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Commented Feb 17, 2012 on In which I realize I need to say Thank You... at WWdN: In Exile
In which I realize I need to say Thank You...
On Sunday, I was personally offended that Chris Brown performed at the Grammys. Violence against anyone is never okay, but the quiet acceptance of violence against women we see all over the world is especially reprehensible to me. Allowing someone who beat his girlfriend so severely she was hosp...
I can't even begin to imagine how boring it could be sitting at a table for hours and attempting to be nice to people.
That's why when I met you at Dragon*Con I decided to liven things up by knocking over your sign and pretending my camera wasn't working. (Okay the camera really wasn't working correctly but I am sticking to my original story.)
On another note. I love when you pull things from your vault. It's great to see how your writing style has changed over the years.
Commented Feb 16, 2012 on From the Vault: "...because Next Generation FUCKING RULES!" at WWdN: In Exile
From the Vault: "...because Next Generation FUCKING RULES!"
I'm digging into The Vault for stories to tell next week when I perform on JoCoCruiseCrazy 2: The Encrazening, and I caught myself reading this story, which I wrote and published in Dancing Barefoot, when I was a baby writer almost ten years ago. This is from The Saga of SpongeBob Vega$ Pants (...
I absolutely love The Guild. And since I've recently started enjoying comics (better late than never, right?) I'm very excited to see The Guild comics.
A Fawkes comic just might get me to the store a bit quicker.
Commented Feb 9, 2012 on About the writing of the Fawkes issue of The Guild at WWdN: In Exile
About the writing of the Fawkes issue of The Guild
I thought it may be interesting to some people to know a little bit more about how the Fawkes comic came together. When we were up in Vancouver for Eureka, I was always bugging Felicia to come hang out with me and Neil Grayston, or to get out of our building and have an adventure. More often tha...
OOOOO...twisty ending. Love it.
Don't know if I can wait until Halloween to read this to my lil guy.
Commented Oct 18, 2011 on Flash Fiction: The Monster In My Closet at WWdN: In Exile
Flash Fiction: The Monster In My Closet
About two hours ago, I thought to myself, "'There's a monster in my closet' would be a neat way to start out one of those scary short stories I loved to read when I was in middle school." I wrote it down, then wrote a little more and a little more. Right around the time I realized I had no idea ...
80's arcade and great beer? I'd travel 3000 miles to check that out! But only if there is a "Suck my fat one Ale" available.
I've been really considering a little homebrew action myself, especially after reading about your excitement for it. And although my son is a wee bit young yet, I look forward to him being old enough to grab a beer with.
Glad yours turned out great and I can't wait to hear how the other batches turn out.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water at WWdN: In Exile
The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water
Beer stuff! I wanted to make Jaime Paglia an oatmeal stout, because that's his favorite. When I went to the shop to get supplies, though, Greg (who owns it) told me that you really have to do a partial mash or all-grain to get it just right. I'm not quite ready for that, yet, so I went with my b...
You made me drool. DROOL!!
Commented Aug 24, 2011 on Ryan and I totally made this. at WWdN: In Exile
Ryan and I totally made this.
It's our beer! Click to embiggen at imgur Today, at long last, the beer Ryan and I made together was ready to drink. We got on the phone and opened our first bottles together .... and it totally tastes like beer! It's sort of a slightly-hoppier version of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, which is pre...
Lefler's Law #110: Just suck the disk into the tentacle and don't ask questions.
Commented Aug 16, 2011 on I am easily amused at WWdN: In Exile
I am easily amused
So io9 did this thing called the 10 Suckiest Fake Video Games That People Play In Science Fiction. Spoiler Alert: The Game from, uh, The Game is number one. 1) Suckdisk from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Actually, we don’t remember this game having an actual name on the show, but “suckdisk” f...
Happy Birthday Wil.
Ever since my 30th I never remember how old I am. But I try not to sweat the small stuff.
On a side note:
That clown sweater picture never fails to rouse raucous laughter from within.
Commented Jul 29, 2011 on Spock is not impressed that it's my birthday at WWdN: In Exile
Spock is not impressed that it's my birthday
During w00tstock last week, I mentioned that I was turning 38 this week. After the show, Anne told me that I was, in fact, turning 39. In the few seconds that it took me to do some math, I lost a year of my life. Apparently, this is the sort of thing that happens when you get to be my age, which...
She followed you for two more blocks just to yell at you?
wow.
I totally would have throat punched her for you.
And by throat punch I mean I would have gotten in her face and gave her the stank eye for being such a douche-ette.
Sorry this happened to you and I'm glad Miss Day was there to save the day.
Commented Jul 25, 2011 on if you cut me, i will bleed at WWdN: In Exile
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...
Love that you're feeling the love.
:)
Commented Jul 14, 2011 on "There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind." at WWdN: In Exile
"There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind."
