all you can count on are the raindrops
Here's an excellent article on Steve Kloves, the screenwriter for the first four Harry Potter movies. (note: does include some plot spoilers, if you've been living under a rock since spring) I was particularly interested to hear that Kloves decided to come back and work on the script for Half-Blood Prince, and that next two movies will be filmed as close to back-to-back as possible. That, if they can pull it off, will go a long way towards allowing them to finish out the series with the original actors still playing Ron, Hermoine, and Harry. I also noticed that my hunch on how much Kloves does or doesn't know about the overall plot and where it's headed was about right.
A bit of something I meant to blog back before Thanksgiving -- as you may be aware, this year's Beaujolais Nouveau is out. Like the slashfood blogger, I've also found it drinkable, but in an enjoyably unsubtle way. Not perhaps as "stunningly mild" as the black wine that DJ Jesus brought to the Charming English Cottage of Death Halloween Party, but definitely not the kind of thing that calls forth the urge to sip slowly whilst thinking profound and sophisticated thoughts. And, finally, here's today's late-arriving tip for how to be a better guest: should you find yrself invited somewhere, say for Thanksgiving dinner with friends, and find they have Beaujolais Nouveau among the wine offerings, you might want to resist the temptation to go on and on about what a crap wine it is and how it's all a big marketing scam.
i'm just saying...