Sunday, December 31, 2006

On People's Choice Awards


Hmm. I just looked at the People's Choice Award categories and nominees, a topic that I typically read about in the news after the award ceremony takes place.

It appears that I'm out of the target "votee" demographic.

I voted anyway.

There are two categories still open for vote casting, my votes are in bold:

Favorite New TV Drama:
Options: Brothers and Sisters, Heroes, Ugly Betty

Favorite New TV Comedy:
Options: 30 Rock, The Class,'Til Death

Friday, December 29, 2006

On Imagine . . . A New Day To Dream

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. . ."

Monday, December 25, 2006

On A Merry Little Christmas

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

On An Original DreamGirl


Jennifer Holiday, Great Dreamer

Thursday, December 21, 2006

On Harry Potter - Gabcast

Here's instructions on how-to discover the name of the final Harry Potter book once you log into jkrowling.com:



I just scanned news headlines and see that JK Rowling recently led fans to her web site for a game of hang man, the solution reveals the name of her seventh and final Harry Potter book. I won't reveal the name here.

If you have too much time on your hands, go to www.jkrowling.com and figure out where to look for the puzzle. It's one of the busiest though creative web sites I've seen. I'm sure every Harry Potter fan in the universe has it bookmarked.

For those of you who would like instructions just to find the puzzle, here they are:

1)Enter www.jkrowling.com
2)Click on the pink eraser on the Home Page
3)In the mirror reflection, click on image of the far door to reveal a Christmas tree
4)Click on the items below in the following order:
* Center of main door, to reveal wreath
* Top of mirror, reveals garland
* Cobweb, which disappears
* Second chime to the right in the windchimes, which turns into a key
5)Drag the key to the main door's lock
6)When the door opens, open the gift you find there, play hangman until the title of Rowling's final Harry Potter book is revealed!

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

On Earthquakes


Not dreaming. Just felt an earthquake jolt. Pretty strong. I think Nob Hill is pretty solid up here. You see my building across the park there, it's been retrofitted in recent years. Whew. Sometimes you can't feel them at all.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

On Coca-Cola



The first Coke I remember drinking as a child came in a green bottle and cost 6 cents at "the little store" on Pine Street. This year's Coca-Cola holiday commercial takes a half-century nostalgic look at "The Coke Side of Life." A young girl's story unfolds as she stands looking at a decorated holiday window.

Take a look:

Saturday, December 09, 2006

On 12 Dogs of Christmas



One seven year-old girl loved dogs and wrote a story on the back of a paper placemat, her book became a best seller---now, you can watch the movie on DVD.

Monday, December 04, 2006

On Writers Writing - #1


"It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this--that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was not later published. If you know what you are doing, eventually you will run into an editor who knows what he/she is doing. It may take years, but never give up.

Writing is a lonely business not just because you have to sit alone in a room with your machinery for hours and hours every day, month after month, year after year, but because after all the blood, sweat, toil, and tears you still have to find somebody who respects what you have written enough to leave it alone and print it. And, believe me, this remains true, whether the book is your first novel or your thirty-first."

__Joseph Hansen, memo from Rotten Reviews, 1986 and excerpted from The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman

Friday, December 01, 2006

On World Aids Day



One campaign to end poverty . . .