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Here I was all excited that Wil was finally coming to Toronto... but it's really Richmond Hill.
Here's hoping you get a chance to get into the actual city and sample a decent pub or two :)
In which Anne and I make beer
I got into bed around 2300 last night. Anne followed a few minutes later, and was asleep a few minutes after that. I stayed awake reading until about 130, which is something I’ve been doing the last couple of weeks. I can’t fall asleep before 130, no matter how hard I try, so rather than fight i...
I know I have better things to do than camp out ANYWHERE other than, say, the woods. Especially if I've driven all the way from outer Kooktopia to SDCC (since, you know, I'd rather spend time AT SDCC). But, assuming some of these people with too much time are actually fans and not profit-hounds, I can see why they'd feel hurt and betrayed. In their minds, they're showing massive dedication to their appreciation of your work, and their crazy minds think that, surely, you must appreciate this level of devotion. Not, that you'd think, "umm... why are you crazy?" But hey, that's what happens you irrationally idolize someone.
I imagine that there has to be less-intrusive ways to get an autograph from you if they so desired. It isn't like your autograph cures cancer (unless it does, in which case - totally justified).
Regardless, now you have this post to refer back to when people hound you. "If you were REALLY a fan, you'd already know how I feel about this." Kind of like all the Twitter followers who thought your sons were 6 months old or something and had no idea of your history with them.
Anyway, if you want to reply, I'm the guy in the green Speedo hiding in your trash can who left the trail of Guinness leading from your front door to the garbage. Although maybe I should have waited until I knew you were home, so you didn't think it was a trail of Guinness from your trash to the front door... hrmm....
if you cut me, i will bleed
Pretty much all of Comicon was awesome. However, there was one thing that was decidedly not awesome, and though I had initially decided not to talk about it in public, it's bothered me since it happened, so I wrote about it on G+ earlier today. I'm cross posting it here, though, because it's imp...
I love when Americans come to Canada and are enraged by the lack of Hulu, Amazon on demand, Netflix, etc, etc.. Canadians have bitched about it since we first couldn't access them. Why do they think we loves our torrents so much? Thanks for bringing some attention to one of the stupidest geo-locked travesties. We get all your shows, all your networks, and all your movies up here, but it would be a disaster if we could watch them on your websites.
Funny (not funny) thing - I was visiting a friend in the States when Steam had their big summer sale on. I tried to buy something ON MY STEAM ACCOUNT and it wouldn't let me because my current location didn't match my home address. WTF Valve? You build a great online-delivery system and jam THAT into it? Because there's no way I could possibly be visiting another country and want to access you store.
random thoughts from vancouver
I have a late call today, so I have some time to write. Yaaaaay. Here's a few things that have been on my mind in the last, oh, 36 hours or so. So that silly thing Paul and Storm and Adam and I did sort of took off, didn't it? I'm thrilled that so many people found it as entertaining and amusing...
"...it's a lot more awesome than just eating Chapstick."
So you're saying that there WILL be Chapstick-eating involved though? I mean, I'm happy to see there will be more than that, but if EWW doesn't eat SOME Chapstick, I'll be pretty disappointed.
Evil Wil Wheaton returns to The Big Bang Theory
Well, it's official. Evil Wil Wheaton is going back to The Big Bang Theory! From TV Guide Magazine: Geeks everywhere will be happy hear that Star Trek star Wil Wheaton will be returning to hang out with TV’s hippest nerds on The Big Bang Theory. “We were very excited when Wil Wheaton appeared...
Now, to make it even AWESOMER, it should have some of that heat-activated ink. So that when cold, it says "Tea, Earl Grey." and once the hot tea is added... "Hot."
And you can make one of the Farpoint Jellyfish appear and disappear to. Actually seems kind of a appropriate if you think about how the episode had one, and then the other showed up...
Hey look! It's the Memories of the Futuremug!
It turns out that all this talk about getting excited and making things, uh, got me excited to make something. I don't remember the precise moment this hit me, but I'm pretty sure it happened during one of those times I felt stuck on a story or something, and decided to get out of my office and ...
Why don't you come to Toronto?
Tomkins did and it changed his life. You'd find much love here. Also, we have beer.
Or at least go to Vegas in December - Nickerson, Otis, Pauly, and around 100 other people who indirectly owe their poker-based friendships to you will be there. You know you wanna. There's also beer there.
ten quick things, including some math, a comic, and a few ideas
I can't believe it's Friday, which means tomorrow is the weekend. Where did this week go, anyway? A few things I wanted to mention before I get busy: 1. If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be going to bed between 9 and 10 every night, then waking up entirely on my own between 6 and 7 the next m...
Should be called "In Which Wil Learns Why People Have Immersion Blenders"
I too have geysered the butternut squash soup. A couple times. You'd think you'd learn after the first, but NOOOOO. You forget how little soup it takes to explode.
Stainless steel immersion blender is KEY for soup making. You can put it right in the HOT soup (hence the stainless steel bit, NOT plastic), and whir away without danger of geyser. At worst, you get a little splatter if there's not enough soup.
