Yes, Master

Dean sent me to Starwars.com this morning to check out the episode III trailer. Best trailer so far. I’m quite certain it created a disturbance in the force…that’s the Star Wars world definition. In the real world we call it a woody. Now we can only hope the movie is as good as the trailer because the trailer is wow.
Mel and I are going to go see the Incredibles today. I may see if the Loreys and/or Lussiers want to join us.
This week Constantin asked for a six month extension for the option on “Riddle Me This”. Of course they wanted it for free. My lawyer has requested 3,500 to stay in compliance with the WGA agreement as well as bumping the purchase price. We’ll see what happens.
I’ve finished reading my book for adaption. This one will be tricky. The Story actually doesn’t get started until page 300 of 500 due to the fact that the first three hundred is backstory and set up. I have until Wednesday to come up with something brilliant.
Patrick and I should hear back this coming week concerning “Narcosis” and “Mass Destruction”. We’re actually fairly excited about journeying into the world of Graphic Novels.

Halloween is over but I’ll post pics as and if they trickle in. Brenna and Blake, webmasters over at Fridaythe13thfilms.com.

Here’s a way to kill a number of birds with one small incendiary explosive. First off, if you have some concerns about the environment and/or global warming and if you’re too selfish to drive an electric car (as I am) then here’s a way to do your part. Your computer can join forces with others around the world to run climate prediction models.
But don’t be fooled, this little adventure won’t solve the problem of global warming. We’re not there yet. Nowhere near. Baby steps. This process is basically advancing the technology that will one day lead to climate prediction and answers to global warming.
It’s also a contest. By joining the Spread Firefox team you are helping to…well…spread Firefox. The alternative browser to Internet Explorer that I’m always blowing hot air about.
By joining the Spread Firefox team you are already guaranteed at least a 2nd place finish. Since Spread Firefox joined as a team we’ve already climbed to 16th place out of over 1000 teams. At the moment we have 406 computers on our team. But our average work credit has us in second place behind the French International Team. However to take first place we need more computers on the team. Devin and I are in the top 50 on the Spread Firefox team and we’d love to have some more join us.
Be warned though, by downloading and installing the software it will automatically set your computer’s CPU to run at 100 percent resources. This will not impact your normal work because it sets itself on the lowest priority. It will not cause games or programs to run slow because whatever you are doing takes priority. But know that when you’re not using your system, Climate Prediction will. What does this mean? Well, it means your computer becomes a heater. My office is now warm and toasty from the warm air blowing out of the back of the Alienware.
You can, of course, adjust your settings once you have installed. Just turn the 100 percent resources down if you so desire. And of course, you can always simply suspend the program by right clicking on the BOINC icon in the system tray and selecting suspend.
Just click on the picture above to learn more.

I think spiders are pretty.
Back in college I used to keep a Black Widow in a jar. Since Mel and I have been a couple I’ve had one which I kept in a fish bowl (they can’t climb glass so it’s safe). However, while cleaning one day, Esther placed her dust towel on the fish bowl and the little lady escaped. Mel hates spiders about as much as I hate snakes. She, of course, went into a panic. The Widow had only moved about two feet away where she took up residence in my old football helmet but it was enough for Mel to put her foot down and ban all arachnid roommates.

This made me grin.