I watch the History Channel. It soothes my occasional need for something interesting to look at while my mind zones on other things. Modern Marvels is a particular favorite because they manage to explore (superficially) a lot of different subjects that we don’t run into on a day to day basis. For example, last night …
Category Archives: Fiction
Sick as Proverbial Pooch
I have a nasty cold. It started on Friday last and by Saturday I was down for the count. The couch and I became very close friends. I didn’t sleep during the day much, so I watched a lot of movies and TV. Here’s the count, plus my evaluation. The Guardian. Kevin Costner and Aashton …
Shark Jumping: Thy Name is Battlestar
I’m disappointed to note that I believe Battlestar Galactica has Jumped the Shark. Almost the entirety of season 3 has been disjointed and weird. The beginning credits note that the Cylons “Have a Plan” but even they don’t seem to know what it is. Battlestar has moved away from what made it so good during …
Dresden Files
I’ve been trying to write a post about the Dresden Files since the second episode. I keep putting it down and then the next week’s episode is broadcast and I have to modify it. Everything below the fold was my draft comments as of last week, take them as they are, I stick by them. …
J.K. Rowling has Finished
J.K. Rowling has finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She apparently likes this book best of all seven. Ms. Rowling has this to say on her website. I quote it in its entirety, because she doesn’t seem to have an archive for past comments and I don’t want you to miss it.
Robert Jordan
As mentioned in my post of April 7, 2006, Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time, was diagnosed with amyloidosis and has been undergoing treatment since May. Silly me, I had figured that the Tor website where I first caught the news would occasionally have updates, at least to say, “He’s not dead …
Useless News Sites
I used to live in Lubbock Texas. You may have heard about it last night on Heroes wherein our chirpy protagonista Claire is supposedly skipping school to visit the aquarium there (Aquarium? Lubbock? Bobby Knight must have brought it with him). Apparently, there’s been some excitement recently. Enough hit the AP wires at least. A …
If only…
…my TiVo were hooked up to my network. Then I could rip a shot of the car that George Takei’s character from Heroes was riding in. License number = NCC 1701
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, July 21 2007
The publication date is set! I’m stoked.
Don't You Hate it When…
…you purchase a book you’ve already read? I bought Singularity Sky by Charles Stross with Christmas gift-card money. I brought it home and set it aside for when I was done with the other books I was reading. A few nights ago, I picked it up, started reading, and immediately said (out loud), “awww crap.” …