… “Describe their culture.” “They have an important celebration,” said E.T., “called Hollow Bean. Everyone carves faces in fruit squashes and dresses up in sheets.” “Who holds this celebration?” “The children, who actually rule the Blue Planet of Earth. They are more intelligent than the older people and outrun them on bicycles.” The machine whirled …
Judo tournament Saturday. I won’t be competing; I wasn’t at class for essentially the month of September, due to The Siding Project, and I’ve also still got enough of a cold to affect my breathing a little. (Not enough that I notice in day-to-day life, but it’s important to breathe properly when you’ve got 220 …
I’ve decided to enter a non-fiction contest, and I have to have the story in the mail by Nov. 1st, so I’m kind of up against a deadline. The theme of the contest is “A Memorable Voyage”; my entry, in about its second draft, is here. You’ll need a password, too: it’s winnipegosis. Read it, …
The very definition of “slow news day”: Rescued kitty feeling better. We went to see As You Like It, performed by the local 7 Ages theatre group. I quite enjoyed it. Kathleen, who saw it last night as well, said that the performances were much improved. The fool Touchstone stole the show, capering and dancing, …
Head cold. I spent the day on the couch, essentially, alternating short naps with playing Abe’s Oddysee and watching a couple episodes of Firefly. The Western vibe of the latter makes me want to say things like “Bein’ sick powerful sucks”, but I’ll try to restrain myself. And now I have to go to the …
We went last weekend (the weekend after Thanksgiving*) to my grandparents’ farm, up by Winnipegosis. While we were there, Grandpa H celebrated his birthday, and we went into town to visit Grandma J, too. (My parents grew up about fifteen miles from each other.) Plus my wife bought me the coolest cookies possible the other day: …
So my wife went over the list of movies that John Scalzi considers canon. Turns out she’s a bigger nerd than me. She’s seen twenty-seven of ‘em, two more than I have. Hee hee!
…here, anyways. From John Scalzi’s Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies, here’s the “Canon”, with the films I’ve seen in bold: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! Akira Alien Aliens Alphaville Back to the Future Blade Runner Brazil Bride of Frankenstein Brother From Another Planet A Clockwork Orange Close Encounters of the Third Kind …
So Michaëlle Jean, our new Governor-General, is making her first official visit as the Canadian head of state*, and she chose Manitoba, my province, as her first official destination. (“Travel Manitoba! Just like the queen-by-proxy! See the sights!”) They welcomed her with a twenty-one-gun salute, which reminded me of an exchange I had with a …
I watched Serenity again on Tuesday. It’s still a great film, especially if you love SF. I would love to see it a third time, but I don’t know if I can justify it. (Maybe I’ll just do it anyway. The hell with justifying everything.) My wife and I went to see Wallace and Gromit …