This summer my family and I visited the tiny scenic town of Wallace, Idaho. Wallace is primarily known for two things; it’s the town you see in Dante’s Peak that gets destroyed by a volcano and it’s the Center of… Read More »Welcome to the Center of the Universe
If you’ve been following this blog you may already be aware that I used to be a film maker. I studied film in college and worked on numerous commercial spots and low budget features. Whenever I find a podcast that… Read More »The Alien Minute Podcast
I’ve slowly come to the conclusion that Amazon Prime is a better deal than any other service for my need for streaming movies. I have a Netflix account, but it’s only good for TV shows. Every time I need to… Read More »Streaming Movies
I’ve been making models of one kind or another since I was ten. In my teen years I probably built a model every week. I’ve built everything from the USS Constitution to balsa wood flying model airplanes. Tanks, battleships, airplanes… Read More »Models and Sets From My Past
The Renoke was my first short story sale to an online magazine. It’s a Shaggy Dog story where the payoff is in the punchline at the end. I didn’t realize that was what I had written until someone mentioned it… Read More »The Renoke
Last night I watched the premier of Stephen Hawking’s Sci-Fi Masters series on the Science Channel. Is it just me, or has the best Sci-Fi on TV gone from the Scyfy Channel to the Science Channel? Before the show last… Read More »Sci-Fi TV
I know everyone loves to loath Episode One of the Star Wars series, but here are some of the things I actually liked about the film. I’m not trying to convince you to to change you mind about it, I’m… Read More »What I Liked About The Phantom Menace
I took my kids to see the new WW2 aviation movie from George Lucas – Red Tails this weekend. I’ve been waiting to see this film for years, ever since I first heard Lucas was trying to make it. Being… Read More »Red Tails
If you love Sci-Fi you have to check out this imagined trailer for a film version of Greg Bear’s EON on the CG Society web site. I have not read the book, but this makes me want to run right… Read More »EON Trailer
Have you ever heard this band from the UK called The Beautiful South? You should. They put a unique spin on cover songs in their album – “Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs”. Their off in left field version of “You’re… Read More »Beautiful South