I didn’t get out to see John Carter this weekend. I had passes lined up for the DC preview screening last Tuesday, though my schedule and the US Postal Service couldn’t get themselves in sync, so I saw a Salmon Fishing in the Yemen preview screening instead (a short review: good in the way that […]

I say this as someone who’s only finished the first novel of A Song of Ice and Fire and half of the Game of Thrones TV series, but I really, really, really agree with Sers Paul and Storm here: Now I know that George R.R. Martin is not not my bitch, and it’s not that […]

I wanted to share a couple of thoughts I’ve had in the last twenty-four hours or so, both because I think they’re important thoughts to share and talk about and to show how wildly my brain swings from topic to topic. First, I find it absolutely baffling that here, in the year 2012, a time […]

Through the magic of Netflix Watch Instantly, I watched Hackers last night. Despite it being a favorite of a long-time friend, I’d never managed to see it before (though I imagine it had probably been on in the background somewhere at some point or other, because my wife was sure she’d seen it with me). […]

Nicholas Cage, speaking about his craft: Right now, what I’m excited about is trying to create a [pauses] kind of a cultural understanding through my muse that is part of the zeitgeist that isn’t motivated by vanity or magazine covers or awards. It’s more, not countercultural, but counter-critical. …and in regard to his process for […]

I really can’t imagine having the time to pull something this OCD-nerdy together, but there’s somebody out there who has built a comprehensive timeline of the Marvel Movie Universe. By spending hours and hours scouring DVDs with a finger on the pause button to grab dates from bakground newspaper pages and calendars, this guy has […]

So, I watched the game yesterday. It was a good game. Better than usual. All games should be that good – talented teams in a well-balanced and somewhat strategic contest, and didn’t need any of that semi-staged “aw shucks” human interest story stuff about the more photogenic players tacked on to be compelling. It was […]

Witness, friends, a ten second teaser released to promote a 30 second commercial promoting a theatrical film? Okay. This is getting maybe a little ridiculous. Still, it’s The Avengers. I’m going to be there.

Presented forthwith are several short notices of a personal nature. Feel free to enjoy: – Thanks to the kind reminders from my amazing convention friends via the various social networking services, my head’s kind of been in con space all week. As it stands, there are only 36 hours or so until I arrive at […]

So, although I opened the year with something of a political personal reflection thing, I suspect at least some people are interested in the more mundane “what I did” sort of posts around here. Those are useful for me, because it helps me remember when I actually did things, and it lets me share some […]