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I read that as them thanking Wil for finding the words to express what Armstrong meant, even if they couldn't necessarily find the way to express it themselves.
Commented Aug 26, 2012 on Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong. at WWdN: In Exile
Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong.
I met Neil Armstrong once, at a dinner to honor Jimmy Doohan in the early 2000s. He was not much taller than me, but he was a giant of a man. He was as kind as he was intimidating. I don’t remember what I said to him, or what he said to me, because all I could think the entire time was “This m...
Normally, I find QR codes sort of silly; 98.35% of all QR codes are just URLs, after all, and having a QR code on a webpage when you could just have a hyperlink is almost always pointless. And the printed QR codes, most people don't really know what to do with them. Even the ones who do... who's going to snap a photo of the QR code on the side of a bus? Maybe 12.46% of all people.
(In a related note, precisely 73.42% of all statistics given to multiple decimal places on the Internet are made up on the spot, often for comedic value.)
This, however, is a valuable enough life lesson to be on stickers to hand out at conventions. ;)
Commented Apr 5, 2012 on go on... scan it... at WWdN: In Exile
go on... scan it...
Well, a pale ale...
EurekAle? Pale-ndrome?
Okay, maybe not...
Commented Jul 8, 2011 on In which my son and I make our own beer at WWdN: In Exile
In which my son and I make our own beer
Ryan is going to be 22 at the end of the month. For those of you who have been here since I wrote the 13 on 31 post, you now know how I feel every single day. The rest of you can get off my lawn before I call your parents. So the other day, he and I were having a beer together, and Ryan said, "W...
I actually keep a notebook called 'Pocket Muse' for precisely this purpose. All the little scattershot ideas, the things that don't quite work out, the stories that got killed go into Pocket Muse. Whenever I need ideas later, that's where I first turn!
Commented Feb 3, 2011 on "Storage of corpses is important." at WWdN: In Exile
"Storage of corpses is important."
Warren wrote about having to kill a story: The lesson is simply this: you just have to recognise that, no matter how much weight you put behind it and how much you tart it up,sometimes a story just doesn’t bloody work, and you have to take it behind the stables and shoot it through the head. No...
I'd go with "2001: A Smurf Odyssey" but, well, it's late 2010. And what can you do with "2010: The Year We Make Contact" with regards to Smurfs?
(Also, is anyone else bothered by the fact that the spacesuit on that shirt lacks gloves?)
Commented Dec 12, 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...
He "wouldn't fit the profile of most that would pull the stunt?" Did you see his episode of Leverage? ;)
Commented Apr 14, 2010 on rain down on me from a great height at WWdN: In Exile
rain down on me from a great height
I had a very short day today, and was wrapped just after lunch, so I had the afternoon to myself to take care of some very important business. Before I get to that, though, a little bit about working on Eureka... The good news is that I was given permission to twitter and photograph from the set...
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