‘Twas a busy, yet thorougly entertaining weekend… After jetting home (in a rolling, plodding sort of way on I-95) on Friday afternoon, Colleen and I slipped out for a couple of hours by ourselves to grab dinner and catch a movie – kabobs at a great local joint and a screening of Babies at the […]

Usually, when I’m present at a ball game, those in attendance are treated to a pitcher’s duel; many strike-outs, the occasional pop fly, three up, three down, rinse, repeat. Last Night at Nationals Park was, thankfully, a little different than the norm. Last season, I went to six games, and was present for one home […]

I really don’t have much comment – the little stuff I usually put here has been creeping into the blog proper this week. It’s been a week. My biggest complaint is that the Hurt Locker Blu-Ray netflix sent apparently doesn’t play in my PS3; not sure if it’s a mastering issue or that little sticker […]

One of the more interesting things swirling in the wake of the Iron Man 2 pre-release hype is the resurgence of rumors regarding the Del Toro/Gaiman Doctor Strange film collaboration. Also, while I haven’t been able to source it anywhere besides some AICN commenters, there are rumblings about this being a full-on Defenders film, with […]

I don’t feel especially guilty spending part of my tax return on a huge HDTV (at a fraction of the price listed on the link; I’m not stupid) and turning my living room, which also got a refresher with some paint and new shelves which really opens up the space, into a screening room to […]

Just because I wax philosophic sometimes doesn’t mean that I can’t revel in the completely frivilous sometimes. For example, after reading a couple of reviews from Iron Man 2 press screenings, I’m getting a little more excited than what is probably appropriate for the release, particularly based on the hints of the post credits stinger […]

Like most sci-fi types out there, I’ve been deriving quite a bit of enjoyment out of the new season of Doctor Who with Doctor number eleven, Matt Smith. And now that the States have caught up with the UK and the premeire episode, “The Eleventh Hour,” has officially aired over here, we can talk about […]

‘Twas a weekend, I guess. Notable, for one or two things at least. First, we took in a ball game, watching the new minor league team in town, the Flying Squirrels, defeat the Reading Phillies 2-1 on Friday night. There’s a contradition that I don’t quite understand at work here: I’m bored to tears watching […]

As I’d mentioned previously, and did a bit of twittering about in theater, the family spent the weekend at ravencon, which politely decided to set itself up about 20 minutes from my front door this year. This was the first year doing the whole weekend (last year, we did a spur-of-the-moment Friday night drop-in), so […]

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn Here’s the latest neat little bit of Colleen’s crafting; a crochet Cthulhu! Who’d have thought the Great Old Ones were so cuddly?