Within the last month, comment spam on my blog has gone from fairly minimal to fairly insane. Fortunately, I have traps in place to catch, but I’ve had to implement something I’m not a fan of — setting it so that comments don’t appear until I approve them if the person has never commented before.Continue reading “On the Archetypal Allyn”
On Craig Ferguson and Doctor Who Fandom
Said Craig Ferguson last week: Theres rivalry between the Harry Potter fans and the Twilight fans. And Twilight fans think they’re much cooler than the Harry Potter fans. And I’m like, “I dunno why… they’d all get their ass kicked by the Doctor Who fans.” That’s right, I won! Naturally, this amused me. And then,Continue reading “On Craig Ferguson and Doctor Who Fandom”
On Growing Sentences
I took a seat on the train, pulled out my notepad, took my pen in hand. The pen’s tip scratched across the paper, and a sentence was drawn out in ink — Travelers in the lands west of the River Anduin, on the well-worn road that runs from Imladris to the Grey Havens, speak ofContinue reading “On Growing Sentences”
On You Never Give Me Your Money
Over the past twenty-odd years I’ve read a lot of Beatles books. My studies have ranged from Mark Lewisohn’s books on their recordings to biographies of the band like Philip Norman’s Shout! and Bob Spitz’s The Beatles to analysis of the music in Mark Hertzgaard’s A Day in the Life and Ian MacDonald’s Revolution inContinue reading “On You Never Give Me Your Money”
On Doctor Who, the Pandorica, and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Doctor Who. :tardis: To quote Murray Gold, “Moffat, what have you done?” I could also quote the Master from “The Five Doctors,” but on the other hand that would be a spoiler, but on the gripping hand everyone already knows the quote, so I won’t quote it. Before I go all thinkie, I thought theContinue reading “On Doctor Who, the Pandorica, and the Legion of Super-Heroes”
On Blue Beetle, the Television Series
Blue Beetle. Yesterday, Geoff Johns posted some images of a live-action screen test of Blue Beetle for a possible television series. Personally, I would like to see a Blue Beetle movie. A super-hero buddy comedy — Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. There’s no reason that superhero movies need to be so serious. I’ve said thisContinue reading “On Blue Beetle, the Television Series”
On Friday, Muppets, and Mirth
Today was a day of projects at the office. I had nothing pressing that I had to do, no deadlines pressing down upon me (a rarity, that), so I decided to clear off some projects that were not priorities, that were things I wanted to do but simply had not had the time because ofContinue reading “On Friday, Muppets, and Mirth”
On the Sins of Comic Sans
I like fonts. I have many many fonts. Fonts are cool. Comic Sans, however, is not cool. Todd Klein, perhaps the greatest letterer comic books has ever seen, addressed its myriad problems in a blog post about a year ago: “Comic Sans is nothing more than a way to label yourself clueless about comics, fonts,Continue reading “On the Sins of Comic Sans”
On Putting an End to GameStop’s Neediness
I received an e-mail from GameStop this evening… Dear Wayward GameStop Customer, We miss you. And we’re worried. There must be some reason why you haven’t been responding to our emails. We’re wondering if you still want them – bursting with the latest from GameStop: Exclusive game trailers GameStop exclusive bonus items Events at storesContinue reading “On Putting an End to GameStop’s Neediness”
On Delving into Marvel Comics’ Thor
On paper, I should love Thor. Norse mythology? The Viking age? Absolutely fascinating to me. I’ve read the Volsung Saga, the Poetic Edda, the Greenland and Iceland sagas. I’ve listened to Wagner’s Ring Cycle in its entirety several times (even though I don’t speak a word of German). Northlanders is a comic I look forwardContinue reading “On Delving into Marvel Comics’ Thor”