Things I Know I Know

...when you actually start listening to the design team commentary of The Two Towers.

That said, I highly recommend the Director/Writer commentary for both The Two Towers and The Fellowship of the Ring, which are really interesting from a writer's point of view as they talk a great deal about what to put in and what to leave out and what's critical to the story.

And the actor's commentary is worthwhile just to listen to Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan tell you why The Two Towers should really be called Pippin and Merry Save Middle Earth.

Posted by debco at 07:23 PM | Permalink

The Morning News provides the 2003 Holiday Survivial Guide for Slackers. And because I know that real slackers wouldn't be doing their holiday shopping before Christmas, I provide reference to it here:

For the second year in a row we are proud to present the Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers, an assortment of fine items you can purchase right this very last-minute via the miracle of the Internet. And as always everything in this article is guaranteed to be 100 percent for-real. Except, obviously, the part about us being proud to present it.

Plus, I really liked this part:

With the Bow-Lingual® Dog Translator you can peel back the unnervingly buttery-smelling fur of your dog’s head and peer directly into his chickpea-sized brain! Just imagine what you’ll discover:

When your Golden Retriever says: Arf! Raf raf, Rrrr, Raff!

He’s thinking: tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball

When your Golden Retriever says: Mrrrrf?

He’s thinking: tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis

When your Golden Retriever says: Grrrrrrrrrarrff! Rar rarf! Rarf!

He’s thinking: tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball squirrels tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball

When your Golden Retriever says: Rrr! Arf! Arf! Arr rrrarf!

He’s thinking: Oh man, that one day? Six years ago? When the guy dropped the ice-cream sandwich on the floor and I got to eat it? That was the single greatest day ever.

Posted by debco at 03:19 PM | Permalink

Yes, I know you are all waiting with bated breath :-)

I sold a short story (with dogs! and tracking! and flying saucers! Oops, no wait, just the dogs and the tracking) to SCIFICTION.

I haven't sold anything in a very, very long time and this is a very, very good market, so I am very, very pleased :-)

Posted by debco at 02:06 PM | Permalink

...details to follow.

Posted by debco at 10:05 PM | Permalink

I have been reading the following:

I'll followup on many or all of these later as I really do have something to say about most of them and that will give me topics for other posts besides writing and dogs (though, really, aren't writing and dogs enough?)

Posted by debco at 05:01 PM | Permalink

So, I'm still behind my time here but I'm thinking about posting things so that must be a step in the right direction :-)

It's way too close to Christmas; I have packages to get in the mail; I have an evil, nasty cold (okay, it could be the flu, but if I say that then people will say--ooh, you have The Flu. Oh, that's bad. The Flu is bad and make faces at me, which isn't actually helpful).

I'm in a relatively good mood, considering and should have posts coming soon on both writing and dogs...and maybe writing and dogs together.

Posted by debco at 04:56 PM | Permalink

On Saturday, I went out to get in my car to go to a meeting and found I had a flat tire. I pretended it wasn't flat and drove to the gas station so they could put air in it.

This is possible because I:

• Live in town
• Have all wheel drive
• had a slow leak not a ruined tire

I think the whole thing is in some way a metaphor for my life...

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