I am being interviewed on PSI-FI Para-Radio tonight (10/4) @ 9PM on #BlogTalkRadio – http://tobtr.com/s/684430

I’m featured in the following article from the November 12-19, 2008, issue of Backstage:

http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003890806

Check it out!

So for anyone who is interested in seeing what I’ve been up to at Automatic Pictures, I’ve been overseeing the development of a 2D Massively Multiplayer Online called Card Soldier Wars (cardsoldierwars.com). The game is now live! I invite you all to visit the site, sign up to play, and let me know what you think. And if you like multiplayer online the you may also like multiplayer poker. Thanks!

I promised at the beginning of the year to make my blog personal, and looking over my posts from the last week, I really haven’t done so far. That’s because it’s actually been a very personal week for me. My grandmother suffered a heart attack, one of my cats had a scheduled surgery, and my other cat had to be rushed to the emergency room the next night with an ulcer on his inner eyelid. All three are now recovering nicely and life is getting back to normal. So 2008 is finally starting for me, just a week late!

Today I was called that most reviled requirement of American citizenship, jury duty. Needless to say, I wasn’t looking forward to my “duty”, although I did luck out — not only was I never called in for an interview, I was released in what must have been a near record four hours.The sad thing is, I think it would actually be quite interesting to serve on a jury, if it weren’t such a financial hardship to do so. $15.00 plus $0.34 per mile (one way!) is a joke. That’s not a living wage anywhere in this country, especially not in Los Angeles. Something needs to be done to change the system, though it would take to pay jurors fairly without bankrupting the system, who knows. Any ideas?