WHOA! Nice graphics!

I don't know why I can remember idiotic things like this, but I'm happy the internet is here to share my knowledge with you. First, I saw an article saying Stephen Colbert's word "Wikiality" was a buzzworthy word. It reminded me of a horrible rap song ending with something that (to me anyway) sounded like "wiki-wiki-whee!"
THIS then brought to mind the entire lyrics of said commercial: The Legend of Zelda rap song. Yes, ask me anytime, anywhere, and I can bust this gem out for you. Or, if you'd like, I can sing the lyrics to the A-Team action figure commercial. This is why I can't remember important things.

Here's the best part for you: YouTube has a copy of said commercial. These kids are two of the absolute geekiest, most awkward, gangliest, dorkiest... well, you get the idea. You might think my favorite part would be the repeated emphasis on the blonde geek's geekiness. Or the bad jean jacket on his Husky friend. No, my favorite is the exclamation "Whoa! Nice graphics!" followed by an intense thirty seconds of quick-cut 8-bit glory.
Ah, my childhood. NES+me+late night TV-interest in athletics until Jr. High=overweight kid with too much Pop culture knowledge.
PS - I had a similar spiky haircut as well. Those of you who were young and chunky in the 80s will remember this style well, as it preceded our Presidentially Mandated Mullet Phase. (You may want to pause the jukebox if you're reading this from my blog's main page)

Bullying the bullies

Let me start by saying I detest Fox-News style dueling bloviator interviews where everyone talks over everyone else and nothing gets illuminated, discussed, or solved.
However,
When one of these shows (Hannity & Colmes, no less) gives us a video clip of Ann Coulter taking a vicious beating when faced with the facts, I have to stand up and cheer. This is my favorite video of the week! I particularly love the part where she spins helplessly in her chair, crying out for the mighty Sean Hannity to come save her. I can only assume that Hannity enjoyed watching her suffer as much as anyone else.

It was so cool to see Fox cave in under two Liberal Democrats who were clearly laying out the beginnings of a plan for fixing the war situation and improving our security. I don't know who the woman subbing for Alan Colmes was, but she needs to be his permanent replacement. Hannity was completely cowed by her...

Follow the link to absolute hilarity! (click on Windows Media or Quicktime links)
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/08/24/ann-coulter-gets-her-freak-on/

How good was tonight?

I ate Cajun food. I helped my wife draft contracts for her photography business. Then I sat down and knocked out four and a half pages for my book! FOUR AND A HALF! In one sitting. I haven't had a writing spell like this in quite some time. Aahhh. You know the wheels are turning right when you can get a stabbing, a romantic spat, a dead DemiGod and a resurrection in four and a half pages. I'm excited to reveal more about this latest book, but I'll wait until I'm closer to a more complete draft.

Adam and I are rolling again on scripts. Things are moving in the right direction. Now it is late and I am bleary eyed and tired, waiting for iTunes to convert a few songs to me so I can put CDs away and clean up my desk.
And voila! It's done.
Good night.

Back in the saddle again...

Back in the saddle again, before being knocked back out. Work was taking all of my time from writing. Met with Adam last week and got some new direction on our TV projects, and we're getting closer to having stuff ready to pitch. My latest book is back on track, however briefly, fully outlined, half written, and ready to finish. And Hit and Run is out for a round of agent submissions, so keep your fingers crossed that we can make this all work out...

I've got some good marketing ideas for Hit and Run, but I'll wait until the agent replies come back before revealing future plans.

Aleks's photo business is really picking up now, and for me, things are ready for a major shake-up. Big changes coming. In two weeks, I'm visiting my family in Cheyenne, with a possible bonus trip to Mt Rushmore/Crazy Horse. When I get back, it's nose-to-the-grindstone time. I'll be updating more frequently by then. With more substance than monkeys with firearms. I promise. Although, for a piece put together in five minutes from my desk at work, you can't beat the M Team for comedy.

Inspiration for Nerds

Yeah...
http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html
For a healthy dose inspiration, Star Trek Style...

Take THAT, Corporate America!

More to come this weekend...

Hard. Core. Military.

Special forces got a new addition today...

I swear, eventually I'll get back to regular posting, but it's been 12 and 14 hour days at the office since July. There's a lot coming up on the blog, including ComicCon 06 and my adventures with a (peaceful) chimp IN A TREE! I was in habitat with a gorgeous lady...you'll see...

In the meantime, have you ever seen anyone look so bad-ass in a pink terrycloth shirt?

The M Team

Here's a perfect pitch for a new action drama for the fall, RIPPED from the headlines...

First, the real news:
MSNBC News Services Updated: 7:02 a.m. PT Aug 2, 2006
NEW DELHI, India - They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, but India’s Delhi Metro has hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from boarding trains and upsetting passengers.
In an effort to keep monkeys out of the New Delhi subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures — a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Wednesday.

The decision to hire a langurwallah — a man who trains and controls the langurs — came after a monkey got into a metro car June 9, the newspaper reported.In that incident, a monkey boarded a train at the underground Chawri Bazaar station and reportedly scared passengers by scowling at them for three stops. It then disembarked at Civil Lines station.

Passengers had to be moved to another car while staff chased the dexterous creature, causing delays. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation says it hopes the new hire will avert a repeat of that episode. “It started working about a month ago and since then we’ve not had a single incident,” said Anuj Dayal, a metro spokesman.

The langur handler is being paid a retainer of India rupees 6,900 ($160) a month, and “he will be called whenever there is a monkey problem,” Dayal was quoted as saying. “There are too many monkeys,” Dayal was quoted as saying. Langur monkeys are similarly employed around the grounds of parliament and some government buildings in New Delhi.
© 2006 MSNBC Interactive

And now...

THE PITCH:

In 1996, a crack commando unit of langurs was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These monkeys promptly escaped a maximum security stockade to the Indian underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if there are small monkeys menacing people on your mass transit system, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...the M-Team.

(CUE THEME MUSIC WITH SCREAMING MONKEYS, MACHINE GUNS, ETC.)

They drive a kick-ass van to the subway, and freeze frame as they roll out the back, guns blazing.

HANNIBAL

THE FACE

HOWLIN' MAD MURDOCH

B.A. BARACUS

Saving India... one train at a time.

Whad'ya think?
I SMELL MONEY! LET'S SHOOT THIS PUPPY!!!