You want to know what makes Shore Leave worth it? You want to know what brings me back, year after year? The Belgian waffles. The made-to-order omelettes. 🙂 Be back soon!
Author Archives: Allyn
On Questions From the Floor
After musing the other day about the “Eliza” program, and whether or not people where going to their favorite search engine and asking it questions to have a conversation, I decided to take a look at my own search logs and see if I had search questions, rather than search phrases. Here’s some of whatContinue reading “On Questions From the Floor”
On Lugging Around Metal
Sometimes the change machine at the subway terminal drives me crazy. This was one of those days. About once a week I’ll use a twenty dollar bill in the machine. The change comes back as dollar coins. Then, I use the dollar coins to pay my fare the following few days. I put in theContinue reading “On Lugging Around Metal”
On the Shore Leave 2008 Schedule
Tomorrow, the Shore Leave Convention begins in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Let’s take a look at my schedule. 🙂 Friday 10-Midnight: Meet the Pros (Hunt Valley Corridor) Saturday 3-5: Doctor Who: The Quality of Leadership (Salon A) Sunday 10-11: Doctor Who/Torchwood/Sarah Jane (Salon F) 11-12: Comics to Movies (Salon B) Hope to see some of youContinue reading “On the Shore Leave 2008 Schedule”
On The Sword in the Stone
A few weeks ago Disney released the 45th-anniversary edition of The Sword in the Stone, the animated adaptation of the first volume in T.H. White’s The Once and Future King Arthurian quadrilogy, on DVD. I’d been meaning to buy the movie for years because I have fond memories of it from my youth, but hadContinue reading “On The Sword in the Stone”
On the Tuesday Feeling
I woke this morning… …and had no idea what day it was. The idea that today was Tuesday was simple inconceivable to me. I don’t know what day I thought it was, but Tuesday it was not. Could it be that I got up with the alarm, rather than hit the Snooze button the two,Continue reading “On the Tuesday Feeling”
On “Journey’s End” and My Daft Theories
So, now I’ve seen it. Doctor Who. “Journey’s End.” Last week I posted some theories. “The Stolen Earth,” the fourth season’s penultimate episode, posed a number of questions, and suggested certain possibilities, and I offered my thoughts on what everything meant, and where “Journey’s End” would likely go. Much to my surprise, Jamie McCrimmon didContinue reading “On “Journey’s End” and My Daft Theories”
On Entertainment Weekly’s Movie Meme
Below is the Entertainment Weekly‘s list of 100 Classic Movies of the past 25 years. Bold the ones you’ve seen, underline the ones you plan to.
On Why I Hate Fox Sports
Earth to Fox Sports: Does anyone really want to spend their afternoons watching a Yankees/Red Sox game? Especially when neither team is in first place in their division? Especially when one of those teams is pretty fucking woeful? I’d much rather watch the Cubs/Cardinals game. Not just because it’s the Cubs, but because there areContinue reading “On Why I Hate Fox Sports”
On Jesse Helms
Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died this morning. And as it’s bad form to speak ill of the dead, I’ll leave it at that.