Babylonia!
Babylon 5 ran from Feb 1993 – Nov 1998. At the time, it was compared often to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which ran nearly parallel to B5, from Jan 1993 to June 1999. Comparisons between the two shows never… Continue Reading
Month: April 2013
Bookclub!
We need a name for the B5 bookclub. I confess, I’ve been stumped. Too many sound terrible. Give me some suggestions in the comments, if you’ve got any. Tonight I’ll be posting the first post for “Midnight on the Firing… Continue Reading
Heedfulness!
Okay, it’s my last go-around with all of the (awesome!) advice I got in my Advice! thread. Behind the cut, expect to find music videos, rambling thoughts, and general recommendations.
Sunday!
Well, in “Good Omens”, the deliveryman has made his last delivery. In The First Circle, I’ve learned the intentions of The Double Agent. In Babylon 5, my friends are trying to explain to me the ways the different races view… Continue Reading
Saturday!
I’m still entranced with Cyberdeck. The Smoke program, I have come to understand, reduces all of the stats of everybody except for a very particular one: the RUN AWAY stat. So I’ve since *STOPPED* using it in tandem with “Silence”… Continue Reading
Somnology!
Hey, just checking in to see if we need to take a break after a pretty intense run there. We’ve had 6, really, really intense books. We’ve been captured, visited a cereal convention, met William Shakespeare, gone to Hell, met… Continue Reading
Philomathy!
“Profesor O’Mathy?” There had been a knock on his office door. Professor Phil O’Mathy opened it and saw that it was Brenda Evans, from his first-year calculus class. While she was the sort of student he usually disdained, inattentive and… Continue Reading
Weekend!
Holy cow. Is tomorrow Friday already? Indeed it is. Well, we are in the home stretch for the year. School is, well, not winding down… not yet… but you can almost taste that it’s winding down. Or you could, if… Continue Reading
Covers!
The adage states that we ought not judge a book by its cover. But what about its title? I have become increasingly aware of how literally I interpret the titles of things. And I realize I have done so for… Continue Reading
Somniloquy!
I hope you brought your lunch! We’re going to be discussing Sandman Special – The Song of Orpheus, The Parliament of Rooks, and Ramadan. Glyph, Ken, and Russell, respectively, will be doing the honors for these. Glyph’s introduction to Sandman,… Continue Reading