Happy Pi(e) day. Two years from now we’ll get 3/14/15 @ 9:26:53. I used to have the number memorized to about 15 places after the decimal point, but I’ve since allocated those memory cells to something else. Or to nothing at all.
Yesterday, Cemetery Dance announced that they will be doing the limited edition of The Dark Tower Companion. Contractually, they can’t release this until after the trade edition comes out on April 2, but it will probably be some time in the summer before they have it ready because they just got the files from my publisher to start production. The cover art is by a young man named Guillaume Pelletier. He’s from Quebec and has done quite a bit of commercial art locally, much of it in French. When CD asked me for suggestions for cover artists, I asked my daughter if he’d be interested in the gig. Why my daughter? Oh, it happens that they’re dating. He came up with a handful of proposals and CD was pleased with the work, as was I. The cover is striking and quite different from the limited of The Road to the Dark Tower.
We’ve never seen anything before like what happened on Survivor last night. Of course, the previews had us prepared for a meltdown, but still. I think Probst was genuinely concerned that Brendan might go after Phillip. He pulled him off the mat and kept his hand on his shoulders the whole time. Apparently, he was also whispering into his mike to make sure security was on the alert and to have their psychologist standing by. Has there ever been a public polling like that before? Not that I can recall. Guy’s got more issues than a magazine, as they used to say. Even if he had quit, as he threatened to do the night before, apparently he wouldn’t have been sent home, which seemed to be what he wanted. At least it happened at a point when the favorites are well ahead. Of course, they may rejiggle the teams in the next week or two, which will shake things up. Reynold seems to be particularly charmed this season: his mad throwing skills were on display again last night (only Phillip’s equally mad strength saved the day for the favorites), and he once again found an immunity idol without a clue. He’s in a delicate position. People are going to want to keep him around for tribe strength, but as soon as there’s a merge he’s going to look like a huge threat to everyone.
