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NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge Results

March 11, 2010

Earlier this year I participated in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, which pits writers from all over the world against each other to write the best (up to 2,500 words) short story they can.  They supply the topics and you supply the imagination.
The competition is broken up into two rounds.  The 1st round was [...]

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When Good Writing Goes Bad: Sanctuary

March 10, 2010

[If you haven’t seen seasons 1 & 2 of SANCTUARY, then this post will spoil like a mofo’.  Reader beware.]
Sanctuary was one of my favorite guilty pleasures on television.  Part X-Files, part monster hunters, the show follows a team that specializes in capturing and studying the monsters (known as Abnormals) hiding amongst humanity.   The [...]

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Guest Post on Multi-Hyphenate

March 8, 2010

Multi-Hyphenate is a congregation of creative, talented and heartfelt folks on an up and coming online magazine.  Writing about movies, music or art in general, I’ve read many a fantastic article there.  From reality TV uber-couple Joke and Biagio to indie film making rock stars King is a Fink, the caliber of the contributors on [...]

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Swimming Through My Head

March 5, 2010

Earlier this week I had a very six degrees of separation kind of night, flowing from one train of thought to another like a slow moving ADD victim.  It all started with me searching through Hulu for a video clip (damned if I remember which one) when I stumbled across an episode of the Late [...]

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The Many Faces of Samuel L Jackson

March 4, 2010

It’s great when you can make an entire career out of being a bad ass motherf$&%.

Feeling a little silly and in the mood for some funny.
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Comics courtesy of “Joe Loves Crappy Movies”

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Secrets Aren’t Secret Anymore

March 1, 2010

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. ~ Benjamin Franklin

When I read that JFK’s love letters to his Swedish flame were going on sale it got me thinking about secrets in our modern society.  With the cult of personality at an all time high [...]

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Tech Blog: RetroHack

February 20, 2010

Being a Nerd can be a tricky thing.  Topics of conversation that excite you tend to make others roll their eyes (or stare at you befuddled) while the very nature of your business lends itself to a total lack of social skills.  Socially well adjusted Nerds (aka those that got laid in High School) [...]

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Why Can’t Audiences Handle Emotional Scenes?

February 17, 2010

[I WILL BE DISCUSSING CRUCIAL AND ENDING SCENES FOR THESE FILMS.  IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THEM, PLEASE DO YOURSELF THE FAVOR OF ENJOYING THEM UNSPOILED BEFORE READING THIS POST]
While watching a couple of favorite films over the weekend I was reminded as to why I keep popping them into the DVD player and enjoying them [...]

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Florida AIDS Walk 2010

February 12, 2010

Life is an interesting experience if you pay attention as you go along.  Threads of your existence are woven together in ways that only dawn upon you years after the fact.  As far as I’ve traveled it has only shown me how small the world can be.  In London I bumped into a friend I [...]

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Florida State Junior Thespians Competition

February 11, 2010

The Florida State Junior Thespians competition collects students grades 6 thru 8 to perform in 12 individual categories and a one-act play festival.  The singular events are as follows:

Monologue
Duet Acting
Ensemble Acting
Solo Musical Theatre
Duet Musical Theatre
Small Group Musical
Large Group Musical
Pantomime
Scene Design
Costume Design
Publicity Design
Playwriting

The [...]

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