Monday, October 4, 2010

Viking Funeral Has Moved!

You can find it here: http://somehavehats.typepad.com/viking_funeral/

One More Blog is Born


Greetings!

Having lost interest in ranting (*with the exception of ranting about everything that might be causing Dale Junior's current slump), I decided to start a new blog that will reflect my new Zen-ish attitude. Which means it won't be about much, but that never stopped anyone from watching Jerry Seinfeld.

I'm done with ranting about politicians (they're all self-centered egomaniacs and I'm sick of every last one of them) and the current state of the Catholic Church (there's a way to waste your time), so I am going to rant about more important things, like "Why can't Junior find a decent crew chief?" and "How do we get all the New Yorkers who have moved to L.A. to realize that WE DON'T BEEP HERE?"

I have several projects in the TV pipeline right now, so there will be updates on those as well. And I have officially started a new novel, entitled Gone. Hope it takes a LOT less time than the last one did.

I don't know how often I'll be posting, because I'm swamped right now. If you want more regular updates, find me on Facebook, where I check in daily. But I don't rant there either. If you want to hear me rant, you're going to have to watch reruns. Or catch me on a Sunday afternoon when Junior has finished twelve laps down and right behind Dave Blaney.

Oh, and about the title. I "collect" lexicon from TV writers rooms. Viking funeral is one of my favorite. It works like this. Everyone has been pitching all morning and still the story hasn't been broken. The Executive Producer comes in to hear what you've got. Everything you pitch is going over like a lead ballooon. So you point at the guy next to you and say, "John had a good idea." It's a Viking Funeral because John has just been set on fire and pushed out to sea.

In my case, I typically set myself on fire and launch myself out to sea. As anyone who has worked with me can tell you. God gave my sister all the diplomacy skills. Me, I'm the person who will tell you the truth, whether you want to hear it or not.

A special note for any frustrated Junior fans who turn up here; WHAT is WRONG with the 88? And why would Nascar rather lose fans than fix it?

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