November 2008

Female directors, 1; vampire-crazed teenagers, 0.

C.S. Lewis once wrote, “as soon as you deal with [sex] explicitly, you have to choose between the language of the nursery, the gutter and the anatomy class.”

There are three reasons to go see a Bond movie: hot chicks with hilarious names, neat and improbable technology, and well-done action scenes.

I am at my most productive (NaNoWriMo-wise, anyway) doing in-person word-wars, because it creates an optimal level of competition and silliness which makes a great environment for actually finishing the contest. Plus, you have someone to yell at you if you stand up to make tea or glare at you if you beat them. Enter…Read More

To anyone sitting out on NaNoWriMo this year: commence gloating in three, two…