The weekend just rushed by, honestly; I can list the stuff I accomplished, but it doesn’t feel like the time actually existed; you know, a couple of days passing in a dream, only without the presence of the Ressikan flute (though Catherine did hand me a kazoo at one point). A lot of the time […]

One potential good thing that might be coming out of the Marvel-Disney business: Ant-Man, by Edgar Wright and Pixar. Seems like pretty good match to me. I’ve always kind of loved Ant-Man. Scientist Hank Pym, using improbable science, shrinks to a tiny size, and employs a special telepathic helmet to communicate with and direct armies […]

Disney is going to buy Marvel Entertainment for around 4 billion dollars. That’s, uh, Wow. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this, really. On one hand, having the Marvel comics stable (several thousand characters) attached to one particular media conglomerate is probably good for business; no longer does Marvel Films (which was a […]

I read the Onion AV Club‘s interview with Patton Oswalt today, because I think the guy’s very funny, and I’m a great admirer of his work (as is my youngest daughter, though she probably doesn’t realize it). After talking about all his recent projects, he spends some time talking about all that social networking stuff […]

A theoretical West Wing B-Plot come to life as Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman Rahm Emmanuel* is forced by the President to go read to kids as a Department of Education photo op. I can see the lead-up, Toby and Sam leaning on doorframes in the West Wing waxing philosophical on the benefits of […]

Les Lye has died. This makes me sad. He was the guy who played most of the adults on You Can’t Do That On Television, a Canadian kids’ show that got picked up by fledgling kids’ cable network Nickelodeon, and introduced both green slime and Alanis Morissette to the world. It also had this guy, […]

Apparently, John “Captain Jack” Barrowman was rejected for the lead role on Will & Grace because he seemed “too straight”. Uh, wow.

I watched Enchanted with Mary last night. It’s a cute movie, even if it can’t decide whether it wants to completely buy into or take the piss out of all the “Princessy true love conquers all” tropes; it’s a little schizophrenic that way, but remains enjoyable fluff. James Marsden sells the hell out of his […]

Yeah, I’m going to have to go ahead and guess that Mr. Grint had slightly different feelings on this turn of events. /six takes.

Stalkers are not romantic.