? That would be a beautiful spring day, almost shorts and t-shirt weather! Right now, it is -13F here!! Try to think about exercising in that, with 3 feet of snow to boot. Well, shovelling the driveway is exercise of a sort, but mostly it just kills the back. ;-)
motivation
When I was younger, I was in fantastic shape. I played hockey three nights a week on average, plus a game on the weekends. I walked everywhere I could, just because. I ate well, I stretched . . . in other words, I did everything I could to take good care of myself. Then I got older, got busie...
55? That would be a beautiful spring day, almost shorts and t-shirt weather! Right now, it is -13F here!! Try to think about exercising in that, with 3 feet of snow to boot. Well, shovelling the driveway is exercise of a sort, but mostly it just kills the back. ;-)
motivation
When I was younger, I was in fantastic shape. I played hockey three nights a week on average, plus a game on the weekends. I walked everywhere I could, just because. I ate well, I stretched . . . in other words, I did everything I could to take good care of myself. Then I got older, got busie...
I totally disagree with you, Wil, and all but one commenter. The movies were no worse than the first 3 made, and in fact better FX. The main difference is most of you were kids when the first ones came out. The kids today (as one comment pointed out) LOVE eps 1-3, and in a lot of cases more than 4-6. And, Lucas has always said the movies were all made for 9 year-olds. As much as Jar-jar made us adults wince, he was my daughter's favorite when ep 1 came out (she would have been 5 or 6, I think). Wil, you've blogged several times about the love of shopping for Star Wars figures when you were young, and playing with them. My daughter's first 2 figures were Amidala and Jar-jar. My nephew (now age 10) loves all 6 movies fairly equally, and his faves are Boba and Jango. He idolized Anakin (yes, the broody one) until he discovered that he turned to the Dark side in ep 3 - he actually felt betrayed. Yes, we all knew it was coming, but he didn't make the connection at his age. To him, even raised on the original 3, watching 1-3 in the theaters on the first day they came out was equivalent to all of us watching 4-6 when they first came out. I think you all are jaded because of all the hype and build-up that happened for years before the new ones were released, and because for some reason you wanted to feel the way you felt as kids again. Well, unfortunately most of you have not been able to suspend your adulthood and relive those days. Don't blame that on the actors, the director or the writing, please. I loved Battlestar Gallactica as a kid, but I cringe to watch the old stuff now. I also haven't got into the new series, though by all accounts it is a much better show. But, it just wouldn't be the same. I agree with almost all of your criticism (except I loved the Yoda fights), but I seem to be one of the few who understand that it was always for the kids, not the impossible-to-please fans now grown up.
Geek in Review: Han Shoots First (updated)
(note: this is updated below) This week's Geek In Review is called Han Shoots First. It ponders why Star Wars is so important to a certain generation of geeks, and why we took it so personally that the new movies sucked so hard. It was a challenging thing to write and keep within a reasonable ...
I totally disagree with you, Wil, and all but one commenter. The movies were no worse than the first 3 made, and in fact better FX. The main difference is most of you were kids when the first ones came out. The kids today (as one comment pointed out) LOVE eps 1-3, and in a lot of cases more than 4-6. And, Lucas has always said the movies were all made for 9 year-olds. As much as Jar-jar made us adults wince, he was my daughter's favorite when ep 1 came out (she would have been 5 or 6, I think). Wil, you've blogged several times about the love of shopping for Star Wars figures when you were young, and playing with them. My daughter's first 2 figures were Amidala and Jar-jar. My nephew (now age 10) loves all 6 movies fairly equally, and his faves are Boba and Jango. He idolized Anakin (yes, the broody one) until he discovered that he turned to the Dark side in ep 3 - he actually felt betrayed. Yes, we all knew it was coming, but he didn't make the connection at his age. To him, even raised on the original 3, watching 1-3 in the theaters on the first day they came out was equivalent to all of us watching 4-6 when they first came out. I think you all are jaded because of all the hype and build-up that happened for years before the new ones were released, and because for some reason you wanted to feel the way you felt as kids again. Well, unfortunately most of you have not been able to suspend your adulthood and relive those days. Don't blame that on the actors, the director or the writing, please. I loved Battlestar Gallactica as a kid, but I cringe to watch the old stuff now. I also haven't got into the new series, though by all accounts it is a much better show. But, it just wouldn't be the same. I agree with almost all of your criticism (except I loved the Yoda fights), but I seem to be one of the few who understand that it was always for the kids, not the impossible-to-please fans now grown up.
