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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Man, am I looking forward to the spoiler ban being lifted. -
(Untitled)
This Thanksgiving we introduced the 7yo to the classic Star Wars trilogy. Last night he spent the last part of Return of the Jedi (you know the scenes) shouting "Bear Power!" -
The Chasm
Staring into the unfathomable abyss that is the Grand Canyon, my first coherent thought was a renewed appreciation of domesticity, i.e. everything the Grand Canyon is not. There is nothing soft, easy, or uncomplicated about it. The very name "Grand Canyon" is a misnomer. Not the "grand" part, it's certainly that; but this is no more a "canyon" ( Read more... ) -
Isil and the Confederacy
It's interesting how the Obama Administration is using the Lincoln Administration's playbook to handle ISIL. Both the Obama and the Lincoln Administrations insisted that their adversaries were rebel insurgents, not a legitimate state, in spite of the fact that they held huge swathes of territory where they functioned with at least a semblance of a ( Read more... ) -
Ch-ch-ch-changes
So now my desktop computer is so outdated it can't handle LJ,and I'm posting from a tablet I'm still learning how to use. Oh boy. -
Doctor Who: Sleep No More
Q: What do you get when you cross a bad horror movie with a bad Classic Trek plot device?
A: Why would anyone want to know?
I feel so sorry for Capaldi, this must be a nightmare for him. As for Gattis and Moffet, four words: Don't they look tired? -
The Zygon Indifference
Well, that was irksome. In addition to the other numerous problems with the script, no Isis metaphor has a chance of working if it doesn't capture the petulant outraged entitlement of the majority of the recruits. "It's not fair" doesn't come close. Capaldi, Coleman, and the other actors did their best with onion-skin material. -
Elena Kagen is the Supreme Marvel Fangirl
The Supreme Court Quoted Spider-Man In a Ruling
A Spider-Man comic- specifically, "Amazing Fantasy No. 15: Spider-Man"-now has a special place not only in the hearts of America's nerds, but also in Supreme Court precedent.
The Court very rarely overturns its own precedents-even though it can and even when doing so would have helped out a guy who ( Read more... ) -
House Update May 2015
At five years in we started on the dining room. We routed and put up a chair rail, so our two-tone walls finally make sense. We painted the chair rail and all the matching trim. We repaired the built in cabinets, which had numerous internal flaws. In the process we found where a secret compartment had been installed in the 1920s, only to be ( Read more... ) -
Second Opinion
We had biscuits today. My helpful six-year old starts to get the butter. "We don't need it, we'll use this instead," I said, putting down a trial batch of honey butter I had just made, on the theory that old-fashioned snack food had to be healthier than modern commercial snack food ( Read more... )