Cuppabits December 5th

Happy 10th Anniversary, Alison! I love you so much!

Alison and I got married ten years ago today in a little room with just four witnesses. Keeping the complications out of the wedding ceremony? Priceless.

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Perhaps you’ve noticed a change in the theme for Cuppacafe. I was feeling festive and figured we’d don a brightly colored theme for the holiday season. The current theme is credited to Petr Kratochvil and can be found here. EDIT: I killed that theme because it looked terrible with IE6, something I didn’t notice until I used a different computer this morning.

The header that’s been on this blog in support of the writers strike I kept as a header longer than any other header I’ve created. I stole the Hollywood sign photo from somewhere, and added the word “STRIKE”. I thought it was slightly clever, but now that I see that it was used in a post on a popular blog that deals with the writers strike [DeadlineHollywoodDaily], it looks positively brilliant! (just kidding, it’s still a cheesy idea that was probably thought up by dozens) - see original -

And if you support the writers, drop by the store selling the “We Write. They Wrong” gear and drop a few bucks.

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Speaking of the writers strike, I see that Tim Kring says HEROES will change from the original plans because of the writers strike. The guy that plays Sylar WAS going to have a scheduling conflict, as he is contracted to portray “Young Spock” in the upcoming STAR TREK “prequel”. He couldn’t film his role on both the TV show and the STAR TREK movie. The strike has delayed all TV programs including that of HEROES, so by the time that HEROES starts filming, Sylar will be available to be his bad old self again.

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The SCI-FI Channel got its highest ratings ever with TIN MAN.

The ratings, however, don’t indicate if I’ll like it or not, and unfortunately, I don’t. I’ve watched the first two segments, and I’m waiting for the twist in the third segment. There WILL be a twist, right? It can’t be this straight forward, can it?

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How would you like to have a gas available where, if you inhaled it, you wouldn’t get sick for a week afterwards? [HouChron]

Truly science fiction material.

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Watched a 12 year old Leno show tonight. Well, just the opening. Wow, is NBC putting on the lousiest reruns of Leno on purpose? NBC just happened to choose the night where all the jokes bombed. Close to the end of the monologue, Jay makes a couple of jokes about his guest David Copperfield and his impending marriage to supermodel Claudia Schiffer. Bizarre to listen to, knowing so much about how David picks up girls these days.

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You folks suffering from the weather in the Northern sections of the country, take care, and keep warm and dry, okay?