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November 30, 2021: A Tale of Two Dinners!

SHOUSHIN –  The best sushi in Toronto.  A true Tokyo experience…

ZAKKUSHI – Comforting Japanese casual.

Gochiso osama deshita!

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November 29, 2021: Akemi and I sample unique chips from our local T&T!

Meanwhile, on the home front…

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November 28, 2021: Suji Sunday!

The latest addition to her hat collection.

Heading out and into the deep freezer.

The warming up with a hot beverage.

Feeling festive.

One of my favorites!

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November 27 2021: The Sunday haul! Yes/No! Pandas>Writing!

Sunday haul!  My local comic shop, The Silver Snail, is having an extended Black Friday sale, thus allowing me to indulge in my affinity for villainous collectibles.  Loving me some Citizen V, Spymaster, White Rabbit, and The Living Laser!

For lunch today, I had the smoked meat on rye gifted me by my visiting buddy and Mrs. Buddy.  I know, I know.  Sriracha and mayo?  We’re out of mustard.

I only had two sandwiches and limited my snacking to mostly dark chocolate this afternoon as Akemi and I are heading out to sushi with our foodie friend, Dr. Blackjack.

Speaking of eating…

Fugu-Flavored Chips? Yes/No pic.twitter.com/sDB5uG2VTn

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 27, 2021

Not exactly a taste explosion.  I find fugu’s flavor profile rather…sedate.

Wonder if Suji would be okay if I got a panda. https://t.co/ZqWnxtRLVk

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 27, 2021

Checks out!https://t.co/3mpM7aMnbj

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 27, 2021

Why the hell am I wasting my time in development when I could be cuddling pandas?!

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November 26, 2021: A surprise visit! Illegal chips! And Stargate!

Well well well.  If it isn’t my old high school buddy and his wife, Mrs. Buddy, in town for one night only!  And they came bearing gifts: Montreal smoked meat and rye bread!

Following a dinner of jerk chicken, pepper shrimp, and ox-tail stew, we headed back to our place for dessert…

This is happening with @BaronDestructo pic.twitter.com/Wuxo4sixG5

— Lawrence Madanda (@LawrenceMadanda) November 26, 2021

We ended up sampling roughly 20 bottles on the night.

I’m starting a GoFundMe to get my buddy a new phone.

Today’s Yes/No…

https://t.co/ttyIoVPP8c

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 26, 2021

From the Stargate vault…

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November 25, 2021: My Kooky Wife!

My wife, Akemi.  Never a dull moment…

Well, this was fun…

My appearance on the Brad Wright podcast is available to check out here!

Today’s Yes/No…

Dill Pickle Nuggets? Yes/No
Burger King Canada adds Dill pickle nuggets to the menu – EconoTimes https://t.co/qwpytzlbpg

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 25, 2021

Craig David Wallace, director of one of my favorite Dark Matter episodes – Isn’t That A Paradox – has released his latest horror film.

Check out the creepy trailer here…

And check out the movie here.

 

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November 24, 2021: Amazing Covers!

A few that caught my eye this week…

Fantastic Four: Life Story #5 – cover art by Daniel Acuna

Inferno #3 – cover art by Jeff Dekal

The Death of Doctor Strange: White Fox #1 – cover art by Peach Momoko

The Marvels #6 – cover art by Alex Ross

Barbarella #5 – cover art by Carla Cohen

The Invincible Red Sonja #6 – cover art by Carla Cohen

Vengeance of Vampirella #24 – cover art by Ben Oliver

Radian Black #10 – cover art by Igor Moni

Deathstroke #3 – cover art by Francesco Mattina

Wonder Girl #7 – cover art by Julian Totino Tedesco

Star Wars Adventures #12 – cover art by Francesco Francavilla

Black Beacon #5 – cover art by Sebastian Piriz

So which were YOUR favorites?

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November 23, 2021: Burgers, Eclairs, and Stargate!

Today, Akemi and I braved the cold to make the walk down to Matty’s Pattys Burger Place for – what else? – their rapini sliders.

Juuuuuust kidding.

Two cheeseburgers for me, one with pickled jalapeño mayo and the other with their spicy ketchup sauce, both, of course, served on sesame seed buns.

Man, there is nothing I love more than a good smash burger, and Matty’s serves up a great one complete with trademark crispy end bits.

We headed home.  I was absolutely stuffed.  But there’s a term in Japanese, betsubara (literally: second stomach), that basically means: “There’s always room for dessert.”  In today’s case, it was the eclairs from Nugateau…

The His and Hers matching set: the Rosabelle (with Raspberry Rose & Mascarpone Cream, Raspberry Compote, candied almonds Chocolate Glaze with Rose Petal) for Akemi and the Pistachio Royale (Pistachio Cremeux, White Chocolate Glaze, Candied Pistachios, Whipped Pistachio Ganache!) for me.  Perfection!

Today’s Yes/No…

Two Kinds of Fried Chicken Sandwich? Yea/Nohttps://t.co/95BaBiGwjI

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 23, 2021

I mean – Yes and YES.

https://t.co/yJiPqhMvDU

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 23, 2021

Many have commented that Stargate is NOT underrated – to which I strongly disagree.  Maybe not underrated within its passionate fandom, but as someone has taken endless meetings in L.A. with genre executives who have never even hard of the franchise, I can guarantee you it IS underrated.

And since we’re on the subject – check out some cool concept art from SG-1’s “Frozen” compliments of James Robbins…

 

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November 22, 2021: Putting the pieces together on this latest project!

My lunch plans got rescheduled so I ended up opening up a can of emergency corned beef I found in the back of the pantry, frying it up ’til crispy, then serving oy over rice with some avocado and some maple-sriracha.   Delicious.  And queasy, fifteen minutes after eating.  Thus, my dessert was limited to a chalky mint Pepcid.

Two pieces of chocolate.

A spoonful of red velvet martini ice cream.

I’ve spent the better part of this week trying to break the pilot for the second script of my two series development deal.  This one has been admittedly tricky.  It’s less high concept than my previous works, quieter, more character-centered, with a central mystery that I haven’t quite fully worked out.  A lot of moving pieces here and I need to figure out how to fit them together in a dramatically satisfying fashion.  I’m hoping that it will all fall into place for me – as it usually does – in a sudden and unexpected moment of clarity while I’m thinking about something else entirely.  Hopefully sooner than later.

This is one of the reasons I juggle so many projects.  It’s very easy to get bogged down on a script or scene, spending hours, days, even weeks spinning your wheels without gaining any creative traction.  But having another project on deck allows you to shift gears and refocus, tackling the problems inherent in an entirely different world, eventually allowing you to return to that original issue refreshed, those hitherto dormants part of your imagination awakened and ready to process a new challenge.

OR you get distracted by social media and end the day feeling exhausted despite the fact that very little was accomplished.

But today; not a bad day.

Today’s Yes/No…

Super One Pound Beef Cheeseburger? Yes/No
Burger King Japan unleashes the Super One Pound Beef Cheeseburger to celebrate Good Meat Day https://t.co/ynDpELyzr6 via @RocketNews24En

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 22, 2021

 

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November 21, 2021: Suji Sunday!

Incredulous.

Bubble Trouble

Couch potato

Snoozing.

Her “We need to have a talk” look.

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