…are to be continued. Watching an episode of Battlestar Galactica, my one TV addiction, and all the players are in place: The Cylons have arrived, the humans are on the ground, about to be overrun by the enemy, and in orbit, Galactica has six nuclear weapons aimed down at the planet. And the screen goes …
…is the name of the Winnipeg Writers Festival, and this year one of the speakers is William Gibson. I fully intend to be there for at least one of his events.
I love to read. But sometimes, I start a book, and it simply does not captivate me. If it’s still a slog by page 100 or so, I’m done with it. The Lord of the Rings—I know it’s the definitive heroic fantasy trilogy, the one that everyone in the Universe cribs from, but somewhere around the …
Man, I haven’t heard this song in years. It’s called “Don’t Call Me Dude”, and it’s by the now-defunct Scatterbrain.
If you haven’t read Bone yet, you really should. I won’t say any more*, because I should be writing my own zombie-lawyer epic, but here are passel of reviews. * Except this: I didn’t want it to end. As I approached page 1200**, I found myself torn: I couldn’t wait to turn the page and …
Well-done amateur music video for one of They Might Be Giants’ awesome tunes. Enjoy. I know I did.
It was a Dodge Caliber, and it looked pretty much exactly like this: It was orange. Its speakers were woefully inadequate. I like my music on the loud side, and I enjoy the bass. This would let me do neither, tragically, without sounding like all four speakers in the car were blown. Everything from Barenaked Ladies …
IMG_4159 Discovered in mkeblx’s Flickr photostream. “You can’t be serious.” “Look, sir, they came in with the lowest bid on the campus security contract. They’ve been out of work ever since that whole Death Star II debacle, so we can low-ball them even more in the next round of contract talks next year. And you …