And I don't know how the Whole Food soup is made, but the butternut squash soup I make (loved by many a poker-playing blogger I might add), involves no small amount of roasted garlic. Key ingredient.
in which a tale is told about the preparation of soup
Anne is helping a friend move today, so she went down to The OC last night, in order to avoid the hellish traffic that exists on the Southern California freeways between 6am and 10pm just about every day of the week. This meant that Nolan and I were alone last night, free to watch the original ...
Wil Wheaton, the angle shooter... you'd better not try that crap at the poker table Wheaton!
The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary
I'm at w00tstock right now, and I haven't even seen the show, but I thought it would be fun to write a post in advance so anyone who watched The Big Bang Theory tonight would have a place to talk about it. If everything goes according to plan, this should post right as the episode is finishing o...
That sucks. My condolences.
through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
My dog Ferris, who was rescued from a bus stop in Monrovia by my wife Anne almost exactly 8 years ago, had a heart attack and died this morning. It happened very quickly, and I was with her, which is supposed to make me feel better, but at this moment all I can feel is nearly-unbearable sorrow, ...
I just hope Marge was your designated driver last time. I'd hate to think you'd drive around looking for another seafood restaurant after all those beers (or did you say deer?). Fishing whilst drunk, however, is expected.
in which we combine wil wheaton, books, and beer. (mmmm ... beer.)
Last year, I went to the Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens for an event they call Book and a Beer. It's pretty much what it sounds like: I read from my book while people drank beer. Then I signed my books while I drank beer. Then I ate dinner and had some more beer. Then we drove around loo...
Hardly and EPIC fail. That term is so overused, not like when we were kids and people knew what "epic" meant.
Now, if you plagarized A Modest Proposal, submitted it, got published, and the sued... THAT would be an epic fail.
Enjoy the downtime.
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...
Way to go Wil. What a great means of raising some money for a worthy cause.
Shame I have no desire to go to Seattle.
But you should TOTALLY come to Vegas this weekend for the Poker Blogger gathering. No doubt Pauly, Otis, Iggy, Change, and the tons of old schoolers coming out would be happy to see you. Wil AND Johnny Hughes in the tourney would be too much for most to bear.
Come sit with me at the Child's Play charity dinner!
I'm going up to Seattle in a couple weeks for the Child's Play dinner and auction, so I asked my friends at Penny Arcade if I could do something to contribute, other than my ticket and whatever I decide to buy in the auction. "How about two seats at your table?" Normally, this sort of thing neve...
Way to go Wil. What a great means of raising some money for a worthy cause.
Shame I have no desire to go to Seattle.
But you should TOTALLY come to Vegas this weekend for the Poker Blogger gathering. No doubt Pauly, Otis, Iggy, Change, and the tons of old schoolers coming out would be happy to see you. Wil AND Johnny Hughes in the tourney would be too much for most to bear.
Come sit with me at the Child's Play charity dinner!
I'm going up to Seattle in a couple weeks for the Child's Play dinner and auction, so I asked my friends at Penny Arcade if I could do something to contribute, other than my ticket and whatever I decide to buy in the auction. "How about two seats at your table?" Normally, this sort of thing neve...
Fie says I!
I was at the first, and a good chunk of the rest... but I'll miss the last. Sorry Wil, but the chance to see Brand Upon The Brain! is quite rare, and I've already missed it once.
REMINDER: Final WWdN Poker Tourney is Tonight
The final "official" WWdN tourney at PokerStars is tonight: Name: WWdN: So Long, and Thanks for all the Chips Tourney Number: 52109886 Time: 20:30 EDT Buy-in: $10+1 Password: monkey It is a bittersweet end of an era for me, and at the moment, I'm the only player signed up. I sincerely hope that w...
Fie says I!
I was at the first, and a good chunk of the rest... but I'll miss the last. Sorry Wil, but the chance to see Brand Upon The Brain! is quite rare, and I've already missed it once.
REMINDER: Final WWdN Poker Tourney is Tonight
The final "official" WWdN tourney at PokerStars is tonight: Name: WWdN: So Long, and Thanks for all the Chips Tourney Number: 52109886 Time: 20:30 EDT Buy-in: $10+1 Password: monkey It is a bittersweet end of an era for me, and at the moment, I'm the only player signed up. I sincerely hope that w...
Sorry to hear you were cut from the team Wil. Your Katrina tournaments are what got me to fork over some cash at the online felt and I haven't looked back since. I assume this means the weekly WWdN's will drop off too, which is a shame.
A suggestion - sign up for Full Tilt now that you aren't a Stars team member. I can just see those same assclowns showing up and mocking you for being dropped now on Stars, it would likely be lessened at another site.
so long, and thanks for all the chips
It was in June of 2005 that I officially joined Team Pokerstars. It was the beginning of an incredible two year journey that ended last month, when I found out that I won't be on the team after June 15th of this year. I had been expecting to be cut from the team ever since Bill Frist snuck the U...
Sorry to hear you were cut from the team Wil. Your Katrina tournaments are what got me to fork over some cash at the online felt and I haven't looked back since. I assume this means the weekly WWdN's will drop off too, which is a shame.
