Wil, when are you heading to Acme theatre next? There's a surprise there for you and Anne :)

So have you already got a new place?

Four days without a post...don't ever do tthis again, Wil! I mean it!

Came in, ate rich desert, read Wil's latest blog, dressed to go for run.

Man, you were in San Francisco & I didn't even see you? I moved to California a year ago, and the only celebrity I've seen so far is the guy from Haiku Tunnel.

I so want my money back.

Glad you enjoyed the city, tho.

Checked this blog. Like what I see. Laughed at one part: "Sat across aisle from two pilots in uniform, nervously looked at them for reactions whenever plane lurched too much." Did the same thing the first time I flew but it was stewardesses reactions I looked for. Decides to say to Wil, "Nice to have you back."

Like to read Stephen King huh? He's got a great style. Have you read "IT" ? The best story ever. "Ace Merril" is in that story too.

Love that last line.

Had been wondering. Glad to know.

Mugs

You? Grow up? HAHAHAHA

Tell another funny!

Went through blog withdrawl. Saw moblog pics (hope wife does not see "Boobies" pic or she won't believe you missed her). Realized Wil away. Had cup of tea. Glad Wil back.

Yeah... Susan is a hottie. I've been attracted to movie characters many times, but being attracted to a person who only exists in print is something new... King has some talent. =)

just poppin in to say hi... well hi..

cya

Look forward to seeing you on Tech TV!

Amused by tendency of posters to mimic the writing style of your last post. Decided to follow suit.

Wanted to point out that the current Slashdot poll has quiet tribute to your nickname for Shatner.

Don't really have anything else to say, so I'll stop here.

It almost sounds like you're filing a shorthand report, or even speaking into a microcassette recorder so you can do dictation later.

Gotta love those moments of temperature bliss. Too cold to do that here in PA...

'Salem's Lot is teh r0x0r

I was just in San Francisco, it's great, especially the tree in Union Square.

soooo... where are the pictures from loren's photo booth?

Sounds like a fun trip, I always wanted to go to San Francisco in the winter, it would be a nice break from the reality of harsh Conneticut weather!!

actually, the writing style reminds me of helen fielding in the bridget jones books.

*thinks*

does this offend you?

You gave us Mr. Picassohead which has wiled away many a minute at my very slow job.

I give you SNOWFLAKES! Make your own snowflakes.

Includes safety scissors.

http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/

Maybe you're writing like that because you read The Rules of Attraction recently. Or is that just me

must have just walked by you on sunday at union square.

LOL That is by far one of the best entries I've ever read!! I loved the way you laid it all out... and especially the bit about the 2 pilots. I know that feeling. Every time I fly and the plane gets a bit rough, I immediately search for the face of a flight attendant in hopes of their expression calming me. Either that or I simply squeeze the hell out of my husband's hand. =)

Anyway, Happy Holidays!

loved this entry wil.

oh, and the snowflakes are way cool. :)

You never fail to evoke a laugh from me!

Glad you're back. =^)

Mister Wheaton, welcome back... We missed you!

Hi Wil,

King does indeed own. Salems Lot is one of my favorite early books of his. I am looking forward to picking up DT5 just to see how Father Callahan comes across and into Rolands world.

I could talk shit about King for half a day.

Ace isn't in IT by the way Josie. That's Needful Things that Ace also appears in. Henry is the child bully type guy in IT.

The Stand dominates all his other books anyway. Plus Flagg is the protagonist which should make DT junkies happy.

I'm glad you had fun in the city. I live in a suburb outside of San Francisco and spent my afternoon driving around there on Monday. It's cool to know you were here.

great, now that you know drew maybe you can get him to un-ban me from fark.. just kidding. You're a lucky guy. Any chance you got to mee sarah lane?

129.115.38.13

Hi! I missed you as well! Glad to see that you had a new entry because it gives me something to read and it takes my mind off of work for a while. Hope you are well and I'm glad you had a pretty decent weekend! Bye for now.

hey wil, good to have you back! I love san fran too, but i live a little too far away to visit it often...like a couple thousand miles away...being in england and wotnot!

glad you had fun...

love rach

mmm ... san francisco

You never come to visit when you're up here!

Sounds like you were typing in "Shatner-ese"

I imagine a pause after every few words, with emphasis on words in the oddest places..

Dammit. SCOTTY! I need more.....POWER! GOT to have....MORE POWER! Warp speed. NOW..Mr..Sulu.

