171 thoughts on “Natural Mystic”

1. I figured you already knew about the Shatner “blog”; I saw it this morning. What-ev!
   That’s cool about the juggling. My dad taught me to juggle when I was about 12. I also rode (ride!) a unicycle. Both cool & unusual hobbies. 🙂

2. If Wheater’s are normal and Wheaties are weird then I am a Wheaties w/ Rasins(ie Really nuts)
   -Way to go Amanda!!! the word for the week is WEEEEEEEEEE!!!! now lets all jump up and to the Angery Angery Beavers Dance!! Whoo Hooo * As Andie stands alone*
   Happy Happy Joy Joy-Happy Happy Joy!
   Hey Wil it’s way funner over here then over at WFS site,i checked it out, it’s too hospital Corners *shutters* Besides you have a Posse! Ye Haw!

3. By the way- way to go with Ryan, kids are difficult at any age biologically or not, hey do you still do magic tricks? (Mr Houdini?)

4. Wil, I really like hearing about you and your stepkids. When I agreed to marry Steve, I knew he had a baby son with his ex girlfriend. I know all about the trials and tribulations associated with split parents… emotional drama/trauma, custody battles…child support, trying to stabilize families… but I said yes with my eyes open, and planned on taking it all on with as much grace and patience as I could muster.
   Last July, on a nice sunny afternoon when Steve’s son was 2, a car ran a red light and hit his stroller on the sidewalk, killing him instantly. People seem to assume (since I wasn’t his mom and we didn’t have a close relationship yet) that I can just get over it instantly and forget about him. Obviously not true.
   Anyway, I just wanted to say that it makes me really happy that you love the kids and are patient with them in getting that love returned. That’s just about the nicest thing you can do for a child.

5. Clever Wil, split up “William Fucking Shatner’s Blog” into two links, one of which heads to your store. Moichandizing, Moichandizing! Oh, and as per Azrael’s “..does ANYONE really talk like this, let alone Shatner?” many people simply don’t WRITE the way that they speak. It uses a different thought process, I believe. For example, I have the annoying tendency to be a blithering idiot in person, while my writing tends to be WAAAAAY too syntactically formal. Just because Shats wouldn’t say that to his best bud, wouldn’t mean that he wouldn’t naturally express himself that way in prose. Just my two cents.

6. First of all-congrats to Amanda. College life was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had, so I’m kinda envious when I here about someone who is just starting that path. There’s very few other experiences you can have where so many doors are just waiting to be opened.
   I don’t think it’s a big deal that WFS has a some semblance of a blog. It’s the latest wave of entertainment. Besides, you have to admit he was always one to invest in different and new technologies to support himself and his career. There’s room for everyone! We don’t need to flame anyone for trying to get into new endevours.
   But flaming WFS about his overacting chops and his general attitude towards some people…now we’re onto something! 🙂
   That’s great about things with Ryan! May I suggest one thing though-that even though you’re mindful of not trying to overwhelm him, be careful that you don’t go too far in the opposite direction and that he mistakes you for being too aloof. Yeah, I know-easy to say…

7. Owner’s manual … scary thought. 😉

8. This was my first ever vist to a blog. Very cool indeed. I intend to come back to this one often.
   Will, I was moved by your reference to Ryan and how he has been moving closer to you. Good for you. Cherish every moment with him. Last Sunday, I saw my three-year old daughter for the first time in three weeks. (She and her mom have moved to Vancouver Island and I will follow in a few months when I finish my music therapy internship.) When we saw each other at the ferry terminal we ran into each other’s arms. I won’t ever forget the beautiful, emotional sound of her giggles and laughter which dominated our time together that day.

