The New York Times has an interesting story on the absolutely horrible movies that the Sci-Fi channel has been putting out every week. While I won’t say that these are the only reason I’m quitting cable, the are a reason to quit cable. Especially when I found out that Sci-Fi is marketing these movies at a specific demographic: women, […]
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Stop
Stop. Stop right now. I won’t point to the sites, and I won’t repeat the exact words. But now is not the time to point to a ‘wiki’ setup to collect information about the bombs in London, and smugly say how much better it is at covering the news than the New York Times. Now […]
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West Side Story
We’ve had a delightful chat in the comments to the post about no singing at the XML2005 presentation. And though I sympathize with Charles about the use of “Somewhere” in an ad, I agree with Dan about show tunes being fun and contagious. I love Broadway show tunes, even those in the “King and I” ( Sorry, Yule). James mentioned a […]
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Lowpoint in television
Thanks to Yule (who says it’s all Maria’s fault) I discovered that I’m Percy Bysshe Shelley in the “What famous Romantic Poet are you” quiz–not my favorite poet, but somewhat appropriate considering the name. In response, Yule wrote in comments: No kidding! On the other hand, the poet Shelley’s full name never ceases to remind me of a […]
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Firefly and Battlestar
I rather liked tonight’s episode of Battlestar Galactica. It was twisty and turned a lot and I even liked the subplot with the Adam and mechanical Eve back on Caprica. Loved the last scene and the jazz and the whole crew dancing together. The development of the female characters in the show continues to be […]