Every week, usually Wednesday, I pick up the Raleigh-area free weekly, the Independent. It's not a particularly great free weekly, but for reading fodder for a lunch break it fills the need nicely. One thing I particularly enjoy reading, just because it's so strange, is the horoscope, Rob Breszny's Free Will Astrology. Breszny goes offContinue reading “On a Horoscope”
Monthly Archives: May 2006
On Star Trek Vs. Batman
I downloaded the trailer for a new fanfilm, Star Trek Vs. Batman, from Rasco Films. The trailer is short, about a minute long, and shows actors recreating the ’60s Batman television series running around with actors recreating the ’60s Star Trek series. The Kirk actor doesn’t look quite right, the Spock actor is clearly wearingContinue reading “On Star Trek Vs. Batman”
On a Life Philosophy
Happiness is watching the two-hour Boston Legal season finale cuddling two cats craving attention.
On an Asteroid Strike
A year ago former Astronaut Russell Schweickart called on Congress to fund a mission to study whether or not Asteroid 2004 MN4 will strike the Earth in 2029 by placing a radio transponder on the asteroid for more precise measurements of its orbit. Now it’s thought that the asteroid has a better chance of strikingContinue reading “On an Asteroid Strike”
On Corporate Marketing Madness
The X-Men 3 game releases today. It's not directly based on the film; rather, it fills-in-the-blanks between X2: X-Men United and X-Men 3: The Last Stand, and features Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler as playable characters with Hugh Jackman, Alan Cumming, and Patrick Stewart lending their voices to the game. Corporate sent stores a box ofContinue reading “On Corporate Marketing Madness”
On the President's Speech
President Bush addressed the nation tonight in a rare address from the Oval Office on the subject of immigration reform and border security. In other news, I received Neil Young’s new CD, Living With War in the mail today–Living With War is an anti-Bush album, with tracks decrying the war and calling for Bush’s impeachment.Continue reading “On the President's Speech”
On "School Reunion"
Thanks to the kindness of a beagle I watched “School Reunion”–the second season Doctor Who episode with Sarah Jane Smith–today. Lawrence Miles is, in my opinion, off-base in his criticism of the episode. Miles criticizes “School Reunion” as being a prototypical example of “cult television.” Indeed, the episode structure does resemble a typical 1987-2004 StarContinue reading “On "School Reunion"”
On Customer Craziness
Two work anecdotes to share, both from customers who came in the store today. A woman came in early this morning. “I need that new Smackdown game,” she said with an uncertain tone in her voice. “Smackdown versus Meat.” “Smackdown versus Meat?” I repeated, not quite sure what I’d heard. “Would you possibly mean SmackdownContinue reading “On Customer Craziness”
On the Minimum Wage
Senator Hillary Clinton of New York introduced a bill last week, the Standing with Minimum Wage Workers Act of 2006, that would provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, from its current $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour within two years and then index future minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises.Continue reading “On the Minimum Wage”
On Page Proofs
The page proofs for “Make-Believe,” my story in Star Trek: Constellations, arrived today. There's a part of me that keeps expecting Ashton Kutcher to come along and say, “Dude, you've been Punk'd!” Edits, copy-edits, contracts, now page proofs, and I just can't shake that feeling, that I haven't really sold this story, that it's allContinue reading “On Page Proofs”