March 9, 2011 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Little E vs. themes and symbolism in film

You're the Daddy Fish We watched Finding Nemo tonight and then it was bathtime. While I was drawing the bath:

E: Dad, you’re the daddy fish. I’m the little fish.

I shouldn’t really read too much into that, but you know what? He’s exactly right. … Read more

I'm just your typical compulsively-writing, sci-fi-and-science-obsessed, classic-video-game-playing, action-figure-collecting dad.

That's me in red with the smooth round head.

Gene-ology 52 - The Rescue of the Strangers

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! The fourth and final episode Gene Roddenberry wrote for Boots & Saddles is a challenging piece of work; the story pitch that got him hired to write the episode is even more challenging and perhaps a…
Gene-ology Mailbag #2

Gene-ology has been covering Gene Roddenberry's early TV writing for a year now, so it's an opportune time for Ashley and Earl to take a well-deserved break from the wild west and dig into your comments and questions on past episodes of the podcast.
Gene-ology 51 - The Marquis of Donnybrook

Gene-ology examines the last produced script Gene Roddenberry wrote for the western series Boots & Saddles, one which happened to mark his first collaboration with one DeForest Kelley. But did Gene's script land a knockout punch? Guest starring Jeff Gauntt as Captain "Shank" Adams and Larry Nemecek as Captain Merriweather