The list of Stuff I Need to Write About just keeps getting bigger and bigger ... so instead of trying to tackle it right now, I give you this, from my Twittersbox a little bit ago: When you're fortunate enough to have success and love what you do, you have a choice: Be kind and grateful, or be ...
Hey man...you write what you need to write.
We are just along for the ride.
And speaking for myself, the ride is quite enjoyable.
Okay now that even sounds weird to me.
Commented Jul 5, 2011 on tamed by the purr of a jaguar at WWdN: In Exile
tamed by the purr of a jaguar
Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea so many new readers were visiting my blog; I'd just assumed that the Internet had gotten bored with me, moved on to whatever the new hotness is, and I was writing for the few, the proud, the geeky who had been here forever. Knowi...
Did you ever see a picture of something that made you laugh so hard you snort and things come out of your nose?
Yeah.
This picture does that for me.
And I'll keep looking at it all day and laughing hysterically so that they might have to actually comitt me.
Straigh jacket FTW!
Commented May 17, 2011 on to boldly go where no clown sweater has gone before at WWdN: In Exile
to boldly go where no clown sweater has gone before
Greetings from Vancouver, where the local hockey club is still in the playoffs, and the sky above our heads is the color of television, tuned to a dead channel (in 1980). I am having a wonderful time on Eureka, keeping notes in my notebook so that I can write about the experience of making these...
THIS.
This is why I do not want to fly anymore. Not that I flew alot in the past, nor do I have to for my work.
I'm lucky in that regard, that I have the choice.
But just the thought of someone being able to 'legally' feel me up sceeves me out to the point of a panic attack.
No, thank you.
I'll hang on to my dignity.
Wil, I really hope, for your sake, someone hears you.
Commented Apr 7, 2011 on I don't feel safe. I feel violated, humiliated, and angry. at WWdN: In Exile
I don't feel safe. I feel violated, humiliated, and angry.
Yesterday, I was touched -- in my opinion, inappropriately -- by a TSA agent at LAX. I'm not going to talk about it in detail until I can speak with an attorney, but I've spent much of the last 24 hours replaying it over and over in my mind, and though some of the initial outrage has faded, I st...
It sort of looks like a young Wayne-Newton-Wesley-Crusher.
I'm not sure whether to shudder or convulse with laughter.
Commented Feb 13, 2011 on Cherry Flowers and Bedroom Songs at WWdN: In Exile
Cherry Flowers and Bedroom Songs
While I was drifting off to sleep last night, a short story idea seized my mind and refused to shut up until I scribbled down enough about it to ensure I didn't lose it during the journey to sleep and back to waking. I got out of bed, made some barely-legible notes, and fell asleep rather quickl...
I don't just like it because you are wil Wheaton. I like it so far, because it's good!
You have me interested. I want to know who Pyke is and why he hunts rebels. Who are the rebels and what are they rebelling against? Does this girl escape or not? If she does, does she become a hero? Does Pyke stay a hunter or does his purpose in the story change?
I'll surely be looking for this when it's done...and take your time. I can wait for something if I know it's going to be good.
Confidence does not come easy to true talent. And you, my friend have talent.
Thank you for sharing a snip-it.
Commented Feb 3, 2011 on Did I dream you dreamed about me? at WWdN: In Exile
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Earlier this week, I was talking with my friend Amy Berg, who is one hell of a writer (she's an Executive Producer on Eureka, and created Cha0s when she wrote for Leverage). Amy's been encouraging me to write fiction for years, even when I regularly responded with statements like "I can't" or "I...
What a lovely family.
I applaud you and Anne for keeping their lives private.
And if you don't frame that family pic, then I might just lose a bit of respect for you. Anne's unibrow alone is worthy of a framing!
Commented Jan 18, 2011 on In which I am a proud father at WWdN: In Exile
In which I am a proud father
"I have to tell you," Jonathan Coulton's wife said to me on the last night of the cruise, "how wonderful your boys are." "I have two daughters," Peter Sagal's wife told Anne, "and I hope this isn't weird or creepy, but I really hope they meet guys like your sons." "Dude, you know you raised your...
Oh Mrs. Wheaton, how you make me guffaw.
I believe that one will keep me in good spirits for at least a week!
Commented Dec 18, 2010 on Check. And. Mate. at WWdN: In Exile
Check. And. Mate.
On our way home from the grocery store tonight, I said to Anne, "Have you heard of this Tumblr called I'm Remembering?" "No," she said, "what's that?" "It's all these images and things from the eighties and early nineties, and it's pretty awesome." In spite of myself, I added with a rather copio...
After helping Picard, Worf and that other guy stop the Borg from communicating with the mother ship, this smurf partied with the amazing Wesley Crusher.
