While watching Star Trek: Nemesis for the first time last night, I cried out, “Dude! That’s Picard driving a Warthog!” Then a few minutes later as Worf manned the rear gun turret of the off-road vehicle, “Dude! That’s Worf playing Master Chief!” Have I played too much Halo on the XBox?
Author Archives: Allyn
A Most Disturbing Dream
A few days ago I picked up Kenneth Branagh’s version of Much Ado About Nothing on DVD at Target for under ten dollars. I haven’t watched it–been too busy to do so–so I’ve added it to my “to be watched” pile. Before I went to bed, I took the Klingon Language Institute‘s translation of theContinue reading “A Most Disturbing Dream”
Alternity! The Probe
Usually when thinking about alternate histories of the 2280s, I wandwave away the Probe. It’s all too coincidental. It shows up at precisely that particular moment when Kirk and his crew happen to be the only ship capable of going back in time to solve the crisis. It always seemed to me that, alter anyContinue reading “Alternity! The Probe”
Monkeys
We’ve all heard the line about how an infinite number of monkeys banging away at a keyboard will in the fullness of time produce the complete works of Shakespeare. A group of college students in England decided to put the theory to the test. Infinite monkeys? No, only six. Infinite time? No, only one month.Continue reading “Monkeys”
Reminder
Tonight’s episode of Enterprise is “Regeneration,” the Borg episode. Check it out if you’re curious to see the 22nd- and 24th-centuries collide. My speculations on the episode when it was first announced can be found here. For a possible result of the episode in the 24th-century, look here.
What Jesus Wouldn't Do
We’ve all seen the stickers and buttons–What Would Jesus Do? Two semi-related personal anecdotes. Guy comes in my store about two years ago. He turns to me and says, “Dude, where’s Jesus?” Now, I’m the only other person in the store, and I’m an atheist, so I look at him and say, “Excuse me?” “Jesus.Continue reading “What Jesus Wouldn't Do”
Travels with Dante
Here’s an odd personality test–if I died and went to Dante’s Inferno, where would I go? The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell – The City of Dis! The City of Dis, for those of you unfamiliar with Dante, is the city where the unbelievers in god and afterlifeContinue reading “Travels with Dante”
New Star Trek: New Frontier News
While this piece of news was announced several weeks ago on several Star Trek news websites, I’ve held off making the announcement here until the story in question was finished. I was asked to submit a short story for the upcoming Star Trek: New Frontier anthology, No Limits, due out this October. New Frontier, forContinue reading “New Star Trek: New Frontier News”
Quidditch!
When the first Harry Potter movie came out, my coworkers and I were talking one day about how Electronics Arts should make a video game devoted solely to Quidditch. EA produces some of the best sports simulations in the video game industry, and their name is synonymous with quality. When people think video game football,Continue reading “Quidditch!”
The Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, Dot
In going through a box of tee-shirts this morning, I found several Animaniacs shirts I had bought a number of years ago and forgotten. Ah, the fickleness of memory. I loved Animaniacs. It was a fantastic show, and in many ways one of the best animated television programs of all time. Certainly, it was amongContinue reading “The Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, Dot”