Well Worth a Read
I don't normally link to editorials, particularly ones about politics, but this one is amazingly insightful and gives a historical context to all the crazy that currently surrounds us. Benghazi, Joe McCarthy and the Witch Trials
Psychology and Agents of SHIELD
I love this show. Yeah, the first 3/4 of the first season were shaky, but I liked the people enough -- especially Coulson to hang in there. I was also fascinated with Grant Ward and not just because he's pretty (though that helped). I just knew there was more to...
The Intern
I like movies. I like to go out to the movies. So today I went to the movies. A lightning strike had fried my old modem so I headed out to Best Buy to buy a replacement. The Best Buy is just a few short blocks from the movie theater here in Santa Fe so I decided...
The Martian – Book and Film
Last night I went over to the Cocteau theater to listen to George R.R. interview Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN. I had read the book several months ago and enjoyed it enormously because I'm a giant space geek. It's fun and funny and makes science and scientists...
My Day In The Mountains
I had a plan for the day. I had worked very hard in the morning on breaking a script I'm going to write, and had a lot of success. Just a couple of scenes to add to act four and I think it's cooked. I had promised myself a day up in the Santa Fe National Forest...
Insomnia TV Watching
I had a lot on my mind last night and found sleep to be eluding me. I was going to watch my recording of ARROW, but at one point I went channel surfing and came across McCloud an old TV show from the 1970's. Dennis Weaver was the star and it was a show about a...
Confuse Them and Lose Them
There's a tendency in writing for people to think that if a three ring circus is good a five ring circus must be better and a seventeen ring Circus must be awesome. Except it's not because a lot of stuff happening doesn't mean it's exciting. In fact it's usually...
Gotham — Must Rant
I watched the second episode of Gotham today. I should have been working, but I'm trying to clear off the DVR. What a mistake. The only good thing was Sean Pertwee in a scene with Lucius Fox. This entire episode was a lesson in what not to do starting with false...
I Wish I Could be Catholic Again — And Why I Can’t
The Pope's visit has raised a lot of long buried ghosts. Memories of attending mass with my father. Kneeling with my shoulder pressed against him, the hardness of the wood of the kneelers barely disguised beneath the velvet, the smell of incense and dad's...
Hanging a Lantern
There's this concept in screenwriting that we call "hanging a lantern on it". It basically means that we point out something before it can trip up an audience. By acknowledging that we are aware of the problem/issue we reassure the audience that we know what we're...