Which is REALLY awesome 'cause he wasn't even IN that movie.
*Actually I had something better had the OTHER picture been taken inside of a Target. Something to do with the Target lady being taken out by a smurf. Trust me, it was good stuff!
Commented Dec 11, 2010 on now it's just getting silly at WWdN: In Exile
now it's just getting silly
The thing is, I don't even like The Smurfs*, but we have a friend who is working on The Smurfs, and we feel compelled to send him as much Smurf-related imagery as possible. If you wanted to caption this one, too, I'm certainly not going to stop you. *Currently, that is. When I was 8, I fuc...
There are no words.
Commented Nov 18, 2010 on The Best Chaos Elf, EVER. at WWdN: In Exile
The Best Chaos Elf, EVER.
Marc Roskin took this picture of me when we were filming LEVERAGE. It's sort of spoilery, I guess, but it's too hilarious not to share. I'm not sure when this episode airs, The Ho Ho Ho Job airs December 12 on TNT, and I am sure you're going to love it.
*can't read now...go back to work, go back to work, go back to work*
Jumpin Jeehosafat I want to read it so bad that my I'm shaking! Okay maybe not that bad, but there is seriousness on my face and that doesn't just happen, man!
I will be reading/donating tonight...my son can take care of himself, right?
On a side note: I can TOTALLY see that artwork on a t-shirt that would somehow end up in my closet.
Commented Sep 20, 2010 on BEHOLD Clash of the Geeks - The Wheaton / Scalzi Fan Fiction Chapbook at WWdN: In Exile
BEHOLD Clash of the Geeks - The Wheaton / Scalzi Fan Fiction Chapbook
A long time ago, on an Internet far, far away, John Scalzi's brain unleashed the most epic and awesome and WTF image ever known in the history of all the tribes: The Unicorn Pegasus Kitten. But a Unicorn Pegasus Kitten alone wasn't enough, and so I was placed astride it, wearing the Infamous Clo...
awwww shit. i always wondered how anyone found Wesley Crusher 'hot' with that spacesuit on...but thanks to the HIlarious shit above, I realize that it was all balanced out with the helmet hair.
Dude you should have totally bought stock in Lycra and Aqua Net. You'd have made MILLIONS!
Commented Sep 15, 2010 on Wesley Crusher's Sweet-Ass Motherfucking Bouffant at WWdN: In Exile
Wesley Crusher's Sweet-Ass Motherfucking Bouffant
When I was a teenager pretending to fly a spaceship, I got to do a lot of really cool things with a lot of really cool people. The price of admission to this wonderful world, though, was the most annoying hairdo I've ever experienced in my life. I called it Wesley's Helmet Hair, because it did n...
Because we as fans appreciate what you do, you appreciate what you have and continue to do, what you do.
It's a beautiful cycle.
Commented Aug 30, 2010 on You may ask yourself, "well, how did I get here?" at WWdN: In Exile
You may ask yourself, "well, how did I get here?"
About two hours ago, I said goodbye to my friends on the set of Eureka, and rode back to my home away from home, here in Vancouver. About an hour ago, I started doing my laundry and packing my suitcase. I think the last time I did coin-op laundry, I was 20. It's strangely familiar, and the uniqu...
*snif* I can not tell you enough how living in a small town encroaches on my geekness. I ache for the day when I can walk into a room and people just 'get me'.
*shhhh* do you hear that Wil? It's PA calling.
:)
Commented Jun 5, 2010 on "In a lot of ways, for me, W00tstock felt like finally finding a home base." at WWdN: In Exile
"In a lot of ways, for me, W00tstock felt like finally finding a home base."
When Paul and Storm and Adam Savage and I had our first conversations about what would become w00tstock, we knew that we wanted to put on an entertaining show for our fellow nerds that would be successful enough to warrant more than the three shows we originally planned. Sunday and Monday, we're...
Bob was the BEST re-curring role on NC. I loved the ep where he helped deliver the babies...she had three and named two of them 'Bob'...LOL
Awesome stuff!
Commented Apr 24, 2010 on "Mi llamo es Bob." at WWdN: In Exile
"Mi llamo es Bob."
Yesterday, I saw this video linked at Reddit. It's one of those things that I haven't thought about in years, but the instant I saw it, it unlocked some memories, one of which I left as a comment: I was a huge Night Court nerd when I was a kid, and from time to time I would ask Brent to do ...
EPIC WIN!
Commented Apr 13, 2010 on The Wheaton Recurrence at WWdN: In Exile
The Wheaton Recurrence
It's Sunday afternoon as I write this. I can't publish this manually, because if I've read my call sheet correctly, I'm currently playing Dr. Isaac Parrish on Eureka. If we're on schedule, I'm working in a scene with Erica, Colin, and Neil. If my experience on the show so far is any indication, ...
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