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WWdN: In Exile

Wil Wheaton says, "Don't be a dick!"

in which i once again praise and thank mst3kToday

A few months ago, my dad gave me a copy of a James Michener book called The Eagle and the Raven. "Read the introduction," my dad said. "I think it will speak to you."

He was right. The introduction was all about how Michener saved everything he cut out of his novels, and described how the book I held in my hands was born from material he'd cut out of a different book he'd written years before. I never throw away anything, and it was spiffy to read that one of my behaviors as a writer is mimicked by someone who probably cut more words out of his novels than I'll write in my entire life. I thought about this earlier today when I came across a file called introduction.odt, which I assume it was going to be an introduction to something, at some time:

When I was twenty or twenty-one, I read an interview with Joel Hodgson, one of the creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He was asked about the uncommonly high number of obscure references and jokes that were lost on a large portion of the audience. Those obscure jokes were one of the main reasons I loved MST3K so much, so I paid very close attention when Joel said that they didn’t ask themselves, “Will anyone get this joke?” but instead they said to each other, “the right people will get this joke.” That philosophy was and continues to be a very strong influence in my writing, so

and the

see, it's really not that complicatedYesterday

(from graphjam, via reddit)

bolts from above hurt the people down belowYesterday

Three things today:

1. I'm pretty sure I'm not a prima dona, but I've been prima dona-adjacent plenty of times in the course of my acting career. Because of my extensive experience with prima donas, I was able to advise John Scalzi on the matter yesterday, via an IM conversation that he's reprinted on his blog:

Me: I just want to burnish my credentials as an insufferable prima donna, you know?

Wil: Dude. Come spend some time with me. Learn at the feet of a master.

Me: “Fix me pot pie!”

Wil: Good, but try: “Are you fucking kidding me? Where’s my pot pie?”

“I came all the way here, and you can’t even make a fucking pot pie?”

Then you sort of shake your head, like you’re really disappointed.

Yes, I'll be at LosCon, but probably for only the one panel with John. If there's a sudden and unexpected explosion of Awesome next weekend, that's probably why.

2. While Propelling this morning, I came across one of the single greatest things I've ever seen in my life: The Genesis of Doctor Who, from the BBC Archives:

Explore the origins of a TV legend with this collection of documents and images. It's now the number one family f

to all who are serving or who have served . . .November 19

I've struggled to put some eloquent words together all day, and I just can't make them work, so I'm just going to take the three that were important to me and put them down now: thank you, veterans.

I LIKE IT HERE IT'S NICENovember 19

Because, as I've said before, if you can't do random silly shit like this with your blog, why have a blog in the first place?