I came across this remarkable astronomical photograph today–a conjunction of Earth and Jupiter as seen from Mars. Jupiter, as seen from Mars, presents a disc, and quite a large one–no mere point of light, Jupiter, no. Earth, on the other hand, shows phases, much as the Moon, Venus, and Mercury show phases when seen fromContinue reading “On Seeing Things From Mars”
On the Day After Christmas
In no random order, some thoughts on the day. After sleeping a lot yesterday, the alarm going off this morning at five was incredibly unwelcome. I got to work before the sun came up. Somehow, I got coffee in my eye. Tepid coffee, but it still stung like a muthafucker. The gift card system wentContinue reading “On the Day After Christmas”
More on Writing Letters
Today, Christmas Day, the Raleigh News & Observer published my letter on the President’s illegal domestic spying program. Color me happy. 🙂 Among the other letters published in today’s paper I do like this quote from Randy Balot: “We are fighting a two-front war. In the Middle East are the Islamofascists. In the United StatesContinue reading “More on Writing Letters”
On Festivus
Today, December 23rd, 2nd Afteryule, is also the date on which we celebrate Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us. 🙂 Air your grievances! Raise your pole! Perform feats of strength! Why Festivus has caught on I couldn’t say. Maybe everyone needs a sanity moment from the onrush of Christmas. Or maybe, just maybe,Continue reading “On Festivus”
On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
I saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night. Overall opinion? The film was okay. Not great, mostly good, but overall, just okay. Adequate. I first read the books when I was six. CBS had done an animated version of Lion (just bought it on DVD, btw), and my family and I hadContinue reading “On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”
On a Span of Time
Today I will have worked for EB Games as long as I worked for Payless ShoeSource–just slightly shy of seven years each. And remember, Festivus is two days hence. Have you put up your Festivus Pole? Are you ready for the Feats of Strength? Have you prepared your Airing of Grievances? Festivus, the holiday forContinue reading “On a Span of Time”
On Wiretaps
I saw this on John S. Drew’s LiveJournal: “When you see this, post it.” Which I’m doing. 🙂 “Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists,Continue reading “On Wiretaps”
On Writing Letters
Yesterday I mailed off a letter to my Congressman, Representative Brad Miller. As I mentioned a few days ago, Representative Miller has sent me e-mails on occasion, and I decided to write to him about the recent revelations regarding the President’s decision to flaunt the courts and the Constitution and institute illegal wiretaps on personsContinue reading “On Writing Letters”
On Farpoint
I’ve decided to attend an upcoming Star Trek convention–the Farpoint Convention in Baltimore the weekend of February 17th through the 19th, 2006. Same hotel, almost the same people as the Shore Leave convention I attend every July, but I’ve never been to the February convention, I have a week of Christmas comp time to take,Continue reading “On Farpoint”
On a Remington Steele Revival
Pierce Brosnan, in a recent interview, had this to say about his breakout role as private detective/con man Remington Steele: Brosnan hopes to bring Remington back in a big-screen version of the series. “The show is out on DVD now and so we have started negotiations on making a movie out of it,” he says.Continue reading “On a Remington Steele Revival”