More GI Joe resolute

Some background on the making of GI Joe Resolute by screenwriter Warren Ellis.

The people at Hasbro were actually remarkably supportive. And I did apologise after shouting at them those times. And they did give me one of those conversations that you never really expect to have when growing up:

HASBRO: No, Warren, you cannot wipe Beijing from the face of the earth.

Read more about it Here.

The coolest thing

The coolest thing I have seen lately is here.

Pulitzers

The Pulitzers came out today. Surprisingly, I'm not on the list. The New Orleans Picayune was a finalist with the detective story every crime writer tries to do with every murder. It's much, much better than I'm making it sound.

You can read it here

I need to try this

If it works in New York City I bet it will work in PC.

From The Times -

"Over the years, the shack has been home to a rogues’ gallery of cast-iron characters: Guy Passant of The Times, or “Putt-Putt,” for the way he seemed to be always on the move; Vinnie Lee of The Daily News, a big man whose appetite for a good story and Heinekens was the stuff of legend; and Patrick Doyle, a k a The Inspector because of his ability to suggest when questioning rank-and-file police officers that he was a police superior, without saying so outright.

“It’s Doyle from headquarters,” was one of his true, if misleading, ways to begin a conversation. In a suit and fedora, he showed up at crime scenes for The News looking like he belonged, just another detective with work to do. “He’d just walk right past the yellow tape,” said John Kifner, 67, who worked in the shack for The Times."

I'm gonna rent myself a house

In the shade of the freeway

Thou Art Awesome

And then sometimes

Life works out pretty well. Britain's Got Talent craziness here.