Happy Halloween!

Although I’m far enough east that today is considered little more than the birthdate of Chiang Kai-shek, a general who sought to create a powerful and united China under his control but was unable to mobilize sufficient forces to achieve this aim, the west considers this to be the one time a year when the witching hour stretches into an entire day. And even though the Jack O’Lanterns burning...

Bei Watch

With a few days of downtime before having to head to Shanghai, last weekend I decided to leave the rustic charms of the desert wasteland behind in favor of a few days in Beijing. So, after packing up my bags and double-checking that I didn’t leave anything behind – only to remember that I’d already forgotten pretty much everything I’d be worried about leaving in Vancouver and LA...

Badaling, Badaboom

While I’ve built my own fair share of sound structures, including a snow cave for Boy Scouts, a house of cards on a particularly cloudy weekend and Fort Awesome – an outpost that’s strategically placed between my living room and kitchen, and constructed entirely out of military-grade sofa cushions – I have to admit I’m hard pressed to call anything to mind that matches the scale...

Poor Man’s Time Travel

Having survived all 37 hectic hours of West Coast Tour ’07, it was off to Beijing on Monday morning or, for those of you here in the Far East, Tuesday afternoon. Ah, the International Date Line – while it sounds like a nightly news program, it is, in fact, the poor man’s method of time travel. Having arrived safe and sound, I’m now writing you this from…the future. Sadly,...

Slamdancin’ with The Atomic Avenger

The Slamdance Screenwriting Competition has just notified me that one of my scripts, THE ATOMIC AVENGER, has made it into the finals. Telling the story of two young boys who are entrusted with the super-powered decoder ring of their favorite televised superhero, the script’s now in the top 10 of more than 2,200 entries received by the competition. A huge thanks to everyone who helped me...