http://www.johnhattaway.com In case of fire, pull the string that reads: DO NOT PULL, then wait. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:34:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I find myself occupied in ways that (sometimes) don't include updating my website. Which is not entirely true as I am constantly thinking about what to write here and according to Erin have only started more and more rather than stabilizing the length of what I am writing. Truth told, ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/what-this-does-not-mean/ I was asked, today, "Is this your first bachelors degree?" today by a classmate in a class that was canceled for the next couple of weeks so the professor can do one-on-one interviews with the students and so that we have an extra, what, hour and twenty minutes twice a ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/is-this-your-first-bachelors-degree/ The Big Three Automakers (e.g. the three largest auto makers in the United States) are begging congress for a bailout. CEO Rick Wagoner told the Senate Banking Committee that it was not a lack of management, lack of vision, lack of leadership, and etc. that is causing the Big Three ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/bail-me-out-bail-me-out-bail-me-out/ J. Michael Straczynski wrote a book on writing screenplays titled, The Complete Book of Scriptwriting, wherein he outlines how to outline writing for movies, television, plays, and more. I have actually found this method of outlining to be interesting in that you deal with a lot of plot and a ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/outlines/ I am taking a brief brain breather to post that I have started and stopped several posts. They get about two paragraphs into a thought and then realize that it's not what I am really thinking about and then delete the post I am trying to write and move on ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/starting-and-stopping/ I was writing a post on some of my opinons and views of the white powder that was sent to two of the LDS temples last week. I think the argument was pretty good. But, after sitting on it for a few days, I've decided that when it comes to ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/done/ I started writing a review of Kung Fu Panda the other day and didn't get around to finishing it before Erin and I had to drop codename: CAMPER off at the neighbors so they could babysit him whilst we went to Salt Lake for The Hotel Cafe Tour to see ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/wednesday-night-at-a-concert/ As you might already know, I am married to Erin. I can't adequately express the joy this causes me, just to think that after so long I am married and that together we have this little baby. There is something about being married that makes aspects of my life seem ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/my-thoughts-on-marriage-and-love/ For those that have never read my reviews of John Zakour's books (Plutonium Blonde, Doomsday Brunette, Radioactive Redhead, Frost-Haired Vixen, and Blue-Haired Bombshell). Heck, I even interviewed the author. This is a writer I actually enjoy reading and even though I have (as yet) not gotten back to Frost-Haired Vixen ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/shameful-plug/ I am offering the world my list of priorities. These are the things, and to some extent the order of priority, that I take into consideration when making some of the choices I make. Believe it or not, different priorities will leap to the top of the list that seem ... http://www.johnhattaway.com/2008/11/priorities/