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June 29, 2010

Currently Reading: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by GK Chesterton

176 pages long, 65 pages in, so far a great read.

Its mysterious beginning takes place in a unique London suburb where two anarchists both meet their match.

Chesterton's writing is heavily Christian influenced (something I have no connection to at all) but it is clever, witty and wonderfully descriptive.

Check it out.

May 31, 2010

My children's book, Matilda Turnip's Endless Belly Button, is finally available!

Purchase it HERE

For those who pre-ordered the book through Amazon several months ago, those orders will not be filled due to the book changing publishers. You will not be charged for those orders. The book is available only on Lulu.

Thank you for all your support!

May 15, 2010

Two weeks left in Hawaii. I haven't had a moment to sit, let alone write. We've been spending pretty much every waking moment packing up the house and getting ready for the move to Los Angeles.

I promise to have part two of "I Pledge Allegiance" up in the next few weeks. In the meantime, check out the lastest Geronimo Jack's Beard podcast for LOST episode #615, as well as behind the scenes pics, HERE.

Also, I was interviewed by a cool little website called Imagiverse!

April 20, 2010

As the end of our adventure in Hawaii nears, I find myself escaping the madness of the move with a new middle-grade novel titled, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey.

After plucking it randomly from the disheveled shelves of our local bookshop and beginning the first chapter, I realized that this was actually the second in a series of three books.

Luckily, it wasn't necessary to read the first book in order to understand the story of this one. So far it's a fun tale about a group of children who are lucky enough to be able to go on thrilling adventures instead of going to school.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be anywhere other than school. Many times I would skip out midday, hop the city bus to the airport and sit at the gates (back before 9/11 when you could actually get past security without a ticket) and pretend that I was leaving for some grand adventure in Cairo or Moscow or even just Colorado!

My imagination kept me relaxed. And that's what this book is doing for me right now, during a time when everything that we've known for years is coming to a close and we have no idea what our near future will bring. I can just turn the page and pretend that I'm a part of The Mysterious Benedict Society on a scavenger hunt across the globe.

March 28, 2010

Last week we ventured into the world of "Dining in the Dark" at Formaggio Grill. We were blindfolded, carefully escorted to our seats, and then served a five course meal, each course paired with a different wine.

Knife and Fork? Useless. It's difficult to cut and scoop things on your plate when you don't know where they are on your plate.

It's a good thing we did a thorough hand-washing before we got started.

March 17, 2010

Happy Saint Patrick's day! Our new Geronimo Jack's Beard podcast for LOST episode #608 "Recon" is now up! Click HERE to listen.

And HERE is a link to watch Jorge's Irish Foot Jig from when we were in Ireland two summers ago.

Here is a pic of me as an Ajira survivor right after I died in last night's episode.

March 10, 2010

Our new Geronimo Jack's Beard podcast for LOST episode #607 "Dr. Linus" with special guest, Michael Emerson, is now up! Click HERE to listen.

Slowly making my way through "Goblet of Fire" for the second time. Trying to read all of the "Potters" again before the first "Deathly Hallows" film comes out. I love Harry Potter.

Here's a pic of me when I "died" last month and fell into the grave that Ilana made Ben dig for himself on LOST last night.

March 6, 2010

Aloha from the island of Kauai!

Check out the latest GJB podcast for LOST episode "Sundown" HERE.

Just finished an article for CCN Magazine about Jorge which will be up in April!

And here's a picture I took of him last week in Lanikai.

February 25, 2010

It's a beautiful day here in Hawaii!

Check out the new GJB Podcast for LOST episode #605 “The Lighthouse.” It's a creeeeepy good time.

A taste of what I'm listening to today while I write:

It Ain't Me Babe – The Turtles
Cock Mobster – MC Paul Barman
Time Is On My Side – The Rolling Stones
Stonehenge – Spinal Tap
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
Go All The Way – The Raspberries
Tahitian Moon – Porno For Pyros
Domino – Van Morrison
Hey Mambo – Rosemary Clooney
History Repeating – Propellerheads

February 16th, 2010

Another day, another LOST episode, another Geronimo Jack's Beard podcast.

New podcast! New beards!

Be sure to upload our newest podcast for episode #604 HERE tomorrow morning.

Got some nice press for "Matilda Turnip" from "Columbus Monthly" magazine. Check out the article HERE.

Writing wise: I'm currently writing an article for Hawaii Magazine on the cast of LOST's final months on the island. Also, I am slowly getting back into working on my novel. For the past few weeks I had been stuck in the quagmire that is writer's block, but I'm now feeling like I'm ready to tackle Chapter 7.