9. Yes Shatner’s site looks over done, but as for the blog it’s bearly started…I say give it alittle time and see if it has an honest voice, after a month or two the truth will show…

10. New headshots. About time. 😉
    First up, send them to the IMDB!!
    – Miles –

11. Dear Wil,
    Will you please teach me how to juggle? I can do devil sticks and chinese yo-yo (diablo) but I can’t juggle three items. It frustrates me to no end.
    Thanks Dad … er, Wil! 🙂

12. On the music note, if you are into reggae….Ben Harper is really good. And on the down home southern bluesy stuff, R.L. Burnside is really awesome.
    If anyone gets the chance, and you like that kind of thing, check it out! I just bought both and have a hard time turning them off…
    Have a great day everyone! =)

13. Wow, not only do your friends go far in life, but even get a pat on the back on the best homemade website around.
    Bob Marley is good stuff, no doubt about it. Exodus is my favorite of all time.
    Shatner’s site: um, yeah. I would be VERY surprised if he did more than tell someone what he wants it to say (no notes needed). The site (I spent a whole 5 seconds on it, so I’m now an expert 😉 ) is so contrived. It needs personality. Maybe a hairpeice would help?
    OK, now I’m just throwing stones.
    Wil, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You have a really good site. I went from a Wesley hater, to a weekly Wil reader, to a daily reader. I think it’s because of your honesty and open heart (see Ryan).
    Peace.

14. So Wil are you going to tell us who are Wheaties and who ae wheaters?
    Spike
    10.48pm GMT
    6th March

15. “I remember my mom trying to teach me how to juggle when I was a kid. She handed me three oranges and we stood in front of the couch so that when I inevitably dropped them, they’d land on the cushions in front of me and I didn’t have to run around the living room chasing rolling fruit. (although that’s kind of fun when you’re nine years old) I never got the hang of it. But, oh, how I love oranges now!”
    Hey Kennedy have you ever seen Steve Martin juggle he loves it when they go Faaaaaar Awaaaay!

16. Wheaties? / Wheaters?
    I’d like to think that I’m on the threshold.
    John Mcgregor

17. Hi Wil,
    “Tsumo at metafilter said, I really can’t imagine Shatner overtaking Wil in popularity any time soon.” I must whole heartly agree with this. I have nothing against Shatner or his site, but it just doesn’t have the same flavor as WWDN. Coming here daily is a refreshing break from the news paper and TV, and daily life. It always brings a smile to my face. I love the humor, the intelligence, and the home feeling that I get from here. I can’t speak for the other posse members, but I bet most would agree. I am 28, so your issues, and comments a lot of the times reflect on issues in my own life. I am sure I can’t find that at Shatner’s site. (not that I have really given it a chance)
    As far as Nolan and you growing closer, that is an awesome feeling that I have for you Wil, it honestly warms my heart. It took me time to except my step-mom, but now that I saw what she had to offer, the blood-lines no longer matter.
    I hope that Nolan, Ryan, and you can achieve this. Damn, I feel so happy for you, major mojo Wil.

18. Let’s see.. a Wheatie is one of those geeks who wears the young ensign’s uniform to trek cons and knows the name of every episode Wil was in, whereas a Wheater is mildly interested in Wil’s acting history but far more interested in the present and future activities of Mr. Wheaton?
    If that’s it, I’m probably a Wheat-thin. I’m only here for the snacks. 🙂

19. I agree with Mandy up there. In his elder years Shatner is definately very willing to make fun of himself and really that is what keeps him around. I’m not gonna hate on the guy though.
    As for the site, it’s not personal and the family album is just and attempt to make it so. Who cares anyway?
    K

20. Rasta dont work for no CIA

21. bob marley…good stuff.
    i like the recording complete with the pops and hisses, though.
    any of the digitally remastered Marley that ive heard so far sounds too beepy and clean…
    not that im against digital remastering… cause the cleaned up version of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”(the movie) is just amazing!
    Good luck with yer kids… i know i gave my step-dad a hard time. step-parents have a rough job.
    peace out,
    toni

22. Lets summarize shall we…
    SHATNER ever a dick and a cad
    MOORE you’re kick ass bad
    AMANDA that’s totally rad
    RYAN quite the talented lad
    Let me just squelch iminent demands that I will undoubtedly get wondering if I professionally write poetry. No folks, sorry to disappoint. Although I’d obviously be a smashing sucess based just on my sheer rhyming talents alone.

