September 2012
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June 2012
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Hog Bay Software: Screenplay WriteRoom 3 for OS X... →
The good folks at Hog Bay Software posted my Writeroom theme for screenwriters. How cool of them! (Thanks Jesse & Grey.)
hogbaysoftware:
“Here’s a theme I threw together for that “screenplay” look. It’s meant to be used with Courier. While I’m not usually a fan of this kinda faux dimensional thing, this actually serves bit of a purpose for screenwriters: it gives you a sense of how much...
May 2012
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April 2012
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And what a play it had been! Drowsy animals, snug in their holes while wind and...
– Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Saturday Night
Me: (dancing)
Finn: Do you hear music?
Me: (still dancing) In my head.
Finn: There's no music in there.
December 2011
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Nomenclature
Finn: Oh. The hugest phone with the buttons that you work on. I can't remember what's that's called.
Kristina: A computer?
Finn: Oh yeah. A computer.
Whew. That was close.
Car conversation
Me: (Singing) …Take a look at the five and ten. It's glistening once again. With bah duh dah dee blah blah blah…
Finn: Dad! Sh! You'll scare the snow away.
Car Conversations Part 2
Me: (Singing) I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.
Finn: And I see bricks.
Jon: Donut!
A typical ride home
Jonathan: Moon! I see moon!
Me: (Singing) When the mooon hiiits your eye like a biiig pizza pie that's amore!
Finnegan: A MOONRAY?!
Me: No, amore.
Finnegan: Yay! Stop singing right now.
Jonathan: Moon!
November 2011
2 posts
Siri: What can I help you with?
Me: Call me Gus.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Gas'. OK?
Me: No, Gus.
Siri: OK.
Me: Call me Gus.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Gas'. OK?
Me: No, it's not okay.
Siri: OK.
Me: Call me dude.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Dude'. OK?
Me: Call me Almighty Ruler.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Almighty Ruler'. OK?
Me: Yes.
Siri: OK, Almighty Ruler, what's next?
Daylight comes to meet you on the road
Like a prodigal son, a prodigal hope...
– Loving the new John Mark McMillan album.
October 2011
8 posts
Hey my dad. Only my mommy doos laundry.
– Finn, upon seeing me washing clothes. Chauvinism is learned behavior. So is honor, servanthood, and respect.
Proverbs 10:15
dailyproverb:
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
This sums up the occupy movement nicely.
When I first got started writing, I had a lot of bad habits. As I’ve gotten...
– John August
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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...
– Steve Jobs
1955-2011 Via
In the car, Finn watching out his window while I...
Finnegan: Hey Dad. Remember when you were talking to me about… METEORS?
Me: Uuuuuum…
Finnegan: Look out it's coming RIGHT FOR UUUUS!
Just dug a hole with some buddies. We put fire in the hole, a pig on the fire, and dirt on the pig. I get warm and fuzzy thinking of that pork roasting all night in that dark dirty fire.
September 2011
4 posts
Finnegan: I'm almost to the top of you.
Me: Yeah, you're getting big. What happens when you get as big as me?
Finnegan: Then I will get cookies and DRIVE A CAAAR!
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Does Betteridge’s Law Apply to this Headline?
– Justin Sabestinas (@manalive)
I got Betteridgesed!
June 2011
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May 2011
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Rain pours from the sky
for all the listless doorbells
to watch in the night.
I was in the army for nine years and worked in Congress for six—so I have seen...
– David Condon, candidate for mayor of Spokane.
The more I learn about David, the more I like him. Here’s a video I made for him.
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and...
– Louis Nizer
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