A message from the Godfather...

I have a lot to get to so let me get a quick congratulations out to my niece and nephew on their baptism. As their godfather I intend to make them lots of offers they cant refuse...

First off I want so express my anger and frustration at time and the toy industry. When I was young it was socially acceptable to play with toys my options were GI Joe, Transformers and MASK, throw He Man in there as well... The toys and accessories were simple, kind of all the same and had little to no variety but my gripe is there were limited amount of super hero figures. They few super heroes I had were lame. I know look at the enormous variety of action figures availble now and curse my age. Not only that I curse the social norms that says I can't sit in my room and have my Batman and Wolverine figures team up to fight the forces of evil. I know that if I sat around playing with action figures and pretending my wife would mock me and she would tell others. Its unfair and it stokes the fires of my impotent rage...

Jon and Kate plus 8. I discovered this show a couple years ago and I have to say as a parent of one, I was hooked. At first Kate and her shrewish nature and Jons everyman, hen pecked husband shtick drew me in. Now things just aren't the same. The allegations of affairs and venom being spewed at one another is ugly and killed my desire to watch the show. All that being said... TLC should kill the show. They won't because they place no value on family or those 8 childrens mental health, they only see dollars. They are a corporate entity built only to consume money, so their behavior while reprehensible but expected. At the end of last season Jon said he wants off the show(no verbatem but it was obvious) His wife's response... If you love your family you do what you can and sacrifice to save it. Jon and Kate are money hungry media whores and they will destroy their families and rue the day they chose fame over the fortune of their family...

Saw UP. It was great, suprisingly emotional and funny. It made me think and look inward, now that is good film making. Squirrel! I highly recommend it whether you have kids or not.

Been watching the NBA playoffs and have found it very entertaining. Will I watch the finals, certainly. Will I watch next season, start wearing a Bulls jersey again...no. Oh and Lebron James, stop acting like a baby.

F*** Twillight! Vampires don't sparkle. Stephanie Meyers gives me hope that one day I too can be published.

Speaking of that... my book is still available for sale here...
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-black-arch/6770277

Champions Online released a slew of new (no new info) intervies and a blog sight that will dispense info more often. It can be found here...
http://www.championsonlinedailynews.com/

Going to church today made me think about my Grandmother Jean, Dziadek, Poppy, Aunt Sue, Aunt Kathy and my Uncle Fred... I miss them. Life has less light without them. Everyone one needs God/Jesus or some type of faith in their life. I am not going to preach but faith is hope. We all need hope.

Shout outs today to Pookie, Ray-Ray, the Mrs. (Bau chick wa wa), Gibbs, Big Al, Dug, Chip, Lucio, my old neighbor Kelly, Nueman, Joey Touchdown, and my two cousins on Facebook.

Keep it real homies!

Get busy living...

So its 7:36am when I start this blog and it seems that North Korea is ready to fire up the nuclear apocalypse machine and fight anyone who tells them to stop... Isn't this the reason we make bombs? I am sure we will just talk and talk until Tokyo or Seoul gets wiped off the map...

Sorry to get off to such a grim start lets talk about something else... oh my new dog! His name is Gibbs, he is some sort of terrier. He is about a year old or two and was obviously someone pet before. He is pretty well trained, stays off furniture and is really a pretty good dog. I feel bad for who owned him before, I am sure they miss him.

Champions-Online...nothing new but cut-n-paste interviews, so nothing new at all.

I discovered Aviary.com which is like an online photo shop thing. It is very cool and I have no idea how to use it.

I want to recommend Expedition Africa on the History Channel. These people follow the same route that the reporter Stanley used to find Dr. Livingstone, its very cool, watched the premiere on Comcast on demand and thought it was very cool.

I am editing a new book, that is new to some folks... it is not a horror novel, its more adventure/super hero type story.... Working on second edit and looking forward to trying to publish this one the traditional way.

Memorial day came and went... There was a sale involving my book, "The Black Arch" at lulu.com, you can check it out here...

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-black-arch/6770277

I am on twitter ... @stanito so feel free to look me up there as well. You follow me, I will follow you :)

Take care till next time!

Writers Blog

Hello to my internet audience! I have come to you again to rant and rave about crap I like and you well...who knows.

Champions Online, the MMO I have been anxiously awaiting now since 02-2008 has been delayed. This is not uncommon, but still disappointing. So now instead of 7/14/09 being a day I leave early from work with a lame excuse to play a stupid video game... it will now be 9/1/09! The date is subject to change...

I am working. Yipee.

My book about vampires, strippers, chainsaw weilding good guys and the like is still available at ...

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-black-arch/6770277

Oh and I am editing my next book... its not about vampires but about something else that holds my interests... super heroes. More on that in future blogs...

I say a trailer for Sherlock Holmes. Looks disposable... like most movies. Next summer will be better...Iron Man 2 and I think something else...not sure... Though Drag Me to Hell... might be a nice diversion before the summer becomes about cars that turn into robots and the little guy who likes to look at his mom naked. Yes Shia Le Poof said it...look it up.

I am out.

Boom goes the dynamite.

Hey all...

All meaning who is ever kind enough to read my blog. It has been a while so let me catch you up...

I went and saw Star Trek. It was awesome! It was everything a summer movie should be; fun, exciting, emotional and funny. Chris Pine and Urban, the guy that plays McCoy, were freaking great. I highly recommend it.

The wife has puppy fever. I don't have the fever... it's more of a sniffle. Lord help me.

Big Al is playing tee ball. While we are practicing I am reminded of the days when my father and I used to play catch in the front yard. I can still hear him screaming... "Jesus Christ! You throw like a girl!" Childhood trauma aside, Big Al is four and it's tee ball and my wife is my anchor to reality.

Thank God for my wife. She doesn't let me get away with anything and always calls me out when I am being a dick. Which is a lot.

Champion Online is still on track. They had a beta play weekend for members of the press and they released a bunch of information. The game is tight! Every time a new article is written or screen shots released I go into little geek spasms that last for several hours. 7/14/09 can't get here soon enough. Now if Atari can just stay in business and the game doesn't get delayed... Bottom line, I can not wait to play.

I am trying to write. I like most of my ideas, I don't love them. Trying my hand at fan fiction...we will see.

My book is still available! Check it out here...

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-black-arch/6770277

Thanks for reading and if my life suddenly gets exciting I will let you all know!!