23. dude
    wfs’ site is way too rehearsed. tv’s wil wheaton has a much better site…
    don’t you think?
    i thought you did.
    i really need to buy some wfs gear.
    but then again, i should be studying right now.
    sorry for the rambling
    ~pyro

24. This posse is among the coolest things I read (and sometimes contribute to) all day! I’m always amused or my thoughts are often provoked by something that I read here.
    THAT, my friends, is the difference this blog site makes — compared to so many others, including Mr. Shatner’s!
    Wil, the fact of your fame is not as important to me as the fact is that you’ve brought yourself and some aspects of your life here (including the Hollywood experiences) to share, and obviously inspired many others to bring their daily experiences with jobs, kids, money, politics, etc. here too.
    Oh sure, some of us came here because we might have wanted to see “what that kid who played Wesley Crusher” is doing these days, but once we got here (speaking for myself now), found it amusing, refreshing, thoughtful, and a chance to share with others.
    How bad can that be, eh? 🙂
    Keep it up.

25. I just don’t know what’s wrong with me, I neglected the whole first part of that post. Here we go folks.
    HEADSHOTS yeah I’m glad
    MIDGET PORN you say? egad
    REGGAE not just a fad
    GO MUSKIES EHH!

26. hey this has nothing to do with the kid’s comments. I just wanted to see if anyone else had seen that Corey Feldman’s going to be on Entertainment Tonight tomorrow. 😀 Looked real interesting.

27. I have seen Shatner’s new and improved site before this. As with his acting and live “performances”, it is over done and cluttered. But then that is probably just as well because if we were able to see through to the real him then…

28. I have seen Shatner’s new and improved site before this. As with his acting and live “performances”, it is over done and cluttered. But then that is probably just as well because if we were able to see through to the real him then…

29. I have seen Shatner’s new and improved site before this. As with his acting and live “performances”, it is over done and cluttered. But then that is probably just as well because if we were able to see through to the real him then…

30. Every picture I have of my mother, it looks like they were pointing an Uzi at her instead of a camera. I inherited that gene. And unfortunately, I need headshots too. I hate ’em.
    Well no, that’s not completely true. I hate thinking about the photo shoot; I hate prepping for the photo shoot; I hate going to the photo shoot. But it’s kinda neat once you’re there to have a bunch of people watching you and saying, “Ooh yeah, that’s beautiful” all afternoon.
    Oh…well maybe they don’t do that for guy actors. Is that the problem?

31. hmm…
    WIL Kickass step-dad
    TOM GREEN guy with one ‘nad
    BUSH best friend is “chad”
    CONDIT that dude is just sad
    JANET the girlfriend of Brad

32. NOT quite mad
    NOT quite sad
    DISALUSIONED just a tad
    TALENT I thought I had
    ME as a poet just plain bad
    AMStrange the stuff about the nad and the chad…genius 🙂

33. Wil, Wil, Wil… that’s not very generous of you. I saw William Shatner’s stuff, and I think that it was engaging, and without specific evidence that he is being ghostwritten, or heavily edited… I would give him the benny of the doubt. He’s a newcomer, anyway, so we shall see what comes of this.
    I dig your site. You’re doing something really cool and interesting here, we need more of your type on the ‘net. Right on, Wil!

