Quadrophenia!
We got a new car. Well, we’re married, two kids, and we road trip with two dogs… so it’s more accurate to say we got a new vehicle. Except it wasn’t new new, just new-to-us-new. It’s a minivan, a 2011… Continue Reading
Babylonia!
We’re back on track with our seventh installment of the Babylon 5 Viewing Club! The introductory post was here, The Soul Hunter was covered here, and Born to the Purple was covered right here. After that was Infection. Then came… Continue Reading
Silence!
I generally don’t do well with silence. This serves as both a blessing and a curse: I can be just as productive with the radio or TV blaring as I am without, but tend to feel more comfortable with a… Continue Reading
Division!
When I was young, my Mom used to buy crossword puzzle magazines at the grocery store. She would do the crossword and the cryptograms, and I would do the other stuff: anagrams, logic puzzles, and of course number puzzles. My… Continue Reading
If I’m Being Frank…
In planning an upcoming post on sandwiches, I pondered the following question: Is a hot dog a sandwich? Discuss. Be sure to show your work.
Sunday!
Well, I watched the new Spider-Man movie and hated it. Schilling might be in my head. Then again, the Peter Parker they chose was pretty awful… Anyway, the best parts of the movie were the parts involving Spider-Man actually fighting… Continue Reading
Gaiman!
Things I learned about Neil Gaiman at tonight’s book-signing:
Saturday!
I have picked up Civilization IV. Now what? What’s the best way for me to learn the game? So… what are you playing?
Entropy!
FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS! I’ve talked before about how Joy Division were making the music of entropy; here’s a song from their later incarnation as New Order that sounds even more like the weary acceptance of a clock that knows it’s… Continue Reading
Somnology!
Ironically, the storm is the calm before the storm. Ken will be walking us through #55 and #56: Cerements and World’s End, respectively. (If you absolutely positively have to talk about some major spoiler in comments, please rot13.) It has… Continue Reading