The day was coming. Yesterday, eleven Republican Congressmen went to the White House bearing a message for President Bush. Their message for the President? He’s lost credibility on Iraq. The President’s approval rating is south of thirty percent. That Republican Congressmen will start to peel from the monolithic bloc in support of the President’s failedContinue reading “On Cracks in the Republican Facade”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer
My friend Todd “Scavenger” Kogutt keeps telling me about the Doctor Who spin-off he’d love to see: Abslom Daak: Dalek Killer, starring Bruce Campbell. The first time he told me this I must confess that I snarfed coffee on my monitor–I just didn’t see it. But after the recent Dalek two-parter Todd brought the ideaContinue reading “On Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer”
On Phishers
Today I’ve been inundated with phishers. A phisher is a particular kind of spammer–not a follower of that college favorite band, Phish, a band that I’m not even sure still tours–one that wants their target to give up all sorts of personal information like credit card numbers and the like. Today, I keep getting messagesContinue reading “On Phishers”
On "The Lazarus Experiment" and Other Who Stuff
Before we get to “The Lazarus Experiment,” the latest episode of Doctor Who‘s third season, let’s look at two new Doctor Who drabbles I wrote and uploaded to the website. The first, “Recitals,” is a tenth Doctor/Martha drabble about, yes, a poetry recital. (There’s no spoilers, for those unfamiliar with Martha.) The second, “Coffee Bars,”Continue reading “On "The Lazarus Experiment" and Other Who Stuff”
On Magneto and Cosmic Boy
A reader named Alex dropped by the “Ask Allyn Anything” post Saturday-ish and asked a geeky question. Because the post has dropped off the front page, though, I’m going to respond to it here as well, to say nothing of greater length to explain my reasoning. It’s my blog, and I can do things likeContinue reading “On Magneto and Cosmic Boy”
On More WordPress Work
It’s a Sunday, so that means “Let’s mess around with WordPress!” Today was no exception. Changes were made, but they’re nothing that you, readers, would see. Rather, I installed two new plug-ins that make changes on the backend that I see when I write posts, approve comments, and the like. The one front-end change IContinue reading “On More WordPress Work”
On an Odd Harry Potter Musing
Friday afternoon, for reasons that still mystify me somewhat, I began musing on Harry Potter. But not in the way that people usually muse on Harry Potter. Who ends up with whom, how the seventh book will end, that sort of thing–not my interest, sorry. Rather, I thought back a few years to the releaseContinue reading “On an Odd Harry Potter Musing”
On Frank Gasperik
Ten years ago I joined a mailing list devoted to the works of Larry Niven. I’d loved Niven’s works for years but never had anyone to share that love with, and one of the great things about the Internet in those wild and wooly days of the mid- and late-90s was discovering their were otherContinue reading “On Frank Gasperik”
On Karl Rove's Atheism
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this–Christopher Hitchens, author of the new book God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, outed senior Bush administration advisor Karl Rove as an atheist. Hitchens said in an interview with New York Magazine: I know something which is known to few but is not a secret.Continue reading “On Karl Rove's Atheism”
On McDonald's and My Grandmother
My neighbor has started taking my grandmother to McDonald’s, if not on a daily basis then at least four or five times a week. To be frank I’m a little surprised that my grandmother goes. McDonald’s… well, it’s never been her kind of restaurant. My grandmother’s McDonald’s is an interesting place. This is typical–“I hadContinue reading “On McDonald's and My Grandmother”