5!
(I feel like we might have done this before, here at MD or elsewhere, but who cares, I’m doing it again!) Inspired by a recent viewing of “The Announcement”, the documentary on Earvin “Magic” Johnson coming to terms with his… Continue Reading
Month: March 2013
Weekend!
Holy cow, is tomorrow Friday already? Indeed it is. So I had intended to take my car to get its 6,000 mile checkup (rotate the tires, change the oil, check out that wub-wub-wub when I hit the brakes when I’m… Continue Reading
Somniloquy!
Our assignment was to read the next two issues (Chapters Three and Four) of A Game of You. Jason Tank and Mike Schilling will be doing the honors this week. Glyph’s introduction to Sandman, in three parts, here, here, and here. Preludes and Nocturnes recaps… Continue Reading
Dinosaurs!
One commonly-accepted aspect of punk rock was a devaluing of musical ability, and the ascendance of the idea that “anyone can do it”. The old rulebook – the one that said you had to know what you were doing before… Continue Reading
Bookclub!
Okay! This week, our assignment was to watch the episode “Bloodline” from Season Three of Fringe. (You can read the Television Without Pity Recap here, while the AV Club has their recap of the episode here. The post dedicated to… Continue Reading
Filler!
One of the things that vexes me deeply about the advent of CD technology is the guy in the office at the record company who said something to the effect of “we’ve got a lot more time that we can… Continue Reading
Sunday!
So when I knew I was going to have a day off and when I knew that I would be spending said day off at the mechanic’s, I asked myself “Do I really want to be reading Clash of Kings… Continue Reading
Saturday!
So I’ve had opportunity to play Netrunner again. Those of you who are familiar with the game: it’s the same game mostly… the price of having all of the cards right out of the box is that they’ve taken away… Continue Reading
Sitcoms!
Ten best (American) situation comedies, ever: M*A*S*H Sergeant Bilko The Dick van Dyke Show Seinfeld The Simpsons Arrested Development Barney Miller Taxi Malcolm in the Middle Cheers I’m sure we can all agree on that list.
Somnology!
Now that we know that at least some of you have your copy of The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You, we’re going to be reading the next two issues (#34 and #35): Bad Moon Rising and Beginning to… Continue Reading