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I have been informed through a rather terse note from my photo site that the name Fluzzie is trademarked by two individuals in California. Understand that when I first used the name that Peter came up with out of the air, I did a search of the trademark database and only found a dead trademark (2000) for a set of stuffed dinosaurs. So I am officially changing the name to Phluzzie and have started the process to trademark that name as mine all mine. I wish Stephanie and her partner all the best with the word and look forward to seeing what they have come up with to attach the name to since it is a cool name.

So now they are Phluzzies and are still for sale.

http://homepage.mac.com/kathodavid/PhotoAlbum42.html

Please make a note of it.

Kathleen

For those who haven’t checked out JK’s website recently, he’s put up more pages from “Fallen Angel” including some gorgeous shots of our heroine. Check ’em out.

http://www.jkwoodward.com/fa7_9_16.htm

PAD

The short story collection, “Heroes-in-Training,” which will feature the first new “Sir Apropos of Nothing” tale in several years–a novella-length story entitled “Sir Apropos of Nothing and the Adventure of the Receding Heir”–is available for pre-order on Amazon. So now you know.

http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Training-Martin-H-Greenberg/dp/075640438X/

As a lesbian trapped in a man’s body, I gotta say I loved this…

And I suddenly realized that maybe we should be grateful for the fact that the only thing wrong with it was the plot.

That may sound odd, but consider: It wasn’t all that long ago that the TV version of Daredevil had no horns because of concerns over devil imagery and his costume was black instead of red. And Thor wasn’t allowed to be a god for fear of offending the religious right.

Just consider the studio notes that they COULD have gotten for “Ghost Rider”–

“Okay, we’ve gone over the script and we have some concerns. First of all, he can’t be ‘Satan’s bounty hunter.’ This is our hero, and he simply can’t be connected to Satan. We’ll get killed by various conservative Christian organizations. So find a way to make him work without the whole ‘Mephistopheles’ thing. Also, does it have to be a blazing skull? We don’t understand the need for his head turning into a skull. We’ve got Nic Cage for this, who’s a name star: Why are we making his face disappear? It means we can’t have him in action as Ghost Rider on the poster. Kills maketing. Let’s have his face visible even when he’s in action as Ghost Rider. And he can’t have his head on fire in any event. If any kids set their heads on fire in order to imitate him, we’ll get a butt load of bad publicity. So just have Nic Cage’s head glowing a little, maybe, suffused in light. Oh, does it have to be ‘Ghost Rider?’ Technically it’s not even correct since the protagonist isn’t a ghost. Plus ghosts get us more flack from the religious right because they don’t like the whole concept of dead people walking. Plus we tested the name ‘Ghost Rider’ and it’s confusing: People think that it’s about someone who rides ghosts. We’ve taken the liberty of testing various alternate names and have found that “Death Rides a Cycle” is the best.

Please implement these changes and we’ll talk later.”

All things considered, we may have gotten off lucky.

PAD

Just came back from the advance screening of “Ghost Rider.” Discussion with some minor spoilers below.

Continue Reading “GHOST WITH THE MOST” →

My musical tastes are slowly being shaped by “Scrubs.” In one episode entitled “My Lunch,” three patients die one after the other, and Dr. Cox’s futile efforts to save the last one with the defibrullator–followed by his explosion of anger–were heartwrenching. During that scene the soundtrack was playing this haunting song that I wasn’t familiar with, which I eventually learned was called “How to Save A Life” by The Fray. The thing was, when I saw it on “Scrubs” I was aware of the refrain and the melody, but wasn’t listening closely to the words. At my request, Kath went out and got me the album and once I heard the whole thing, I realized what it was really about: A poor devil whose friend has committed suicide, and he’s blaming himself because he didn’t take the time to stay by his friend’s side and hear him out. What a tragically sad song. At any rate, I’ve listened to all the songs and am playing it while I’m writing. Great stuff.

PAD