It’s now official–the President has spent a full 365 days out of his not-quite five years as leader of the Free World on vacation, clearing brush off his Texas ranch. This article from the Washington Post passes no judgment on the President’s hobbies, but the question needs to be asked–aren’t there better, more important thingsContinue reading “On the President and His Vacations”
On a Fandom Meme–Batman
Kathy, in response to the fandom meme, asked for Batman. Here goes! The first character I first fell in love withBatman, obviously. The character I never expected to love as much as I do nowScarface. The first time I encountered Scarface in the comics, I thought this was perhaps the most pathetic excuse for aContinue reading “On a Fandom Meme–Batman”
Still More on Writing Letters
Today, for reasons unknown, the Raleigh News & Observer reprinted my letter they had published on Christmas Day. Not sure why, maybe they liked it a lot. 😀
On a Fandom Meme–Animaniacs
The Illuminati has spoken–they want to know the answers to the fandom meme as regards The Animaniacs. Let’s go! The first character I first fell in love withYakko Warner. The character I never expected to love as much as I do nowMore of a character grouping–the Goodfeathers. The character everyone else loves that I don’tMindy,Continue reading “On a Fandom Meme–Animaniacs”
On Doctor Who and King Arthur
While I have Doctor Who on the brain, I’d like to recommend this post from Mags Halliday on the Arthurian elements seen in “The Christmas Invasion,” the Doctor Who Christmas special (which I’ve not seen, so I can’t really comment). The post has generated a lively thread on Outpost Gallifrey’s forums that explores some ofContinue reading “On Doctor Who and King Arthur”
On a Fandom Meme–Doctor Who
Now, Scav‘s up to bat–ten fandom-related questions on Doctor Who. The first character I first fell in love withHarry Sullivan. Jac Rayner in Wolfsbane covers all the reasons why Harry was so cool in a one-paragraph passage near the beginning of the book, so I won’t recount them here. The character I never expected toContinue reading “On a Fandom Meme–Doctor Who”
On a Fandom Meme–James Bond
I posted yesterday about a “fandom meme” going around–post a fandom in the comments, and I’ll answer ten questions about the fandom. We start with PsiQueue, who wanted to know about my feelings on the James Bond universe. Here goes. 🙂 The first character I first fell in love withNaturally, James Bond. 😉Specifically, it wasContinue reading “On a Fandom Meme–James Bond”
On a Fandom Meme
As seen on Keith‘s and Bill‘s webpages, a silly meme! Name a fandom you know I know and I’ll tell you: The first character I first fell in love with The character I never expected to love as much as I do now The character everyone else loves that I don’t The character I loveContinue reading “On a Fandom Meme”
On Seeing Things From Mars
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”