Geek in Review: Han Shoots First (updated)
(note: this is updated below) This week's Geek In Review is called Han Shoots First. It ponders why Star Wars is so important to a certain generation of geeks, and why we took it so personally that the new movies sucked so hard. It was a challenging thing to write and keep within a reasonable ...
Hey, there is a hilarious animated gif of Riker, Picard and Data car-dancing in the comments at Nathan Fillion's MySpace, You have to check it out: http://www.myspace.com/nathanfillion
comment Nov 14 2006 5:40P
the assistant gives you a wink and you turn bright red
A few things this morning while I sip my coffee: I can't really disclose any details, but I have two awesome gigs that are entirely agreed to in principle, and are just waiting for the lawyers to do their lawyer-fu on the contracts. For one of them, I had to watch a bunch of movies. It was reall...
Hey, there is a hilarious animated gif of Riker, Picard and Data car-dancing in the comments at Nathan Fillion's MySpace, You have to check it out: http://www.myspace.com/nathanfillion
comment Nov 14 2006 5:40P
the assistant gives you a wink and you turn bright red
A few things this morning while I sip my coffee: I can't really disclose any details, but I have two awesome gigs that are entirely agreed to in principle, and are just waiting for the lawyers to do their lawyer-fu on the contracts. For one of them, I had to watch a bunch of movies. It was reall...
I know absolutely nothing about poker, and not really interested at all, but, yes, I read to the end, because I do like reading 'Wil'. Maybe I slightly prefer the family stories, because I can relate, but I enjoy reading all your blogs. I'd still really love to see more fiction, too. I think you's write an awesome novel.
the weight is a gift
I did everything I could to get into bed early last night, even remaining disciplined enough to walk away from what was probably the best final table in the history of the WSOP -- minutes before Doyle Brunson was eliminated, no less -- in time to be in bed by my self-imposed bedtime of midnight....
I know absolutely nothing about poker, and not really interested at all, but, yes, I read to the end, because I do like reading 'Wil'. Maybe I slightly prefer the family stories, because I can relate, but I enjoy reading all your blogs. I'd still really love to see more fiction, too. I think you's write an awesome novel.
the weight is a gift
I did everything I could to get into bed early last night, even remaining disciplined enough to walk away from what was probably the best final table in the history of the WSOP -- minutes before Doyle Brunson was eliminated, no less -- in time to be in bed by my self-imposed bedtime of midnight....
I agree, Wil. There's not enough time to do everything you want and need to do. Modern technology was supposed to set us free to live lives of leisure - no more toiling from sunrise to sunset. Instead, we are busier than ever and toil round the clock - no stopping when the sun stops, we have electric lights. ;-)
missed the starting gun
There just isn't enough time. There isn't enough time to do everything I want to do with my kids. There isn't enough time to take long walks with my wife. There isn't enough time to work on my yard. There isn't enough time to work on my house. There isn't enough time to get out and live life to...
I agree, Wil. There's not enough time to do everything you want and need to do. Modern technology was supposed to set us free to live lives of leisure - no more toiling from sunrise to sunset. Instead, we are busier than ever and toil round the clock - no stopping when the sun stops, we have electric lights. ;-)
missed the starting gun
There just isn't enough time. There isn't enough time to do everything I want to do with my kids. There isn't enough time to take long walks with my wife. There isn't enough time to work on my yard. There isn't enough time to work on my house. There isn't enough time to get out and live life to...
What can we Canadians do?
why network neutrality matters, and is worth fighting for
For weeks, I've been trying to write about why Network Neutrality is so important, and why everyone who spends even three minutes a day online should be writing, calling, and faxing their representatives in Congress relentlessly until the so-called First Amendment of the Internet is guaranteed...
What can we Canadians do?
why network neutrality matters, and is worth fighting for
For weeks, I've been trying to write about why Network Neutrality is so important, and why everyone who spends even three minutes a day online should be writing, calling, and faxing their representatives in Congress relentlessly until the so-called First Amendment of the Internet is guaranteed...
Otis may have had a slight edge on plot, but you killed him on characterization. That is your strong suit in writing, and the most valuable one to have. No matter the genre, we enivitably read for the characters. I've thought for a very long time that you should be writing fiction (novels, rather than short stories, so you have room to develop the tales) - it's your destiny.
the mystery hotel
Shane posted this picture of a mystery hotel in his blog over the weekend, and I suggested to him that it would be cool to have writers post short stories that it inspires. I'll be honest: I'm terrified right now, before I hit publish and send this out into the wild. I'm not the best in the wor...
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