By far this is my favorite episode of Stargate SG-1. It stands out as the best, not because of any part it plays in furthering the events in the Stargate universe, but because it is an apology by the writing staff for every sloppy storytelling habit they beset on the fans. Of course I assume that other fans were aware of every contrivance employed ( Read more... )

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This past week has been exhausting. In part because I was running around like a man-mad. In other parts because I was bored ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night that I was on vacation with the cast of American Dad! The family and I were watching Married With Children when Stan queued the Winnebago along side a yellow Fleetwood home just off some highway near Autumn country. A short distance away was an old, wooden bridge made of thick, dark timber. On one side of the bridge was a ( Read more... )

It's that time of the season when the bygones have gone by and another year becomes little more than a lists of dids and didnts. At least that's where I am this morning, composing three lists that summarize my musical preferences of two-thousand-nine. It's a strange sensation that occupies my body when I look back on a year that's not yet done, but ( Read more... )

Like both Transformers and the new Star Wars trilogy before it, the new G.I. Joe movie was made for kids not fans. Intended to sell merchandise and capture a new generation of followers. I accepted that whatever vague sense of nostalgia I would come to feel would be self-imposed. I understood that before pressing the play-button. I had a firm grasp ( Read more... )

Riding the wave from my previous day’s discover, I decided that I would tackle devising a method for quickly squaring numbers 31 through 39 ( Read more... )

Some people listen to the radio when they drive. Others talk on the phone. And still others daydream. What I mean to say is, no one actually pays attention to driving. I’m no exception. However, my distraction (more times than not) is math, specifically multiplication and long division. I could attribute this trait to honing a skill instilled in me ( Read more... )

I considered writing a story once, a story that no one would read. Then I realized that someone would read it, eventually, even if it wasn't in my lifetime, only... I don't believe in time. Not like other's do anyway, which they think is ridiculous, because the way they perceive time has been documented for thousands of years in books, on calendars ( Read more... )

A short, fat asian kid wearing Dickie's shorts, white-spaghetti-strap suspenders, a plain-black t-shirt and thick rimmed glasses walked into 7-11 as I was about to leave. He headed directly to the counter and exclaimed, "Trick or Treat!"

The Pancho Villa-esque arab standing behind the counter gave the kid a quick once-over and retorted, "That's not ( Read more... )