Here we go again. I posted a comment on another blog and it seemed suitable to post on MyCreativeMojo. This time it was inspired by Blake Snyder’s “Save the Cat” blog (which, by the way, I often refer to as “Shave the Cat”, but that’s just me). This post is about Brainstorming & not believing [...]
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Brainstorming and finding your own writing mojo
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments
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Silencing the Inner Critic – The Circle of Writing – My Reply to John Vorhaus
August 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Today I replied to a blog post from John Vorhaus, titled “Decide to Do Things Now“. It was written stream of consciousness which has been my writing M.O. lately. After posting it, I realized how long it had become for a blog comment & panicked for a moment, thinking that my comment might have been [...]
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A Short Film I Wrote: Star Wars Made Me This Way
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
This is a fun project I worked on with Erik C. Andersen & Eric Kurland. It was shot at the Los Angeles Convention Center during the Star Wars 30th Anniversary Celebration. Scenes were shot on the fly with convention attendees, and we weren’t entirely sure what we’d have in the end. An interesting creative process. [...]
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Weekend Update – May 16, 2009
May 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser. According to Yellowstone National Park Geologist Hank Heasler, “These two gentlemen were lucky they didn’t get burned by the steam. Not so lucky, the dude that used Old Faithful for a colonic. It’s [...]
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Weekend Update – May 2, 2009
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
NEBRASKA ARREST A man was arrested after authorities were tipped off about a reckless, naked driver on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska. He is the first person to be diagnosed with Stage 5 Nebraska Flu. DRUNK BREAST FEEDING A 26-year-old woman in North Dakota was arrested for breast-feeding her baby while drunk. The woman claimed [...]
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Weekend Update April 24, 2009
April 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Stephen Hawking Hospitalized Stephen Hawking was hospitalized on Monday because of a mysterious illness, and doctors expect him to make a full recovery. Upon hearing this, Stephen got excited until the doctor clarified, “except for that neuromuscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis thing.” Police defend using a taser on naked man at Coachella This week, police defended [...]
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Weekend Update April 17, 2009
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
OBAMA’S ECONOMIC SPEECH On Tuesday, President Barack Obama acknowledged in a major economic speech that “times are still tough” and warned that a culture of “instant gratification” undermined the economy. Said Marius Schwartz, professor of economics at Georgetown University, “I don’t understand how the entire financial system was brought down by me feeling myself in [...]
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Weekend Update – Friday April 10, 2009
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments
OBAMA RELEASES RECORDS FROM REGAN ADMINISTRATION Obama ordered the releas of nearly a quarter of a million records from the Reagan White House. Unfortunately, 97% of Americans don’t have the equipment to play an LP. CO-CREATOR OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DIES Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game [...]
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Weekend Update April 3, 2009
April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
SUDAN ELECTIONS Sudan will hold its first general election in 24 years in an electoral process that starts this April and will finish in February 2010. Although it seems like a lengthy time frame, it is expected to finish before the resolution of the Coleman/Franken recount. WOMAN DIVORCES HUSBAND FOR CLEANING TOO MUCH A German [...]
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Weekend Update – Friday March 27
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments
TATA MOTORS – WORLD’S CHEAPEST CAR The Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors announced it is taking orders for their Nano, a very small bubble shaped car that is priced at $2000, making it the world’s cheapest car, at least until the release of an even smaller and cheaper car, the Shuffle, which has an autopilot [...]
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Weekend Update
March 20th, 2009 · No Comments
MEGHAN MCCAIN After Meghan McCain criticized Ann Coulter and other conservatives in her online column, political commentator Laura Ingraham criticized Meghan’s weight, comparing her to a plus sized model. Meghan then appeared on The View and continued the volley by saying to Ingrahm, “Kiss my fat ass.” To avoid further escalation, John McCain stepped up [...]
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Weekend Update
December 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Dec 9: Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell Obama’s vacated senate seat. Blagojevich defended himself, saying “I wasn’t selling the seat, it was a senatorial surcharge for baggage. As the recession deepens, everyone will be charging this fee, including Southwest.” John McCain publicly announces, “I want to work with Obama.” Rahm [...]
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Best Of 2008: The Award For “Worst Ad Placement” Goes To…
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
I just ran across this screenshot that I grabbed last summer, which was screaming to be posted. The Award For “Worst Ad Placement” Goes To… RED STRIPE BEER! HOORAY BEER! creativity, news, sideshowdoug
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Weekend Update: Catch-up version
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Blasting a handful of news items that been stacking up: Dec 5: Happiness is contagious, researchers reported Thursday in the British Medical Journal. So get your booster shots before we get too far into happiness season. Health officials have indicated that the booster shots are especially important for young children, the elderly, and those who [...]
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My Press Release For Dougtionary.com
October 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Writing a press release may not sound like the most exciting thing to write. But amped up on creativity it can be loads of fun for the writer and entertaining enough to keep the reader engaged. Here is the press release I wrote for Dougtionary.com: ————————————————- PRESS RELEASE Dougtionary one year anniversary! It began on [...]
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Adam Gallardo & the Creative Process
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
So this is normally the place where I’d write about my personal creative process, but I found a post by a friend from film school at Montana State. Adam writes comics & recently spoke at the Portland Creative Conference about his creative process. http://adamgallardo.blogspot.com/2008/09/creative-conference-talk.html Enjoy!
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Where Ideas Come From – The Creative Process and Bastardizing Words
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments
About a year ago I realized I had the knack for making up fake words, often by changing a single letter or combining portions of words that have a similar sound. At times I’ll hear someone mispronounce a word — and while most nice people let it slide because they know the intended word, I [...]
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I’m Sideshow Doug and I Approve This Message…
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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A new microwave and the bits of exploded food
April 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Our microwave has been making some weird sounds lately and although it still seems to cook okay, I wonder if it’s leaking some type of brain altering waves that will turn me into a mutant. And since it takes forever to cook a frozen entree, it’s time to get a new microwave. One with more [...]
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Creativity, Borders Book Store and A.D.D.
March 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments
I like browsing at a book store from time to time, so today I go to Borders. I wander down a random aisle and a Julie Cameron book catches my eye. She’s the author of “The Artist’s Way”, but this is a different book that I don’t recognize. “Walking In This World, The Practical Art [...]
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