34. The awful truth about Michael Moore.
    For most people on the left, Moore is welcome news. Some of us, however, have had enough.
    Eight years ago we forgave Moore when he distorted facts in “Roger & Me,” his documentary about General Motors and Flint, Mich. After all, it was in the service of a larger Truth, and as progressives (or liberals, as we called ourselves then) we wanted to support a distinctive populist voice. Most importantly, “Roger & Me” was a clever and very funny film.
    Three years later came “Pets or Meat,” a shoddy rehash of “Roger & Me.” We let it slide because it was good just to have Moore back. When he followed up with “Canadian Bacon,” we politely pretended that embarrassing flop was an irrelevant aberration. By 1994 we were kvelling over “TV Nation,” which a typical critic hailed as “the best TV show in the past 30 years.” Demonstrably not a fact, but in the service of a larger truth: that a wildly uneven left-wing TV show was better than no left-wing TV show at all. “TV Nation” was canceled (twice), but Moore returned last year with a book, “Downsize This!” and, well, you know the pattern. It was mediocre at best, but progressives championed it and propelled it onto the bestseller lists.
    Stop the bandwagon, I want to get off.
    FIVE REASONS THE LEFT CAN DO WITHOUT MICHAEL MOORE
    1. ROGER AND ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!
    The first warning was when “Pets or Meat” turned out to be about what a great film “Roger & Me” was. Then came “TV Nation,” with its frequent segments about what a great show “TV Nation” was.
    Late last year, Moore wrote four “Media Matters” columns for the Nation, in which he showed clearly which media matter to him. The first installment mentioned “Downsize This!” in the opening paragraph, then discussed both “Roger & Me” and “Canadian Bacon.” The second installment was all about “TV Nation.” The third again mentioned “Downsize This!” in the first paragraph and discussed at length the promotional tour for that book. The final column oddly had nothing to do with the media — except for the mention of “Downsize This!” in the first paragraph.
    Currently, Moore is editing a new documentary about … the promotional tour for “Downsize This!” “The first concert film of a book tour,” he calls it, as if the world’s been waiting for such a thing. The tentative title for Moore’s new Regan Book? You guessed it: “TV Nation: Uncensored.”
    2. KARL WAS NOT THE FUNNIEST MARX BROTHER
    Michael Moore is phenomenally good at one thing: getting people to make idiots of themselves on camera. That can be uproarious, but it’s not inherently so. It can also be self-defeating if overused, as viewers catch on that maybe the suit on the other end of the microphone each week isn’t really so dense, he just comes off that way because that’s what Michael Moore does to people.
    When Moore actually cracks jokes, as he does in “Downsize This!” it becomes clear that his knack for comedy is shockingly third-rate. In this book (published five years after 1991) Michael Moore slaps his thigh over such laff riots as Barney the dinosaur, John Tesh and “the guy responsible for the little silver tape you can’t get off the CD box.”
    Hey Mike, for your next book: airline peanuts, and how hard they are to open. It’ll kill.
    3. BLACK HELICOPTERS OVER FLINT
    Did you see “Canadian Bacon”? Me neither. But anyone who has will tell you this anti-war “comedy” deserved to fail as badly as it did. Moore does not buy that. He thinks the studio, PolyGram, intentionally buried the film. As he wrote in the Nation: “They tested the film in front of an all-white audience near, of all places, Simi Valley, California (site of the infamous Rodney King verdict and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library). Guess what? THE AUDIENCE HATED IT!”
    That’s right — Reagan did it.
    Why would PolyGram sink its own movie? Because it’s “owned by Philips of the Netherlands, makers of weapons.”
    In another Nation column, Moore accused Borders of canceling his signings after he supported a Borders employee named Miriam Fried who had tried to unionize her store. Well, maybe. But wasn’t his “NOTE TO BORDERS EXECUTIVES” a little excessive? “If, after this column is published, you retaliate by removing my book from your shelves, or hiding it in the ‘humor’ section or underreporting its sales to the New York Times list, I will come at you with everything I’ve got.”
    Relax. I’m sure no one would ever classify “Downsize This!” as humor.
