http://www.mikeoliveri.com Diary of a Supervillain Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:13:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a fantasy football draft this evening, so while I was out screwing up my team I decided to light up a Diesel, a cigar brand I'd never tried before. Its torpedo shape and rich, dark brown wrapper looked interesting enough, and it had a nice, full-bodied scent, so ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/09/01/smoke-blog-diesel/ It went something like this: How was yours? http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/08/20/my-work-day/ I don't take much stock in sites like I Write Like where they analyze your writing and match it up with some other famous writer, but it's fun to see what they come up with. I finished a zombie short story a couple of weeks ago and ran the first ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/08/09/for-what-its-worth-i-write-like/ I'm glad this summer is finally coming to an end. With teachers and students returning to my workplace soon, maybe I'll be able to return to some semblance of routine. While I haven't overextended myself intentionally, a number of things conspired to take care of that for me, not least ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/08/08/get-thee-behind-me-summer/ This old man comes off as a little nuts, but he does have some amazing nunchaku skills: japan - probe Uploaded by Japanherpderp. - More video blogs and vloggers. Found via Mario McKenna's blog. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/08/01/karate-hermit/ Colum McKnight from Paperback Horror recently took the time to review The Pack: Winter Kill, and he had some great things to say about the book. You have to be dead not to dig this book. That's right. Dead. What you see before you is one of the most incredible mixes ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/07/29/paperback-horror-reviews-tpwk/ Late again? Crap. Anyway. Finally dipping into the Hawai'i pics. We went down into the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park one day, and I caught this fun piece. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="485" caption="Ya think?"][/caption] Back in the '70s (if memory serves), a lava flow came down the mountain and flowed over the road. This ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/07/28/photo-friday-magma/ Now that I've spent two nights promoting other guys' projects, I should probably catch everyone up on my own work. The Pack is still my main focus this summer, and of course The Pack: Winter Kill is still available in trade paperback and in a Kindle edition. The short comic Big ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/07/26/project-updates/ Following is the red band trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Machete starring Danny Trejo. Um, not work safe. Rappelling out a window with a dude's intestines? I'm there! Yeah, it's cheesy, but with Rodriguez you can be sure it's going to be fun. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/07/26/danny-trejo-is-machete/ AMC is producing a TV series based on The Walking Dead, and a teaser was screened in San Diego this weekend. Someone in attendance recorded it and posted it to YouTube: Man, I'm really looking forward to this series. I get the impression there was only so much footage available for ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/07/25/the-walking-dead/