I stopped at Big Lots last night. There was no particular reason, I just hadn’t been to Big Lots in a while. Ultimately, I bought a DVD — La Femme Musketeer, which was a made-for-television sequel to The Three Musketeers, centered on the daughter of d’Artagnan. (d’Artagnan is played by Michael York, reprising his roleContinue reading “On Things Accomplished”
On Starship Musings
Nothing reminds you how truly butt-fugly the Enterprise-D was than to see it drawn manga-style in the new Star Trek: The Next Generation manga.
On the Desktop Theme Meme
Stolen from Paul Gadzikowski: 01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their livejournal. My current wallpaper. 02. Explain in five sentences why you’re using that wallpaper! Karen Gillan. Scottish. Redhead. Super attractive. I fancy her. 03. Don’t change your wallpaper before doing this! The pointContinue reading “On the Desktop Theme Meme”
On My Grandmother’s Latest
Today, I wondered for the first time who my grandmother thought I was. I’d gone into the kitchen to fix some lunch. I wasn’t sure what I wanted; I would scavenge in the refrigerator until something promising came to the fore. My grandmother was in the kitchen. When she’s upset, she tends to wander nervously.Continue reading “On My Grandmother’s Latest”
On xkcd and the Voynich Manuscript
Today’s xkcd webcomic is about the Voynich Manuscript. No one’s really sure what it is, except that it’s a guidebook of sorts to Europe of the High Middle Ages. It’s written in no known language, using no known alphabet, and it’s illustrated at length. Judging by the illustrations it covers a wealth of scientific knoweledge,Continue reading “On xkcd and the Voynich Manuscript”
On Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips
Received in the mail today — Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips. As I wrote a few weeks ago, Re:Collections is the final volume in Big Finish’s series of Doctor Who short story anthologies, with a single story from each volume in the series reprinted in this volume. Among the stories in the book isContinue reading “On Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips”
On Rick Santorum’s Unnecessary Advice
Rick Santorum offers Barack Obama dating advice. Quote: “Go down to the corner bar and have a drink, a shot and a beer.” I don’t know how to react to this. Either the fact that Santorum feels that he can offer advice to the President on how he and his wife spend their social timeContinue reading “On Rick Santorum’s Unnecessary Advice”
On A Rough Night’s Sleep
Last night I slept for toffee. Warm does not describe the temperatures in my room when I hit the mattress at midnight. It wasn’t excessively hot, but neither was it comfortable. I turned the window fan up to maximum, turned out the lights, and hoped for sleep, even if it were a restless sleep. AtContinue reading “On A Rough Night’s Sleep”
On the “Ask Me!” Meme
I’d been thinking of doing this anyway (because it’s something I’ve done a time or three), and then I saw it on David McIntee‘s blog: The problem with LiveJournal is that we think we’re close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you shouldContinue reading “On the “Ask Me!” Meme”
On Work Travails
Okay, we’re not doing that again. I brought work home, because I needed to get this particular project done today. A complex idea was floated at the production meeting on Friday. And for a variety of reasons, that complex idea would not work. However, I proposed a similar idea that is actually useful to whatContinue reading “On Work Travails”