    4. FRIEND OF THE WORKING MAN
    It was Miriam Fried who said, “The ultimate measure of a company’s social responsibility is the way it treats its employees.” It was a “TV Nation” producer who said, “If you had … a reunion of people for whom working for Michael was the least pleasant professional experience of their lives, it might be necessary to rent a large stadium.”
    From articles in New York magazine and the New York Observer, and from my own conversations with Moore’s former employees, I have learned that Moore’s office is not, as he insists in his book, “a nonstop rock-‘n’-roll party for the proletariat.”
    “TV Nation” writers say he tried to dissuade them from joining the Writer’s Guild (though he spends a chapter of his book on his efforts to unionize his researchers). Once they did join, writers relied on the Guild repeatedly to secure them payments, credits and residuals Moore was trying to screw them out of.
    On another Moore project, one senior staffer regularly responded to Moore’s abuse by presenting the boss with a big box of doughnuts. He assured co-workers he was not trying to placate Moore. Rather, he figured Mike’s intemperate scarfing would hasten the fat man’s death.
    Moore’s response is that his critics resent the success of an uneducated man from Flint because “they went to Yale, they went to Harvard.” In fact, no one on “TV Nation” attended an Ivy League school, but Moore is probably going for a larger truth.
    5. POP GOES THE POPULIST
    Read an interview with Moore and sooner or later you get to the part where he says, “I’m the same person I was before ‘Roger & Me.’ I still only own three pairs of blue jeans and one Detroit Tigers cap.” It is vital to Moore’s sense of self (not to mention his career) that he remain a Guy from Flint.
    He hasn’t been that guy for quite some time. Even when he says “I never made more than $15,000 a year” before “Roger & Me,” he’s not counting the $58,000 settlement he got from Mother Jones after they fired him. (The magazine says Moore was incompetent. Moore says the publishers conspired against him. You make the call.)
    The thing is, no one would even think to begrudge him his success if he wasn’t such a snob about being “working class.”
    Like when he says, “Average working stiffs were willing to … pay seven bucks to see my movie. So if they’re going to give me their money what am I going to with it? Get a big boat? I don’t think so.” Instead he got a $1.27 million apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. You didn’t think he still lived in Flint, did you?
    Again, no one would care, except that Moore insists on telling interviewers that it’s OK because his neighborhood is “a lot like Flint. It’s poor, noisy.” Granted, it’s noisy (though I suspect it’s quieter up in Moore’s 17th-floor pad, even out on the 755-square-foot terrace), but poor? Within four blocks of his front door, Moore can buy a $3.40 cappuccino, $375 shoes or $400 sunglasses. Fortunately, the local all-you-can-eat “barbecue pig out” is only $15.95.
    Moore’s address does put him in a good school district, but that doesn’t matter. He sends his daughter to private school.
    What’s really sad is that Moore is dependent on being Joe Baseball Cap largely because he is bereft of any ideas beyond that. As Might magazine pointed out, the crux of Moore’s political agenda is, in his own words: “We need to let the working class know that we don’t think we’re better than them.” If Newt Gingrich said anything so patronizing, the Left would never stop ridiculing him. And how do “we” let “them” know we’re on their side? “To effect change we have to get off our high horse and start living in the real world,” Moore says. “I want you watching ‘Friends’ every single week. I want you listening to country music.” If only my mother had known watching TV was an act of revolution. She’d never have made me turn-off-the-damn-set-and-do-your-homework-already. Besides, if the popularity of “Friends” really means that show represents where ordinary Americans are at, what does that say about shows that don’t get high ratings, like, oh, “TV Nation”?
    Occasionally, Moore tries to elaborate on this theme and slips up. “Rap music and country music, these are the voices … of people who are disenfranchised,” he told one college audience. “I know the music sucks, but don’t you want to put yourself through some pain to see what people are feeling?” Not that we’re better than them or anything.

