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It Makes a Fellow Proud to Live in Portland

Curtis Chen
April 30, 2010
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D and I read about this guy in our local newspaper a few weeks ago, and now the story’s gone national: Yup. Welcome to PDX. The title of this post is, of course, sarcastic. Allow me to educate those of…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Wrong Number”

Curtis Chen
April 30, 2010
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Yes, I have seen Avatar, but this idea was around long before James Cameron started dreaming about giant blue cat people. Read “Wrong Number” at 512 Words or Fewer

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Not so much with the Frenzy

Curtis Chen
April 28, 2010
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Yeah, so I’m not going to finish Script Frenzy this month. I made a bunch of notes and wrote a couple of decent scenes, but most of April was taken up with preparations for the DASH puzzle hunt. That was…

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SnoutCast #13: “AfterDASH”

Curtis Chen
April 27, 2010
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Yes, this week’s episode title is a TV in-joke. Also, a few upcoming events we failed to mention: the PDX Browncoats‘ scavenger hunt in Portland on May 2nd; BAPHL 1 in Boston on May 8th; and Puzzle Pursuit in San…

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Comic Book Report: Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares

Curtis Chen
April 27, 2010
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I picked up a free reprint copy of Invincible Iron Man #1 a few weeks ago at a local game store (D was dropping off flyers for GameStorm). The female clerk on duty recommended it, saying that she normally doesn’t…

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Nathan Fillion on Surgery, Lightsabers, and Being Cool

Curtis Chen
April 26, 2010
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Annoying pre-roll ads, and why two parts for only seven minutes of video? Hulu sucks. But in this case, the payoff is worth it: You’re welcome.

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Wait For It”

Curtis Chen
April 23, 2010
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With apologies to my wife, The Richter Scales, Will Smith, Bernie Hou, and Ferdinand Feghoot. Read “Wait For It” at 512 Words or Fewer Curtis:

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#protip of the day

Curtis Chen
April 22, 2010
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Do not engage in public debate with a professional stand-up comedian. You will lose. As shown here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-20-2010/bernie-goldberg-fires-back For those of you still unclear on the concept, John Rogers (“Mr. Leverage“) explains: I still have a lot of gut instinct…

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Comic Book Report: The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

Curtis Chen
April 22, 2010
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And now for something completely different. Well, not entirely. Mike Carey riffs on Harry Potter, Fables (Bill Willingham wrote the introduction to this collection), and real-world fandom, telling the high-concept story of a young man who has the same name…

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Comic Book Report: Alias Vol. 1

Curtis Chen
April 21, 2010
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Comics legend Brian Michael Bendis does noir. This was the first title published under Marvel’s “R-rated” MAX imprint, and the very first word of the book is “FUCK!” Which sets the tone pretty well–the heroine is a world-weary private detective…

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