classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Spearhead from Space”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode unless you don’t care to have it spoiled for you.
question of the day: Are holidays a good time to go to the movies?
It’s a weird sort of day in the United States today. It’s a Monday, but as a federal holiday, it’s still part of the weekend… and it still feels like the weekend, like we got an extra Sunday or something. (It’s really, really quiet in my neighborhood this morning.) But the Fourth of July holiday … more…
retro trailer: ‘1776’
Take a look back at an old trailer… Happy Fourth of July to my readers in the U.S. (To everyone else, happy Sunday.) It’s as disgusting in Philadelphia today — and in New York, too — as it was on this same day 234 years ago, as they all sing about here (well, in the … more…
don’t blame Tom Cruise for ‘Knight and Day’; Hollywood still loves Comic Con; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
Saturday cute: Bruce Campbell soups
Mmm, mmm, good: Via Sci Fi Wire, which has more flavors: Bisque o’ County Jr., Autolycus Cheese, Gumbo Ho-Tep. (Got a photo or image that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)
watch it: the 7/3/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
The “aftermath” of a “brutal recession”? Sure feels like we’re still in it… Investing in alternative energy is good. We should also be disincentivizing the use of fossil fuels. Like by upping — a lot — minimum MPG requirements for new cars. If we could shift our factories in a matter of months in 1942 … more…
question of the weekend: Do you think you get enough good sleep?
I can across an article a while back that mentioned sleep as a “lifestyle” topic: you know, on a par with fashion and cooking and the like. And that notion initially struck me as silly. How could a basic biological function become a “lifestyle” issue. But then it occurred to me that our basic needs … more…
Friday night fortune cookie: Dennis the peasant says…
“You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.”
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Is Oscar the Grouch a Time Lord?
Long has the mystery haunted humanity: Just what kind of creature is Oscar the Grouch, anyway? Irrefutable evidence gleaned in a recent scientific study points indisputably to one answer alone: Oscar the Grouch is a a Time Lord. At least, so says BillChas at the blog The Elegance of Humanity in America. The evidence, m’Luds, … more…
