On Movies, blackberries and the relevance of being relevant

On Movies
1) I received an email the other day from a producer in Hollywood,
well, somewhere in California and that says Hollywood to me. His name
is Stephen Storer (which quite frankly is pretty close to Stephen
Spielberg-which means my affirmations are just a bit off-which also
explains the million collars that I also got sent). Actually, from
what I read on IMDB he has been a Production Designer –The Ultimate
Gift –Meet the Deedles-Yes, Meet the Deedles) but is set to be the
Co-Producer of The Alchemist-according to Wikipedia).

He said he was interested in reading Saving Erasmus to see if it would
make a good movie. I emailed him the manuscript and he read it and he
replied that he didn't resonate with the book as a movie. And of
course that's important, as one can see in the difference between,
say, Lord of the Rings and The Golden Compass. Of course, I wanted to
tell him that he was overlooking a gem and thought of sending him the
old comment about Fred Astaire, "can't sing, can't act, balding, can
dance a little" -but resisted) So, on to the next one, I guess.
Spielberg, you still have a chance.

On Blackberries
The odd part, I found, was not just that most of the communication
from him was sent by Blackberry, but the funny statement, which I have
seen before, at the bottom of a Blackberry message which states that
the message was sent "via Blackberry". I know it probably has
something to do with sending a reply, but I think from now on my
emails will say "sent from my trusty ole Sony Vaio" or "sent via Al
Gore's internet". In the old days they just attached a note to a rock
and threw it through your window-perhaps with a bit that said "sent
via rock" although no doubt that was pretty obvious based on the
broken window and the lump on the head..- I think it's probably
grammatically correct to say those old messages WERE sent via rocks,
while the new ones are really sent via the internet and FROM a
Blackberry.

*Can someone send a message from a Blackberry to an Apple computer? I
know that you're not supposed to mix apples and oranges, but how about
Apples and Blackberries?

On Relevance
2) I recorded the first two chapters of Saving Erasmus last night and
I will be putting them on my website as soon as I update the website.
Yes, I realize that with such up to date event and news listings as
"Wheel Invented-Now what do we do with it? and "Ice Age-Is it here to
stay?", that my website has become somewhat irrelevant. At least from
an event perspective since the last event listed is in August 2007.
So, I'm counting on having a new version up and ready by January 31st.

That's it for now. I hope the new year has been great.


Steve
Sent via some crazy amorphous web thing with the hopes that it
bypasses your spam and you read it.