Something occurred to me last night. I was unpacking a box of books, and one of the book was a collection of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry, which, oddly enough, comprises fully half of the poetry I own. (The other book of poetry I have is O Holy Cow: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, aContinue reading “Elias Vaughn Observations”
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The Friday Five – Highday, 5 Blotmath
1. What is your favorite scary movie? Aliens. It’s not quite the scare ride that the first Alien movie is, and it doesn’t carry the psychological gravitas of Alien 3, but James Cameron’s Aliens manages to be both scary and a ballsy action film at the same time. 2. What is your favorite Halloween treat?Continue reading “The Friday Five – Highday, 5 Blotmath”
Overheard at work
“What’s the difference between the two Lord of the Rings games? In Fellowship you’re a short guy with a stick who beats things. In Two Towers you get to be Aragorn, the blond guy, or the dude with the axe.”
Stones and Glass
I should be worried. I knew the two baseball teams in Gotham City without having to look it up. I even knew which league each team is in. (For those of you wondering, Gotham City hosts the Monarchs, of the National League, and the Knights, of the American League. The Monarchs replaced the Griffins, whoContinue reading “Stones and Glass”
Fun With LEGOs
In surfing the Internet one can find the most remarkable things, like M.C. Escher drawings rendered in LEGO! Balcony Belvedere Ascending, Descending
Talking The Practice
I wouldn’t call tonight’s episode of The Practice classic, but it certainly reminded me of why I started with the show and why I kept watching. We had an interesting legal case, defendants who were the underdogs, a legal dilemma, and some intriguing character moments. First, the case itself. Christian Scientists on trial for secondContinue reading “Talking The Practice”
The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings
David Colbert’s new book, The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings bills itself as a reference to the “amazing myths, legends, and facts behind the masterpiece.” Colbert is no stranger to this sort of book having authored a similar book last year on Harry Potter. At a slim 196 pages (including bibliography, suggestedContinue reading “The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings”
The Lost Star Trek Films
Several years ago Pocket published two Star Trek scriptbooks, one containing every Q script, the other containing Seven of Nine scripts. I gather neither book sold very well, and we haven’t seen other scriptbooks since. The problem with the scriptbooks, I think, is that there’s nothing really new and unique about them. The episodes willContinue reading “The Lost Star Trek Films”
In Defense of Warped
K.W. Jeter’s Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel Warped goes in for a lot of abuse within fandom–the story was inaccessible, the writing was bizarre, the take on the Trek universe was unbelievable, the book sold so poorly that Pocket wouldn’t think of doing another DS9 hardcover. I’ve heard all of these arguments, I’ve thoughtContinue reading “In Defense of Warped”
The Friday Five – Highday, 28 Winterfilth
This week’s questions from the Friday Five: 1. How many TVs do you have in your home? Three. 2. On average, how much TV do you watch in a week? Maybe three, four hours. Some weeks not at all. In other words, not very much. 3. Do you feel that television is bad for youngContinue reading “The Friday Five – Highday, 28 Winterfilth”