Yep...Shatner-ese =}

Had fun reading this entry.
Glad you enjoyed yourself up here in SF.
Hope you have a great Holiday :)
Enjoying writing like this too...may have to do it more often

*Tries to act all professional, having worked at an international Airport for years, and has many Pilot friends*

Speaking of flights and pilots, I forgot to mention that Flight Attendants and Flight Crews usually won't react to a problem in a manner that would alarm passengers. Notwithstanding, there are a few things you should listen for when flying, as stated in my Soapbox .sig, and if you hear any them...well, start praying!

The top 5 things you never want to hear from the flight deck of a commercial airliner:

5) Flight Engineer: I don't know!
4) Captain: I don't know either!
3) First Officer: What does this button do?
2) Captain: Hehehe! Watch this!
1) All of them: OH SH****T!!!!

(Airport humor, as told by one of the aforementioned Pilot friends LOL)

Heh, nice entry!

And I love your choice of reading. The Dark Tower series is probably my all time favorite series of books (followed closely by the Earth's Children Series). I haven't gotten around to getting the 5th book just yet, but hopefully will soon.

San Francisco, huh? Man, I wish I could go somewhere warm. I need to get away from this freezing Pennsylvania weather.

Damn, it's too bad you weren't up here (in San Jose) next week instead of this week. I'd've totally bought you tickets to a GREAT improv show. Heck, you've even emailed back and forth with one of the members. Ah well, some other time.

Oh, and if you're desperate, I went all fan-boy in my blog (givemamasomesugar.com) last week.

Wil,
Seems like you had another good trip. I am glad that you did not pass out on the trip home. We all know how much you love to fly.

FG

You were there during the cold snap, it's been chilly in the bay area the past few days. I was unaware that Tech Tv was filmed in SF. You have a number of fans in NorCal, maybe you should do a show there. Stacey's book store, or even better, Cody's, in Berkeley and SF. Not quite as cool as Powell's in Portland, but worthy of a visit from an aspiring young writer.

You finished Dark Tower IV and started... _Salem's Lot_? Why not _Wolves of the Calla_?

Funny thing about that... My libary put a copy of DTV on shelf before it was supposed to be released, so I finished it the day it was released.

How can we (us in the UK) get to see Tech TV's Unscrewed?.
Somebody send me a tape!

Also, had a flight where the plane hit an air pocket in a thunderstorm, the stewardess’s face was NOT comforting and the words “**** that was a big one” that came from the mouth of the steward she was standing next to made me fight back a very unmanly whimper.

I expected to see "OK BYE" at the end of that entry.

"Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's flatscreen tv," speaketh the Lord.

Wil's reading Salem's Lot before DT5 so he can learn all about Callahan's backstory.

Hey! *I* just finished Dark Tower IV! Creepy...

lessee....woke up this morning. checked email to see if anyone wrote me during the night. I got one from my mom saying that she doesn't need to fly to SF to get her visa to fly to China and am really excited! Went to school and taught a wonderful class to what I've thought is my worst all semester long. Am reconsidering my opinion of that class. Had a great Chinese lesson that involved putting pointy horns on an illustration in a book. Made my teacher laugh. Went to the activity center to do tutoring and ended up watching "Scrooged." Had some dinner with a coupla my students (Chinese noodles that are thick enough to be spaghetti noodles!). Taught another class that also went really well. Came home in the cold wind and almost rain to turn on compute and find that Wil Wheaton is home again and updatinig his blog. yay!!!

Welcome back Wil.

Hi... just wanted to drop in and say a friend of mine lent me the DVDs of the first season of TNG, and I thought of you. I'm having an enormous pleasure in watching these, especially the episodes with you in them. Glad you're still around Wil.

Quitely pleased. I like that.

Your style reminds me of DANZA...just wordier!!

Oh yeah, the Yankees failed to re-sign Pettitte! They also failed to sign Bartolo Colon. :-)

In Cubs news: Mark Prior of the Cubs was named Pitcher of the year in an espn.com poll.

I thought the style of writing sounded more like seargent Friday of Dragnet....just the facts M'am..err Wil.

I enjoyed your quiet revelry.

Wil,
Been reading your site for awhile. Just wanted to say,

love ya!

Writing in that style is very humble because you avoid using the word "I". Talk in this manner to sound like a midwesterner, or tweak slightly for George Bush the elder.

nick

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www.welbiltmusic.com
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Typing style strongly reminiscent of Candy in David R. Palmer's 'Emergence', book strongly suggested.

