Clarion Update: Week 4

Today:

Got up. Went down to work. Ended up watching the awesome conclusion of The Iron Giant. Went for jog. Went to party at Greg Bear's house. Had tour of Bear's library. Played Call of Cthulhu game with Erik Bear dm-ing. Listened to Greg Bear's words of wisdom. Had lovely dinner & met nice people. Went home. Again, tried to go to work. Discovered housemate had not seen Aliens. Watched Aliens. Discussed awesomeness of Aliens. Discussed the relative merits of unproduced scripts for Alien sequels. Posted this entry. Went to bed.

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Entertainment bits

Sean Bean has scored the lead role in HBO's "Game of Thrones"

A new Master & Commander movie in the works?

Matthew Michael Carnahan ("State of Play," "Lions for Lambs," "The Kingdom") has been set to rewrite "World War Z"