Work work work. (Warning: subtle Firefly reference. Dorky banter may follow.)
Meme’d
Mister Furious just hit me up, so here goes: 1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies: Lady With A Spear by Dr. Eugenie Clark. Dr. Clark (imagine a mix of Indiana Jones and Jacques Cousteau) started her career exploring the remote coral atolls of post-WWII …
Figures
No big surprise here: Serenity (Firefly) 94% Moya (Farscape) 88% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 81% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 81% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 75% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 69% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 63% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 56% SG-1 (Stargate) 56% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 50% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 44% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) …
Serenity Sequel
Via the Instapundit, news that there might be a direct to dvd sequel to Serenity: Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there’s hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD. Director Joss Whedon—who also created the canceled …
My Turn For Meming
Looks like John has tagged me with the meme of fours. Read my answers in the extended text. To keep this moving I tag (more or less randomly) four of the great bloggers who hang out hereabouts: Confederate Yankee, Ron Beasley, Pooh and In Search of Utopia Anderson. Four jobs you’ve had in your life: …
The Holiday for the Rest of Us
Partially inspired by this, and wholly inspired by Seinfeld, it is time for the First Annual Airing of Grievances at Balloon Juice: (Thanks to whoever made this screen capture originally) The Airing of Grievances is the traditional time of the year when families gather together and tell one another how they have disappointed them in …
Serenity
Just saw Serenity for the first time (never made it to the theater- I rarely if ever go anymore), and I really liked it. Little upset with some of the outcomes, but I loved the villain. One note- if you had not seen Firefly and saw Serenity in the theatre, you would be completely lost. …