100 years and a mea culpa.

First, let me get the mea culpa out of the way.  I said on Thursday that I planned to post the first act of my script by the end of the weekend.  Yeah, I jinxed myself.  Literally a few hours after posting that I came down with a 48 hour bug.  Typical, right?  I spent all day yesterday lying down because every time I sat up I felt nauseous.

The bottom line is that I've gotten zero writing done this weekend.  I debated just posting what I've done so far, but I suspect that formatting the thing on the blog is going to be no easy task.  I'd rather just post an act at a time.  ETA for act one is now Monday or Tuesday.  Or Wednesday or Thursday or...

Now, lets take a moment to remember Titanic.

Today's the 100 year anniversary of the sinking.  As I type this I'm watching Leo escort Kate into the first class dining room.  I've always had a fascination with the story and I remember being very excited to hear that James Cameron was making a film.  Should I be embarrassed to admit that I saw it 9 times in the theater?  No joke.  I just couldn't get enough.

What is it about that small blip in time that resonates with so many?  

Titanic numbers  via

$7,500,00 - the cost of building the RMS Titanic

2 - the number of workers killed during the build

2,223 - the number of people aboard the ship on its maiden voyage

13 - the number of honeymooning couples

64 - the number of lifeboats Titanic was equipped to carry

20 - the number of lifeboats she actually carried

28 - the number of people aboard the first lifeboat out of a capacity of 65

6 - the number of iceberg warnings received before the collision

160 - the number of minutes it took Titanic to sink after hitting the iceberg

-2 - the temperature of the sea water in centigrade

706 - the number of survivors

1517 - the number of people killed in the sinking

74 - the number of years it took to find Titanic