In a mirror, dimly

Overheard conversation from the next cube over

I’m phoning because I love you.

*pause*

I love you more than monkeys.

I love you more than monkeys frolicking in the trees.

I have odd co-workers!

It’s official. Im committed (or, should be committed). I will be participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) again this year. Last year I plotted out my story and knew where things were going before I started. Right now I have a good idea of where things are going for this year’s story. If you want to keep track of my thoughts - things that are inspiring me - take a look at the thoughts page on the website I created for the novel.

One of the biggest things I am planning is to podcast a serialized version of the novel. Whether I do that as I go along, or once the NaNoWriMo heat has cooled down, I dont know. Until November I am planning to podcast some “behind the scenes” thoughts and a few “prelude” episodes that will tell the story of a few of the supporting characters, and set the scene for the Nano novel.

Mixed post for you…

Godcasting

A podcast is no substitute for church— but it’s a great supplement.
by Mark Batterson

Here’s the bottom line: If it’s worth preaching, it’s worth podcasting!

Off at a total tangent, they’ve announced that there will be a fourth “Die Hard” movie. “Live Free or Die Hard” will be released 29^th June next year according to the Yahoo movie news I read. If not this film, then soon (say, “Die Hard 5.0: Still alive, still kicking…”) they’ll be featuring the aging Bruce Willis either using his walker, or, wheeling himself around complaining about not getting his “senior discount”.

They’re planning a sequel to “The Pink Panther” too. Will the horror never cease?

Oh, and it looks like Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the next Batman movie due to start filming “early 2007″, with Christian Bale returning as Batman. I hear they’re opting for “The Dark Knight” as a title for the movie … nice … a strong reference back to the really grown-up, gritty comic books. Batman always was a tough guy yet somewhere in the 70’s he turned more camp than a row of pink tents. “Batman Begins” took us back and jump started the frasnchise, so let’s just hope that Heath Ledger can carry the weight as the nemesis of Batman.

This is priceless:

Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl’s Best Friend

The Girls Gone Wired survey of 1,400 women and 700 men aged 15 to 49, which was conducted by market researcher TRU [and commissioned by U.S. cable television's Oxygen Network], found that given the choice, women would opt for tech items rather than luxury items like jewelry or vacations.

The study found 77 percent of women surveyed would prefer a new plasma television to a diamond solitaire necklace and 56 percent would opt for a new plasma TV over a weekend vacation in Florida.

Even shoes lost out. The study found 86 percent would prefer a new digital video camera to a pair of designer shoes.

This comes as no surprise … you’ talking to the person who bought a “just becuz” gift for his wife of a domain name for her blog. So nice that the mainstream of society are catching on.