Passing on SpikeTV

SpikeTV called me last Thursday… Skype video interview… Followups… They wanted me in a new TV show they are working up called “Americana”.  I don’t know what all the show would entail… But it sounds interesting. It also sounded a bit too invasive.  I don’t want a TV Crew crawling around my home.  We are …

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Game of Thrones

I’ve been reading George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones series.  As far as High Fantasy goes… I have to tell you, it is the best I’ve ever read. The characters are well developed, believeable, and will do unexpected things. Trying to predict what will happen next is an unsuccessful effort.   What happens to the characters …

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Who Is Deadliest?

In one corner, we have Gandalf the White.  Wizard of the First Order, armed with a stick that glows in the dark.  In the other corner we have Masterchief.  Hero of Halo, armed with whatever weapons he finds. Fight! I think this just might be just as valid as “Deadliest Warrior”.  Just sayin.  

Deadliest Warrior? Really?

I’m just not buying this “Deadliest Warrior” show.  Pitting the greatest warriors in history against each other… showing the weapons… detailing the strengths… and then drawing the totally wrong conclusions. Roman Centurion vs. Rajput…. The Centurion was a force of nature.  A man who came up through the ranks of the legion the hard way… …

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