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Beyond Object Impermanance

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R2a_uQIag2I/AAAAAAAAAEk/v-49rybAUV8/s1600-h/IMG_1105.JPG”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R2a_uQIag2I/AAAAAAAAAEk/v-49rybAUV8/s200/IMG_1105.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145010425642517346″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” I/spanf science is to be taken as truth, everyone goes through object impermanence as a baby. That’s the … Continue reading

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Casting My Characters

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R2MsxAIagyI/AAAAAAAAAEE/jGQp0_JfI7w/s1600-h/Murciano.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R2MsxAIagyI/AAAAAAAAAEE/jGQp0_JfI7w/s200/Murciano.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144004419747742498″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” T/spano everyone else, this photo is of a href=”http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006663/”Enrique Murciano/a, star of the CBS series a href=”http://www.cbs.com/primetime/without_a_trace/”Without a … Continue reading

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Lessons I’ve Learned From ‘The Wire’

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Strikewatch 2007: Letter Writing Made Easy

For those of you not following the Strike News, negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP have broken down again. The AMPTP refuses to come back to the bargaining table unless the WGA gives in to all of its demands … Continue reading

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The Not-So-Wicked Stepmother

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Stepmom%20%281998%29.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;” src=”http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Stepmom%20%281998%29.jpg” alt=”” border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-size:180%;”span style=”font-weight: bold;”I/span/span was in a store Friday getting a photo album made when I mentioned to the clerk … Continue reading

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Don’t put a gun in Act 1….

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R1ZCezoQqZI/AAAAAAAAADk/njyfChj5ZJY/s1600-h/305308414_b9b7b29943.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R1ZCezoQqZI/AAAAAAAAADk/njyfChj5ZJY/s200/305308414_b9b7b29943.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140369121712581010″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” D/spanon’t put a gun in Act I unless you plan on using it by Act III. It’s a … Continue reading

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