Monthly Archives: August 2014

I’m going to get around writing reviews of the individual stories later, but I’m 203 pages in and the book is superb. Absolutely superb. Brilliant concept, brilliant execution, brilliant prose…everything is fantastic. Currently my favorite story is still the first … Continue reading →

This wil be a fun year.

I’m in the middle of “That Hideous Strength” and recently finished “I, Robot” (Genius, by the way. Aasimov was a master. “Liar” in particular stood out to me as both a smart application of the Three Laws and a brilliant … Continue reading →

“His Last Vow” won best actor, supporting actor, outstanding music composition, and writing. “The Normal Heart”, a gay romance movie, won best overall. Nothing political about that, of course!

Best Writing in a Miniseries for Moffat and Best Supporting Actor for Freeman as Watson (naturally). Both 100% deserved, “His Last Vow” was outstanding. particularly writing-wise, and Freeman, as always, was stellar. He is quite possibly my favorite actor right … Continue reading →

So the Emmys are nearly upon us, and that means “Breaking Bad” is getting lots and lots of nominations. Full disclosure: I have not watched a ton of “Breaking Bad”, but I had heard so many amazing things about “Ozymandias”, … Continue reading →

I downloaded a free game off of Steam called Depression Quest.* The only point of it is to give non-depressed people an idea of what depression is like, and I got it because I have depressed or formerly depressed friends … Continue reading →

A brief look at all of the data, conflicting and otherwise, that we have out there right now tells me that nobody has any idea what the Hell happened, and the autopsy of Brown has revealed absolutely nothing except that … Continue reading →

I’ve been criticized before for responding to people on Marc’s blog (lotharlorraine) with posts on my own. What’s not mentioned is that I ALWAYS respond to those posts on Marc’s blog first, and that I link my posts back to … Continue reading →

So MMA fighter War Machine (real name) was recently caught by U.S. Marshals. He was wanted for the brutal beating of his ex-girlfriend. Great news! But there’s another point I mean to make here. I had a conversation with somebody … Continue reading →