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The top Sci-Fi shows

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Thanks to Slashdot for pointing out Boston.com’s top 50 Sci-Fi shows. Starting from the, urh, bottom: 50. “Earth Final Conflict” — I’m not sure I even remember this one. However, it was on television when I was right in the middle of the hottest part of my consulting and writing business; […]

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Black Pearl

Watching Pirates of the Caribbean sounds like a wonderful idea tonight. I’m getting nothing else useful done — certainly nothing with you -know-what. Arrrr! DF! Danny Ayers has a great talk like a pirate entry. He also has another good entry on the whole “RDF” discussion.

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Serenity Countdown

As I was fortuitously reminded, Serenity opens up in a few short weeks: September 30th. I and my roommate have decided we both wanted to see it on the day it comes out, but the where is still open. I also found out that Archon 29 the big St. Louis Fiction and Fantasy convention is going on […]

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Local perspective

I am actually very fond of the online site for the local newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I’ve found over time that the site tends to provide a more balanced viewpoint on issues than not. And usually covers news with a strong sense of humanity. I think this is a mark of home town newspapers. […]

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I still wish I could breath underwater

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I watched the movie, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou on DVD tonight. It starred Bill Murray and a host of other well known actors. Critics hated it, or loved it — in about equal measure. I also loved it and hated it, in about the same measure. It’s a odd movie […]