I’ve been a critic of movie critics for a good long time now. I have found that they do not jive with my own views (usually) so there’s no real point in listening to them when I’m going to go see the movie anyhow and formulate my own opinion. Then I moved to Atlanta, and …
Category Archives: Fiction
WWAD
What Would Aslan Do? This link has been sitting in my “to blog about” folder for a while. It neatly sums up my feelings concerning the media warriors and their interpretations of the facts surrounding us. I hate being lumped in with a group and then told what I think. The problem stems from the …
Two (at least) Harry Potter Characters Die
According to the canonical source, Ms. J. K. Rowling, author of the series, Harry Potter and the *, two characters (at least) will croak in the seventh and final book. From an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution: During an interview broadcast Monday on Britain’s Channel Four, Rowling revealed that at least two characters will …
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American Gods
I finished American Gods, yesterday. It was pretty good, although it made me wish I was more familiar with Norse, Native American, Indian, Irish, French, German, etc., mythology before I read the book. Quick synopsis: Immigrants brought with them their Gods. America is not a good place for Gods. Gods need to do something to …
Shameless Mercantilism? Or Laziness?
The astute among you (or the not-so-blind) will notice the Amazon Links on the sidebar of the blog. Don’t get all huffy! I don’t expect to make any money with this thing. I’ve let my book list die over the last year or so, and have recently decided it needs to make some sort of …
Moronic Self Loathing = "Treasure Hunt"
I just wasted 45 minutes of my life. Usually, I don’t mind pissing away the allotted time I have before death, but this time, I resent it right down to my toenails. We Tivo’d NBC’s Treasure Hunt (to which I refuse to hyperlink) this evening. We sat down and started up the Tivo and slowwwwly …
Prairie Home, Hurricanes, and Levi's Call
Messy title, for a messy post. Here goes… We saw A Prairie Home Companion on Friday. I confess that I had high expectations for this movie, given the character of the radio show from Minnesota Public Radio. We arrived a few minutes before show time and didn’t have any problem getting seats. Let’s just say …
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Googledemort?
Performing my duty as the NY Times’ bitch, I mention this story (which you probably won’t be able to access after today) wherein they speak of a new data center that Google is building in Oregon. The fact that Google is behind the data center, referred to locally as Project 02, has been reported in …
Pern on Film
There is news that Anne McCaffrey’s world of Pern will be brought to film sometime soon. We’ve heard this before, of course, but this one looks more positive. Ms. McCaffrey mentioned that there were negotiations ongoing when we saw her at Dragon*Con last September. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I …
Mission: Unwatchable
We saw Mission: Impossible III, last night, a serious waste of my precious time. This movie was so disjointed, such a strange mix of action and “feeling” that I still feel a bit whiplashed. J.J. Abrams directed and helped to write this movie. It certainly shows. As you may be aware, I’ve expressed my opinion …