Using my website for good, I decided to promote an upcoming fundraiser for the constant fight against breast cancer. Unlike other famous battles ('Coke v Pepsi' comes to mind, for some reason), this is a world changing affliction that has touched many of our lives, and we as a community have the opportunity to make a difference.

If you'd like to contribute (either monetarily or by participation in the walk), you can visit the official website @ the3day.org, or click on the image below. Be sure to donate to my friend, Jaime Johnson, who is the leading the team accompanied by some work mates of yours truly. Make a difference.

So last night, I completed the first draft of the outline or "treatment", if you will, of "The Writer's Block". Everyone I've talked to so far seems to think it's a really good idea, so I hope my story meets and/or exceeds expectations. I think I have a good mythology written, as well as the story itself. It should be a lot of fun, and very intriguing story to boot!

I also created another "teaser" poster, or artwork or whatever you want to call it, which you should be able to identify what it is alluding to. Hopefully it will succeed in teasing you. Click on the image to see the full poster. More coming as the script progresses.

So first a little background: I work on helicopters at HSL-49 in the Navy. We have "detachments" that go on deployments overseas, and these detachments consist of 1 to 2 aircraft, a couple dozen maintainers, and a handful of pilots (who like to break our shit!). These detachments have patches made up, that symbolize their deployment. Everyone that is not sent out to sea is a part of home guard, or what we call "Detachment 1". Our job on Det 1 is to support all the other dets, as well as our own aircraft who perform mission here on the beach.

With that said, I have developed a Det 1 patch. It is to symbolize all our hard efforts, supporting ourselves and the rest of our squadron. For you see, when other dets "stand up" (that is to say, they get their own aircraft and enough maintenance personnel to maintain them), they still require and rely on Det 1 for a lot of their work. And the only other person who could do what we do, is Chuck Norris. Enjoy!

Although this website is basically unknown, I'd like to open it up to anyone who may have something to say. If you'll notice, each time stamp under the title of a post has a "by" section, which always has my name beside it. I had always intended on other people posting their thoughts, interests and anything else you may want to share. So I'd like to take this opportunity to say that if anyone wants to post on this website, just let me know and we'll make it happen. That is all.

Against my better judgement, I thought I would share with you my latest movie idea. If this one "coincidentally" gets made into a movie, at least I'll know for sure that some Hollywood producer or screenwriter is stealing my ideas.

The new project is called "The Writer's Block". It tells a very unique story about the true source of inspiration, and how that inspiration is interpreted. By some it is believed to be divine intervention, by some it is simply dismissed as fate (situation number three, as Jack Johnson would put it). But I believe it unravels our many preconceived notions of what inspiration is, or more specifically, where it comes from. By looking through history, "The Writer's Block" takes a Dan Brown-esque look at some great writers/inventors/visionaries of our history, and kind of looks at them through beer goggles. So ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, "The Writer's Block".

I am currently writing the story, with the help of my brother, Chris (yeah we have a real Coen Brothers thing going on) and I don't have much yet, but we're sifting through all the crap and will hopefully have a pretty solid story pretty soon. Until then, here's a teaser image to hold you over. It gets me excited about the project. Enjoy!

Assuming that each year is better than the previous one (I'm just making that up, I don't know anyone that actually lives by that M.O.), I think it is fitting to look brightly towards some of the things that 2011 will bring.

For a man who loves movies, there are several coming out this year that promises to be great: the final 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' chapter comes out in July. On the comic-book-adaptation side of things, 'Captain America: The First Avenger', 'The Green Hornet', 'Thor', 'Green Lantern', 'X-Men: First Class' and 'Cowboys and Aliens' are all due out. As well as some honorable mentions such as the 'Arthur' remake starring Russel Brand, a 'Total Recall' remake directed by Len Wiseman, Kevin Smith's 'Red State', 'Sherlock Holmes 2' and last but certainly not least, what is currently titled 'The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made'. Wow, that's a lot of movies! And I didn't even mention 'The Hangover 2'. Darn it, yes I did.

So for whatever your vices are, I hope Twenty-Eleven finds you happy and fruitful, and promises to be your best year yet! Mazel tov!