Sitting in Union Square in December is one of the most amazing experiences you can have. Not for any particular WOW factor.. just.. sitting on the bench across from the tree. Watching the people flock by; shopping; going home; going to work. Time goes by.

Listening to the homeless band play on the ramp until late.

Watching the silver statue dance to his boombox.

Knowing that you don't have to rush to be anywhere.

Knowing that you can walk two blocks up to Johnny Foleys and have many pints of Guiness and lose the winter chill.

Yes... I recommend that everyone who can, should go and experience that just once.

When I got to Union Square, the sun had just fallen behind the St. Francis hotel, so the marble steps were still warm, even though the air was quite cold.

It's all about coming home wondering, "Where have I been the past 48 hours?"

man, wil, i just have to say that you and your friends are hilarious! reading your post and the comments were just great! everyone at work is wondering what the hell i'm laughing at. :)

Wil:
Sounds like you've been assimilated!

hey wil! sounds like you had a good time in san francisco... cant wait to see that tech tv special... your posts crack me up...

I am glad you had fun.

It's very Bridget Jones, this entry. Except without all the neurosis' about weight and bad habits and men and stuff...
All your pictures in your photo blog made me miss San Fran sooo much. I just moved from the Bay Area (not my choice).
Yay for Tech TV!

"Sang," not "sung."

Sorry - I'm a grammar freak.

While you're enjoying the sun, we here in the north east of the United States have to deal with snow, rain, fog and COOOOOOOOOLD. Glad that you had fun though.

"Perfect eddy of open window and radiator." Wil deserves the pulitzer for that line alone.

Am suddenly reminded of the Secret Diaries of Cassandra Claire.

http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries/

From the Secret Diary of Aragorn:

Day One:

Ringwraiths killed: 4. V. good.
Met up with Hobbits. Walked forty miles. Skinned a squirrel and ate it.
Still not King.

Day Four:

Stuck on mountain with Hobbits. Boromir really annoying.
Not King yet.

heh.

I just got back from a holiday in San Francisco, though we left before you got there - we took off on Saturday. We had a fantastic time, and it's now my favourite American City. I could live there quite happily I think.

I took a few pics too. Check them out if you want:

http://www.davidrutt.co.uk/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=5

It was a bit damp at times, but being from the UK I'm used to that ;o)

Sjweet.
I'm glad you enjoyed visiting San Francisco- But don't ever go that long without posting again ;-)

I used to live in SF actually :-) Now I'm all the way here in Brussels, Belgium. Where the sun never shines. I miss the weather in California, here it's always raining. Heh.

Anyway. I'm done. Later.

As an airline pilot I try to avoid position or deadheading on a flight while in uniform because everyone does what you do, stares to look for a reaction to every noise or bump. Trust me, to get "dangerous" the bumps have to get so bad things are flying in the cabin and you can't see straight. Bumps mean nothing, noises mean nothing... drink a beer (but not so many as you start harassing the Flight Attendants) and relax. :-)

Am big fan also of San Francisco, was there a couple of years ago. V. nice. Am not sure but am thinking perhaps you were actually reading Bridget Jones's Diary while on plane. Is full of sentences that start like this. Plus abbreviations like v. for "very". Is v. fast way to record thoughts, feelings etc. Also funny in v. lovely Brit. way.

I ran away from SF in May and live in Southern California now. But thanks Wil; your writing made me actually miss home for the first time in months.

I am sorry I missed your stay. I, unfortunately had a small hint of your stay here in SF. I work at a hotel, in union square. Upon preparing for the days arrivals, your name did come across and the "Oh my god, we have a celebrity staying with us??" wave of excitement did hit me. Unfair that I have this knowledge, is true....but what can you do when you work a graveyard shift and find yourself with your normal mundane boring tasks??

Suffice to say, I am glad you enjoyed your stay in the city...minding the horrid weather we have. I feel honored to have had you in my hotel and I hope it not the last time you decide to visit.

Many wishes...
"The Madman"

Starting 'Salem's lot , eh?
way to go, that book is wicked awesome...

Blogging style very suspicious:

http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001328.php#001328

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla is out now. I'm about 3/4 of the way through it. I've heard mixed reviews but as a die hard Stephen King fan, I may be a little biased when I say, it's good. Worth the money.

Salem's Lot was the very first S.K. book I ever picked up when I was 13. Scared the hell outta me. Been a fan ever since.