http://www.mikeoliveri.com Diary of a Supervillain Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:08:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This should be a familiar scene to dads who have sons (and probably a few who have girls): Had the Midget shootin' out the other end once, too. Painted the wall. I wrote "warning: contents under pressure" on his diaper to give the Wife a heads up for the next change. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/02/08/been-there-done-that/ Been thinking about picking up The Pack: Winter Kill? What are you waiting for? It's a crime thriller with supernatural horror thrown in, and so far fans of each have been happy. I've got folks nagging me for book 2, and that hasn't been happening for a long time now. If ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/02/06/pull-the-trigger-already/ I had a new remixed trailer pointed out to me this week, Gone with the Wind with Vampires: Clever and well done. Ask me, this is the way it should be done. Yeah, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a funny concept, but it's like a Saturday Night Live skit that just ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/02/06/the-right-way-to-defile-classics/ I was supposed to participate in a black belt promotion ceremony called a kamiza at the Academy of Okinawan Karate tonight, but the combination of winter weather and a sick child conspired against me. Not only did I miss out on what would have been a great event but I ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/02/05/photo-friday-candlelight/ Here are a few things said recently about The Pack: Winter Kill: The Pack: Winter Kill is a page turner with fast action, succinct dialogue and short chapters. Mike Oliveri races you through the book and you clamber to turn the pages fast enough. -- Ron Earl Phillips, 52 Books Winter Kill is ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/02/01/some-fine-new-blurbage/ Write a single like Cage the Elephant's "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" and have several companies hijack it for commercials. I've heard it on commercials for the Borderlands video game and TNT's Leverage, and I feel like there's at least one more. Too bad books can't go viral that way. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/01/31/how-to-seize-your-15-minutes/ I'm posting a day late, but this pic was actually taken last night at the Academy of Okinawan Karate's graduation. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Judo mocks your silly gravity"][/caption] Judo is something I hope to work on myself, soon. There is just enough Judo in the Shuri-ryu curriculum to give karateka a ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/01/30/photo-friday-airtime/ Punch Dub, Slug Bug, Punch Buggy. Whatever you call it, you know how to play the game. Now VW has picked up on it and has turned it into an advertising campaign: My favorite punch buggy incidents occurred in Los Angeles back during the first 4x4 tour. Brian Keene, Mike Huyck ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/01/29/two-for-flinching/ http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/01/29/sometimes-it-just-feels-right/ Back on Christmas Eve, I blogged about the things I'd like my comics to do in the future. Yesterday, Apple gave us the iPad, and I believe it's only a matter of time before our comics will do all that. The examples in the keynote made it clear that the days ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/01/28/hate-the-name-want-the-ipad/