Fools Indeed

What did the impending snowstorm say to all the unsuspecting people living in the frigid norths who were celebrating the arrival of Spring?

"April Fools!"

True story. There's a snowstorm heading our way, with up to 10 inches predicted to fall by the end of the day tomorrow. It's ridiculous.

Turning to other news, I've settled on a name for my Script Frenzy screenplay: The Callanstone. The Callanstone is a magical artifact that protects the Kingdom of Brynmor (Callan means "battle" or "rock"). Only problem is, the Callanstone is missing, and it's up to Prince Alyster to find it again before the realm is overrun by its enemies.

So there you have it. If you want to follow along as I write, drop me an email and request permission to join the readership of my fiction blog, Perchance to Write.


And with that, it's time for The Stuff of the Week!


Movie of the Week: Inception. Because it's cool and stuff. No, actually, I think I'll go with Spirited Away, because it's hard to go wrong with Hiyao Miyazaki's animation. Or maybe Winged Migration, a cool documentary about migrating birds, featuring some breathtaking aerial footage and an impressive score by Bruno Coulais.

Soundtrack of the Week: Copernicus' Star by Abel Korzeniowski. It's a very good score for an obscure animated film from Poland. I highly recommend it. Check out the samples at the composer's website, and then head over to LaLaLand Records to hear a few more samples and order your very own copy.

Disappointment of the Week: That it's supposed to snow tonight.

Excitement of the Week: I just ordered the Battlestar Galactica Season 4 and Battlestar Galactica: The Plan/Razor soundtracks by Bear McCreary. Can't wait to listen and rock out to "Apocalypse." See video.




Photo of the week: I didn't take many, but of the ones I did take, I have a couple I really like. First is from the aftermath of a recent snowstorm, taken from our back deck.


The next is a photo of the nuclear power plant across the river from my workplace. I've posted a picture of it before, but I really liked the way the steam was billowing towards the river.


But enough with the photos.

Book of the Week: Classic Christianity by Thomas C. Oden. Previously published in three volumes (The Living God, The Word of Life, Life in the Spirit), they are here collected in a single tome. Oden's stated purpose for the book is as follows:

To make no new contribution to theology

To resist the temptation to quote modern writers less schooled in the whole counsel of god than the best ancient classic exegetes

To seek quite simply to express the one mind of the believing church that has been always attentive to that apostolic teaching to which consent has been given by Christian believers everywhere.

I'm excited to read it, although at 800+ pages I imagine it will take quite a while to finish. What I've read so far is very good.

Novel of the Week: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. I'm only a couple of chapters in but it's enjoyable. I've been on a bit of a sci-fi kick lately; I finished reading the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series earlier this week. It's amazing how many ideas George Lucas stole from Asimov for use in Star Wars! After Starship Troopers I hope to start on George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

Well, lunch break is over and it's time to get back to work. This makes my fourth blog post this month, which is the most I've blogged in a single month since November 2008. Perhaps my blog will revive after all!