House is back. Oh, how I’ve missed it. 🙂 I read in this morning’s paper that Hugh Laurie is signed with the series through the 2010-2011 season. So, two more years, through the seventh season. And now that House is back… I thought the episode was… okay. There’s no reason, that I can discern, forContinue reading “On the Return of House”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
On Rethinking Scenes
So, the other day I sketched out a scene for the novel I’m plotting while on the subway ride home. As I wrote on this website at the time, I saw it as a follow-on to a previously sketched out scene. Then, while walking to the post office on my lunch break today, I hadContinue reading “On Rethinking Scenes”
On Paul McCartney and Israel
What the hell is wrong with the world? A Muslim preacher, Omar Bakri, has threatened Paul McCartney if he performs, as planned, in Tel Aviv later in the month in a concert celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary: If he values his life, Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel. He will not be safe there. TheContinue reading “On Paul McCartney and Israel”
On Living in the Middle Ages
A meme from Keith — who would I be if I lived in 1400 CE: Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test… The Knight You scored 24% Cardinal, 38% Monk, 44% Lady, and 70% Knight! You are the hero. Brave and bold. You are strong and utterly selfless. You areContinue reading “On Living in the Middle Ages”
On Joan Winston
Joanie Winston passed away earlier this week. It seems strange to me that I’m referring to her as “Joanie,” but that was how she introduced herself to me at Shore Leave a few years ago, and even though she was a decade shy of my grandmother’s age, she’ll always be, in my mind, Joanie. JoanContinue reading “On Joan Winston”
On Another Scene
I’ve had a story on the brain of late. The story… well, I’d call it “emotionally bleak.” It’s a story of great sorrow, and sometimes I “feel” the characters in my head as I’m working through the plot permutations. I sketched out a scene while riding the subway recently. Today, while riding the subway, IContinue reading “On Another Scene”
On the Newest Torchwood
In honor of the firing up of the Large Hadron Collider, the BBC has produced a one-off Torchwood audio drama, Lost Souls, written by Joseph Lidster: The Torchwood Institute was founded by Queen Victoria in 1879 to protect the British Empire against the threat of alien invasion. By 2008, all that remains of the organisationContinue reading “On the Newest Torchwood”
On Ensemble Studios
On Ensemble Studios I remember it well. It was the fall of 1997. I heard about this game demo from Microsoft for download. “Age of Empires.” I liked the title. I was curious, and download the demo I did. I’ll be honest. I didn’t like the demo a whole lot. I’d never played a real-timeContinue reading “On Ensemble Studios”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
More comic book musings! Plus, we branch out to discuss a book I got for free! Spider-Man Love Mary Jane Season 2 #1 Marvel Comics Written by Terry Moore Art by Craig Rousseau I really liked this. I mean, damn, I really liked this. That’s a strange place to start. But I don’t know whereContinue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On What Others Would Do
Ah, Mr. Stephen Fry. 🙂 He wrote, in his most recent column for The Guardian, “Some Christians have What Would Jesus Do? as a motto; I have What Would Douglas Think?” Douglas being, naturally, Douglas Adams. What an amazing motto. “What Would Douglas Think?” Doubtless it would be something snappy, something witty, something that bringsContinue reading “On What Others Would Do”