35. Wheaties and Wheators and SPACE WEENIES..Is it
    just me or does the posse and Unka Willy have a
    giant “cheesy” food fetish? Yum, Wil Wheathins
    with cheese..Now I have the munchies!

36. Wil,
    Damn. I couldn’t resist. I just gave WFS’s blog a hit. ….boring….really boring. Hard on the eyes, too.
    My husband just commented that he’d rather read about the rats in Wil’s walls than the apples that Shat bought at the marketplace. True. True.
    Funny thing about the personal honesty that I get from this site. It’s contagious. I like it. It is, as they say, refreshing. I feel a sort of weird bond with you and Anne and the boys. My oldest son is soon to be 33, and my youngest is 26, so I can kind of relate to the stories of your life. I’m rooting for you, and look forward to hearing about your successes. I felt bad when you felt bad, and wanted to cheer you up. This place that you’ve created doesn’t have a canned, sanitized feel to it. Alot like real life.
    If you read every single post here, and spend even a teeny amount of time in the soapbox, it’s got to be just about a full time job. But, it’s cheaper than therapy – for you, and for the rest of us!
    Corky

37. Taken from Shatners Site:
    “rlith Member
    Total Posts: 1
    Last Post: 3/6/2002
    Member Since: 3/6/2002
    A while back Wil Wheaton of STTNG fame had occasion to be at a con with William Shatner. As Wil as always a big fan of Bill’s he thought he would wander up and introduce himself, and basically was completely blown off by Bill. Seriously, if Bill is such a homespun guy, how come he was so nasty to Wil Wheaton on just a plain hello? Fark fans and Wheaton fans want to know!”
    (no response as of posted time below.)
    my thoughts?
    the popularity of the “blog” is based pretty much on the fact that it’s written like a diary and by the person the “blog” is about. the ‘viewer’ is getting a peak into someone’s life on a low-down scale. not to mention that the “blog” owner tries to do their own site’s html. mr. shatner’s site is obviously catered to net him profits and make him look good. wheaton on the other hand is smart enough and internet-keen-enough to know that works, and in my opinion will always get more response and hits than shatner’s site ever will. i think shatner is too scared to let people into his head lol.. frankly i think that would be spooky.

38. correction- “wheaton on the other hand is smart enough and internet-keen-enought to know..” WHAT works.
    *sigh* 😛

39. Why did you get new headshots? Did you get a new head?

40. Wil,
    I keep coming back here because this site is one of the most genuine – if not *thee* most genuine celebrity-related site on the net. When people run a blog, they get to share life’s little ironic twists and turns — it’s a great thing. Thanks for “keepin’ it real.” 🙂
    luv Jackie V.
    Stardust-dream.com

41. Medieval day — VERY cool. I wish they had medieval day when I was in elementary school. Maybe I would have gotten all my dress up out of me and wouldn’t be in the SCA now……..
    NAH.
    So what’d they do for medieval day, Wil?
    –Matt

42. – Did someone say Midieval Day? I get to be a Saucy Wench! *jump jump jump* as Andie flips her skirt-

43. On Medieval day, they got some hardcore brothers to show up with a crowbar and a blowtorch…

44. Hmm… sounds like the same two guys that my private Christian school used to hire for the “Your Parents are Going to Hell Unless They’re Saved” days….

45. hey, i was just thinking wil, you could ahve just not had any head shots taken at all! you could ahve used that new pic of your handyman butt crack! thats alluring, dont you say?
    woulda saved a bunch of money on crazy professional pics! professional proshmessional!
    go with the butt crack!
    sall i gotta say!
    (and i love you! in a platonic kinda way…you do know what platonic means right?)
    colleen~

46. Colleen, I will tell you what my older brother told me long ago, and I have found the advice to be sound: Just say “no” to crack. Even Wil Wheaton’s crack.
    True Story.

47. WFucking Shatner’s blog sucks. It felt like an owners manual.

48. WFucking Shatner’s blog sucks. It felt like an owners manual.

49. WFucking Shatner’s blog sucks. It felt like an owners manual.

50. I have to say that I think one of the reaosn Wil’s blog is doing so well is that his content is so refreshing and so real, we want to respond to it, and then we respond to each other’s responses, and life is stimulated in a way artificial sites (like W.F.S.) can’t generate.
    Way to go Amanda, BTW, and I bet Ryan’s an impressive juggler (that’s just a cool skill to have)

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