Acclaim Sports’ video game, All Star Baseball 2003, has a nifty feature–you can create your own expansion team, pick its city, its uniform, its name, its league, and off you go. Some of the choices for cities strike me as a bit odd–Monterey, Mexico, but not Vancouver, British Columbia. You can put a team inContinue reading “The Washington Expos?”
Author Archives: Allyn
Road to Perdition
Last night my sister and I went to see Tom Hanks’ new film, Road to Perdition. I’ve never been a gangster film fan. There’s something about the era of Al Capone and Eliot Ness that bores me to distraction. Perhaps it’s because I really don’t understand that era of American history. Perhaps it’s because IContinue reading “Road to Perdition”
Ewoks! Exterminate!
Is it truly wrong to hate the Ewoks? Everyone knows the Ewoks. Those cute, cuddly, walking teddy bears that populated the last half of Return of the Jedi. In a series of films about the fate of the universe and the titanic struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Ewoks seemed curiously out-of-place.Continue reading “Ewoks! Exterminate!”
Who should be Who?
Being a Doctor Who fan in these Wholess times is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing in the sense that Who fans are, at this point in time, being so long without the real deal, so to speak, the devoted, the true fans. A curse in the sense that every little rumor getsContinue reading “Who should be Who?”
On the Pledge
I hope the recent appeals court ruling banning the phrase “under god” from the Pledge of Allegiance stands. I can’t see any logic to it not standing. But what does it really matter? No one has to say the Pledge of Allegiance if they don’t want to. As an atheist am I glad that someoneContinue reading “On the Pledge”
Weird as Hell
An e-mail message I received. It reads like spam, but if it’s from a spam-master, it’s from the most fucked up spam-master ever…. Hello, If you are a time traveler or alien and or in possession of government or alien technology I need your help! My entire life and health has been messed with byContinue reading “Weird as Hell”
On Star Trek Movie Names
Random brainwave I had this morning… The Classic Trek films had impressive sounding names. Maybe not impressive sounding, but descriptive. The Star Trek: The Next Generation films, by contrast, have positively dull names. If you were given the power to give the NextGen films names like the Classic Trek films, what names would you giveContinue reading “On Star Trek Movie Names”
Observed at Wal-Mart
This afternoon, toiling my way through the aisles of the local Wal-Mart, I chanced upon the books aisle and began to browse. I didn’t need more reading material–I have enough of a backlog to last me until sometime in 2006–but it’s always interesting to see what Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, thinks of the readingContinue reading “Observed at Wal-Mart”
On Deep Space Nine: "Fear, Itself"
Tom Sharp raised the question, “Could [“Fear Itself,” published in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V] be considered a part of the DS9 post-finale stories I have listed at DS9 Avatar? There are two possible answers here, and each has their reasons: Yes, include it–“Fear Itself” takes place post-“What You Leave Behind.” No, don’t includeContinue reading “On Deep Space Nine: "Fear, Itself"”
First tests
This inaugural post says nothing in particular. Instead, it’s a test to see how the system functions, what cosmetic and structural changes need to be made, etc. ETA (6 October 2007): This, believe it or not, is the first “official” post on this blog. The posts prior to this? At one time I thought itContinue reading “First tests”