Updates

In addition to ongoing work at Space Junk for Space Punks and next Friday's Toiling in Obscurity, I will be performing in Bedtime Stories on Wednesday, December 3, at the Shubin. I am also really into making crackers right now.

Oat Cakes:

2 c. Oatmeal
3/4 c. Flour
1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
4 tbl. Butter, melted
Boiling Water

Preheat oven to 400.
Pulse oatmeal in blender for a smoother texture.
Add wet to dry, using only as much water as is necessary to form a workable dough.
Roll flat and cut into circles.
Bake 10 - 15 minutes.

You can tart these up however you'd like. I made some with Rosemary (crushed, then worked into the dough), and some with Honey (1tsp. for a half-batch). They are delicious.

Additionally

I've started writing for noted comedienne Tabitha Vidaurri's sci-fi blog, Space Junk for Space Punks.

Movies to Watch:

Congo (1995)

A monkey scientist, a mercenary (played by Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson), a technology specialist (legitimate actress, Laura Linney), and a Hungarian treasure hunter (Tim Curry) travel to the jungle with a gorilla (played by a lady in a monkey suit) tricked out with a magic glove that allows her to “speak” via sign language in order to find an ex-fiance (Bruce Campbell), a diamond, a lost city, and a home for a misfit gorilla. The scene on the airplane in which Amy the gorilla requests “raindrop drink” (a martini) is the most amazing thing ever captured on celluloid.

Surf Ninjas (1993)

A pair of brothers discover, after the untimely death of their adoptive father, that they are princes of a small island country called Patusan. With the help of a guy in an eye patch, a detective (played by Tone-Loc), and their friend (Rob Schneider, playing a high school student at age 30), they must save their homeland from the evil Colonel Chi (Leslie Neilson with a robot arm). This film ranked ahead of Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery when first released in theaters.

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Robin Williams plays a man who, after his divorce, discovers a new life as an elderly Scottish widow (with help from Harvey Firestein). Pierce Brosnan costars as a dreamboat.

TiO IV: Further Updates

My comrades in the next Toiling in Obscurity will be, as follows:

Giaco Furino
Gregg Gethard
Ashley Jerome
Alejandro Morales
Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum

Lineup subject to change.

Toiling in Obscurity IV: Up for Consideration

Past Readers, or Future Reading Hopefuls,

If you, or someone you know would like to read at the next Toiling in Obscurity, to be held on Friday, December 5th, please send a writing sample with a note of intention (as in what you'd want to read and for how long) to jaime.fountaine@gmail.com by this Friday, November 14th.

I hope to hear from and disappoint many of you.

Jaime