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Dear Future Wife

Troy forewarns his bride to be of his quirks that she'll need to find it in her heart to love.

Dear Future Wife > Tuesday, March-02-2010

Dear Future Wife: The Mancave... Or Troy's Version Of It...

If you've seen "I Love You Man", you'll have no doubt noticed that you never see the inside of Jason Siegel's house - you only see The Mancave, his Fortress of Solitude out on the garage where pop culture, music, and other unspeakables all collide. Much as people ponder their dream home or their perfect kitchen, us dudes know what their perfect Mancave locale will be. So, Future Wife - you ask what Mancave will be? Well, allow me to tell you. And don't worry, you're allowed in...

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Dear Future Wife > Monday, March-30-2009

Dear Future Wife Column #2: Be Cool.

Okay, you don't have to be THIS cool but still...

Dear Future Wife, I was watching Rachel Getting Married over the weekend, and I've been observing the ease in which a few of my married friends interact lately and something became abundantly clear to me -- in order for us to walk down the isle and exchange those vows, you have to be cool. I mean, really REALLY cool... one might say super cool.

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Dear Future Wife > Wednesday, October-29-2008

Dear Future Wife Column #1: It's Close to Midnight

In a new blog column that I'd like to call "Dear Future Wife", I put all of the little quirks out there on the table that my someday bride to be should be well-aware of before we wed. For our first exhibit of the series, I present a quirk that said bride should be willing to rehearse, execute, and have fun with at the reception on the day that we're wed...

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The Comic Book Script Archive
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Write Enough
Freakazoid Writer/Producer John McCann's Insights on Life, Love, Running, and Large Avian Creatures
Froynlaven
Freakazoid Writer/Producer/Voice Actor Paul Rugg Would Like to Tell You a Story, If You're Lucky, He'll Do So In Jerry Lewis' Voice
surviving bLogohoLicism
Michele is Cool. And she has a problem that at least she admits to, she's a blogoholic.
Proton Charging
Chris has Outlived My Ghostbusters Spell on the Internet, God Bless Him. More Ghostbusters news than one can shake a Neutrana Wand at.
Trilogy Guitars
If you are in the market for only the finest of guitaring guitars, then you must go to Trilogy, ask for Ryan. Tell him Babs sent you.
Andrew Dabb
Andrew is a long standing member of Genius Status. Learn his name, you shall be entertained by him for decades. He writes comics, TV shows, and last I heard, a mean Herbal Tea box joke or two.
Gnooze
Brian and Marta make news more palatable by making the G silent.
Lauzirika Motion Picture Company
Mr. Lauzirika's website is under construction because he's way too busy making the finest DVD productions known to man. If you don't own Blade Runner on Blu-ray, you should feel shame.

Troy's Produced Bonus Features and All Sorts of Other Gravy for These DVDs, You Should Buy! (In Order of His Doings)

(Troy Did: Audio Commentaries with Eddie Izzard and Dimitri Lipkin)

(Troy Helped Do: The Super Cool Geeky Trivia Track)

(Troy Did: Super Fun Commentaries, and "The Original Freak")

(Troy Wrote: The Weyland-Yutani Database -- and helped Jeff with all the documentaries, but only a l'll.)

(Troy Co-Produced: "Reflections: The Making of Mirrors")

(Troy Did: "Partly Metal, Partly Real: Remembering Silverhawks")

(Troy Did: "Dust Yourself Off and Pick Yourself Up, Charlie Brown")

(Troy Did: "Eddie Izzard Revealed")

(Troy, with insane amounts of help from many people of which he is still thankful, did: "The Complete X-Files Timeline")

(Troy Co-Wrote: "Mr. Universe's Compendium", and the Serenity Ship Tour)

(Troy Did: "Jonny Quest Returns")

(Troy Did: "Liebeslied fur Normadeus", "A Full Season's Worth of Commentaries")

(Troy Did: "Sibling Rivalry: Growing Up Van Pelt")