If you got to relive one day of your life, when would it be? It’s tempting to pick a day when something really bad happened. Maybe it’s a date of an unfortunate accident, like getting lost in fog and running a car headfirst into a stone wall. Maybe it’s a day when a drunk driverContinue reading “On Reliving Moments from the Past”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Contemplating the Martian War Machine
On Saturday, I built the Tripod Invader, one of the sets from the new LEGO Alien Conquest theme which is based loosely on H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and alien invasion B-movies of the 1950s. When I wrote about the set yesterday, I mentioned that I was thinking of modifying the Tripod InvaderContinue reading “On Contemplating the Martian War Machine”
On the LEGO Alien Conquest Tripod
This summer, LEGO introduced a new theme, Alien Conquest, based loosely on classic tales of alien invasion, from H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds to 1950s B-movies and Mars Attacks!. Flying saucers, alien motherships, and tripod walkers bring the alien armada to the doorstep of LEGO City. Yesterday, I bought the Tripod Invader set.Continue reading “On the LEGO Alien Conquest Tripod”
On What I’ve Been Up To
I haven’t felt much like blogging the last few weeks, the last two weeks especially. I haven’t lacked for things to say, life hasn’t been uninteresting. I haven’t cared to share any of it. Work has been keeping me busy. I haven’t been sleeping. I’ve been working on a WordPress project. I’ve been writing. I’veContinue reading “On What I’ve Been Up To”
On David Nicholls’ One Day
I’ve read a book I wish I’d written. The book is David Nicholls’ One Day, and it’s soon to be a movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. (Please Note: My thoughts on the movie are here.) I saw the poster for the film a few weeks ago when I went to see Winnie-the-Pooh, andContinue reading “On David Nicholls’ One Day”
On My Grandmother’s Death and Funeral
Last Saturday morning, July 23rd, my grandmother passed away. It was not a surprise. Her health, especially mentally but in recent months physically as well, had been in decline for years, and in the spring I knew her end would arrive soon. She was unaware of things at the end. She went in peace. TheContinue reading “On My Grandmother’s Death and Funeral”
On the Debt Ceiling Crisis and Its Endgame
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past two months or been hiding in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan, you are doubtless aware of an impending, though entirely manufactured, fiscal crisis about to hit the United States. Quite simply, on August 2nd the United States will reach its statutory debt limit. InContinue reading “On the Debt Ceiling Crisis and Its Endgame”
On the Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Crossover
ADDED (10-22-2010): These are my pre-publication thoughts. My thoughts on the first issue itself can be found here. END This week, IDW Publishing made me very happy. At San Diego Comic-Con, they announced that, with DC Comics, they will be publishing a Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes crossover by novelist Chris Roberson and artist Jeffrey Moy:Continue reading “On the Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Crossover”
On the Itch to Code
For the past month, I’ve been working with someone as the coder on a website he needed built that uses WordPress as its back-end. It’s been a fun little project, as it let me get my hands grubby with code and I got to try out some new WordPress coding techniques that I’ve never learned.Continue reading “On the Itch to Code”
On Books I Would Like To Play
When I worked for EB Games, especially toward the end, it seemed like every major movie property, and some television properties too, was becoming a video game. James Bond, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, the Spider-Man films, etc., etc. Books, though? Actual printed books? They weren’t really game fodder. Comic books seemed easierContinue reading “On Books I Would Like To Play”