A suggestion - sign up for Full Tilt now that you aren't a Stars team member. I can just see those same assclowns showing up and mocking you for being dropped now on Stars, it would likely be lessened at another site.
so long, and thanks for all the chips
It was in June of 2005 that I officially joined Team Pokerstars. It was the beginning of an incredible two year journey that ended last month, when I found out that I won't be on the team after June 15th of this year. I had been expecting to be cut from the team ever since Bill Frist snuck the U...
I think I read Ender's Game too late, because it came across as completely juvenile and predictable. Then again, I've always been good at getting the twists before they're revealed.
Oh, guess I should contribute. Here's an oldie: Gulliver's Travels. Satire and science fiction often go well together.
Newer: Haven't read much sci-fi of late, but I'm still a huge fan of the Timothy Zahn Star Wars books, especially the original Thrawn Trilogy. I should point out that I generally don't read books set in a movie/tv universe. However, THESE are the books that should have been turned into a new Star Wars trilogy, hands-down.
Geek in Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Science Fiction
My trip to the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle yesterday inspired this week's Geek in Review: While it was truly thrilling to see artifacts from the final frontier and beyond, the museum was more than just a collection of cool things: it was an affirmation of why I and so many other people aro...
I think I read Ender's Game too late, because it came across as completely juvenile and predictable. Then again, I've always been good at getting the twists before they're revealed.
Oh, guess I should contribute. Here's an oldie: Gulliver's Travels. Satire and science fiction often go well together.
Newer: Haven't read much sci-fi of late, but I'm still a huge fan of the Timothy Zahn Star Wars books, especially the original Thrawn Trilogy. I should point out that I generally don't read books set in a movie/tv universe. However, THESE are the books that should have been turned into a new Star Wars trilogy, hands-down.
Geek in Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Science Fiction
My trip to the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle yesterday inspired this week's Geek in Review: While it was truly thrilling to see artifacts from the final frontier and beyond, the museum was more than just a collection of cool things: it was an affirmation of why I and so many other people aro...
Really? Chuckle? I dunno... it seemed pretty unoriginal, like explaining to non-Munckin players how the game works.
Your story about playing it with Nolan and Ryan, now that was funny.
are you a munchkin afficionado?
Munchkin is one of my favorite geek games of all time, earning a spot on my "will always play" list with classics like Illuminati: Deluxe Edition, Bohnanza, Car Wars, and Abalone. If you're a Munchkin aficionado like I am (Oh! That makes me wish I could do Photoshop: Someone should design a Ciga...
Really? Chuckle? I dunno... it seemed pretty unoriginal, like explaining to non-Munckin players how the game works.
Your story about playing it with Nolan and Ryan, now that was funny.
are you a munchkin afficionado?
Munchkin is one of my favorite geek games of all time, earning a spot on my "will always play" list with classics like Illuminati: Deluxe Edition, Bohnanza, Car Wars, and Abalone. If you're a Munchkin aficionado like I am (Oh! That makes me wish I could do Photoshop: Someone should design a Ciga...
Well, I've heard the gang initiation one before, but it wasn't attributed to anywhere specific.
As well as the Disney one, but that's fairly universal since it IS Disney.
That's about it from your list though. Anybody ever mention that LA is a little strange? :)
and now, urban legends
All this week at blogging.la, we're doing a series called The Top Los Angeles Urban Legends, counting down the top 25, as voted on by a top secret cabal of blogging.la-affiliated people, who live in a shadowy cave up in Beachwood Canyon and gather each full moon to -- wait. I've said too much. I...
Well, I've heard the gang initiation one before, but it wasn't attributed to anywhere specific.
As well as the Disney one, but that's fairly universal since it IS Disney.
That's about it from your list though. Anybody ever mention that LA is a little strange? :)
and now, urban legends
All this week at blogging.la, we're doing a series called The Top Los Angeles Urban Legends, counting down the top 25, as voted on by a top secret cabal of blogging.la-affiliated people, who live in a shadowy cave up in Beachwood Canyon and gather each full moon to -- wait. I've said too much. I...
Congrats on busting out without feeling robbed Wil. You got in with the best of it.
Now, please... PLEASE, shave the goat. This lack-of-connection between 'stache and beard is just not working for you.
So ends my daily style tip.
all you paid was the looking price. lessons are extra.
Cincinnati Kid: You call that an argument? Slade: No, that's a fact. The argument's leaning over there against the door jamb. <!--Warning. Poker Content Begins--!> The World Poker Tour Invitational was a great event. There were tons of celebrities there, including some actors I really respect an...
Congrats on busting out without feeling robbed Wil. You got in with the best of it.
Now, please... PLEASE, shave the goat. This lack-of-connection between 'stache and beard is just not working for you.
So ends my daily style tip.
all you paid was the looking price. lessons are extra.
Cincinnati Kid: You call that an argument? Slade: No, that's a fact. The argument's leaning over there against the door jamb. <!--Warning. Poker Content Begins--!> The World Poker Tour Invitational was a great event. There were tons of celebrities there, including some actors I really respect an...
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