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obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “Silence in the Library”) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: Dark Knight (though it’s going to make me very sad, too) dreading: Meet Dave (the trailer makes me cringe) enemy: Mike Myers in The Love Guru, because no one … more…
The ultimate geek’s dream of a movie? It could be ‘Wanted.’ I’m feelin’ it, and it feels pretty good.
Wow: There seems to be some debate over whether or how much the elephant “artist” here may have been coached or trained, but I’d like to think it’s as real and authentic as can be, that this represents another sentient creature saying “I am.” (I just posted something about communicating with other sentient creatures here.) … more…
I don’t care what anyone says, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ is ‘Jane Eyre’ fan fiction.
My whole week at the movies is almost entirely up in the air at the moment because I started jury duty this morning (more about this at my scratchpad blog, MaryAnnJohanson.com). Which means I cannot plan for any daytime screenings. So, at the moment, until I know how the rest of the week will fall … more…
I’m in this book. I think. I mean, author Lisa Chamberlain interviewed me while she was in the process of writing Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction, and I was invited to the book launch party, so I’m figuring something of what I spoke to her about being an independent thirtysomething creative … more…
Holy crap, Keith Olbermann just ran this little bumper promoting his upcoming story on the death of George Carlin, featuring some old footage of Carlin when he had to be in his 40s, maybe, and I swear to God, I thought he was Russell Crowe. Look: The biopic is inevitable… and how awesome would Crowe … more…
Only the Brits would have a competition for best original garden shed, and only a Brit would come up with this: Imagine, if only I had a yard, I could be the biggest dork on my block with my TARDIS shed… (That’s the second cool thing today I snagged from Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy. I … more…
Ah, poking fun at Expelled ain’t never gonna get old… via Bad Astronomy (Technorati tags: astrology)
It’s kinda weird, but I find I have very little to say about ‘Get Smart’…
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