Category Archives: Personal

So Good I Forgot My Hat

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) My day started with going out to the archery range and doing a bit of shooting. Then I headed over to my regular comic shop to pick up the week’s comics (because I hadn’t gotten there … Continue reading

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Research Accountability

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) So, after complaining about faulty research for an episode of NCIS a couple of days ago, it occured to me that I needed to check on a couple of details for my novel on Godiva. In … Continue reading

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The Power of the Physical Object

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) It’s something I talk about when telling friends about how to get comic book editors’ attention: write a letter and mail it snail mail. The physical object has power – a physical letter with your signature … Continue reading

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Out of Jeopardy!

It’s a joke I’ve made for years, wanting to move on from my job at Jeopardy! in order to focus more on my own projects.  Well, it’s finally come to pass.  Basically, my specific position was eliminated for budgetary reasons.  … Continue reading

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Jeopardy! Wrap Party 2008

The season wrap party for Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune was held this year on the grounds of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills.  The two shows frequently have their Christmas & wrap parties together, as they share the same … Continue reading

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Premise Picnic – May 4

I belong to an entertainment fellowship, Premise, and we meet once a month to pray for each other. Premise is geared toward writers, directors, directors of photography, producers, agents, editors, but not actors (they have their own organizations 🙂 ) . … Continue reading

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Late Night Ideas

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) Now, I’d catnapped through part of the evening yesterday (I haven’t really been getting enough sleep on weeknights). And then at the very end of the evening, I was reading a story about storytelling, which was … Continue reading

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The Holiday Break

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) (I hate it when half-composed posts get accidentally lost! Boo!) Our office closed on the 14th, and we’re not expected to be back in the office until the 2nd. A nice break, yes? Mine had been … Continue reading

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Scanning Prospects

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) Preparing to weave into my home-life those things brought from my mother’s home has made me look at what I do have with new eyes. Plus there’s the aspect of looking back at my own artwork. … Continue reading

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Adventures in Family Archeology

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) So the last three days have been pretty much filled with shoveling our way through all the stuff in my mother’s house. It seems that as she got older, she got more concerned about keeping “important … Continue reading

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