Category: General

Favorite Character of the “Whedonverse”

September 25, 2012 / / 0 Comments

The question of the week for the most recent Squirrel Report was who is your favorite character from the Whedonverse, or those series done or written by Joss Whedon. The big ones are of course the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. There’s also Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog, Dollhouse, and the movie Buffy. The group brought up some other examples.

For my part, my favorite is still Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly. He’s ruthlessly devoted to his set of morals and will go through hell for them. Plus, there is the infinitely quotable line “If someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back.”

Sometimes my inner geek screams to get out

August 17, 2012 / / 1 Comment

So I was in training for the last two days for work. Part of the training is identifying stakeholders and the impact of our actions on stakeholders. The instructor’s quip was along the lines of log when we talk about stakeholders, we’re not talking about someone who’s holding a sirloin with a pair of tongs. I’m thinking:

Really? I would’ve gone with more of we’re not talking about a vampire hunter’s assistant.

Then I realized that most of the people around me would have taken a few minutes before catching up with me.

I am such a nerd.

Friday Quote – Lord Chesterfield

July 27, 2012 / / 0 Comments

“The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.”

Lord Chesterfield

h/t Put This On

I could go to work in a polo and jeans everyday, but I make sure to wear shirt and tie. I find that the people I need to influence listen more closely when I’m professionally attired. I will occasionally joke that my foppish side comes out, but this quote comes closer to my true nature.

RSS feed

June 6, 2012 / / 0 Comments

The Derek Ward blog was updated so that I could drop in markdown. This may have broken the RSS feed for the blog. Is there anyone else who lost the feed?

Update: It looks like it was that one post. Wondering if it might be the module for using markdown.

Welcome

April 8, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Welcome to the world of Derek Ward. This is where I let my imagination and my opinions run wild.

I am a writer of fiction. Urban fantasy, science-fiction, or whatever just happens to strike my fancy. Some of you may have come here because of my work on “Zombie Strike” with Kenn Blanchard.

Here is where you will find chapters of my novel Badmoon Rising. It’s best to start at the beginning. Other denizens of my imagination will also crop up on occasion.

I am also a bit opinionated. For the low, low cost of nothing, you will also get to see my opinions on current events, guns, science, skepticism, atheism, and whatever else I think is cool. Feel free to leave comments. Usual rules of civility apply. Trolls will be hunted down, destroyed, their heads put on pikes, and their skins used to make my war drums. Or I’ll just block you. Whatever I’m in the mood to do.