The sixth season of the new Doctor Who will be split in two; seven episodes airing from Easter, with the final six episodes airing later in the fall. According to the BBC’s press release: The split transmission is the result of a request from Steven Moffat to write a new Doctor Who story arc whichContinue reading “On Doctor Who’s Forthcoming Season”
On Publishing Tweets in the Newspaper
Two days in a row this week — Thursday and Friday — I had Tweets published in b, the local free daily paper. Actual conversation from yesterday: ME: Guess what! Guess what! I had another Tweet published in b. That’s two days in a row! Two days! COWORKER: What? ME: Yesterday, they published my TweetContinue reading “On Publishing Tweets in the Newspaper”
On Writing a Merlin Drabble
Last night, I had an idea for a drabble. Well, that’s not quite right. It might be more accurate to say that an idea for a drabble that had been kicking around in the recesses of the mind finally announced itself as being ready. I like writing drabbles — a short story of 100 words,Continue reading “On Writing a Merlin Drabble”
On What I (Don’t) Believe
I read today on Talking Points Memo that a Louisiana Congressman, John Fleming, said: We have two competing world views here and there is no way that we can reach across the aisle — one is going to have to win. We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like westernContinue reading “On What I (Don’t) Believe”
On Random Questions for a Random Day
Memes are cheap content, so let’s do a meme! Stolen from Keith; I don’t think he’ll mind, or even notice… Do you have any pets?Kitty. That’s his name. Kitty. Name three things that are physically close to you.A glass of lemonade iced tea. Nail clippers. Hair of the Dog, the CD from Three Bonzos andContinue reading “On Random Questions for a Random Day”
On Thinking Ahead to Weekend Plans
Here it is, only Monday, and already I’m thinking about the weekend ahead. One thing on the calendar? The Baltimore Comic-Con! I’m not sure why I’m excited by this. I just go to look, shake a few people’s hands, gaze upon people whose work I’ve followed for years and… welll… that’s about it. I’m notContinue reading “On Thinking Ahead to Weekend Plans”
On Star Trek Magazine’s Vulcan Super Special
On a Surprisingly Good Day
Today was, barring two transportation snags with the Baltimore Light Rail system that aren’t worth mentioning, a surprisingly good day. I received an Advance Reader’s Copy of Michael Moorcock’s forthcoming Doctor Who novel, The Coming of the Terraphiles. 😯 I was retweeted by the Voyager 2 space probe. (Okay, okay, it’s by the JPL team,Continue reading “On a Surprisingly Good Day”
On Barack Obama’s Religion
Wasn’t it P.T. Barnum who said that “You’ll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public?” That’s how I felt this morning, when I heard NPR’s story on a just-released Pew Research poll that indicates that a growing percentage of Americans — now 1 in 5 — believe that President Obama is, inContinue reading “On Barack Obama’s Religion”
On Dreams of EB Games
I dreamt last night of EB Games. I was in my store, in Cary. I was alone in the store. Presumably, it was before I unlocked the door. Early morning, then. My store was… odd. The fixtures were big, bulky, wooden things. No other EB Games store looked like mine. The walls were brown. TheContinue reading “On Dreams of EB Games”