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Heads Held High in All Kinds of Weather
In the past, my thoughts at this time of year have been both expansive and tangential, but it seems like the weather is on everyone's mind right now--rain and snow and other climatological calamities seem to be affecting the people I know all over the world ( Read more... ) -
Travelled Down the Road and Back Again
It was really hard to make a final decision on where to go for New Year's after getting so many cool suggestions, including some invitations from people on my friendslist here--especially since, as I mentioned before, I'd just like to go ahead with every possible option ( Read more... ) -
Softness in His Eyes, Iron in His Thighs
As you should expect by now, after similar experiences with the first season and the second season, I once again encountered quite a bit of potentially homoerotic innuendo in the course of watching Season Three of Star Trek: The Original SeriesPerhaps this is only appropriate for a season, and a series, which ended in '69 ( Read more... ) -
His Body Comes in Lots of Different Shapes
After making my way through Star Trek: The Original Series, offering up my thoughts on Season One and then moving on to Season Two, I quickly got distracted by other matters (as you know), failing to offer up any more thoughts despite the fact that I finished watching Season Three back in September.
With the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The ( Read more... ) -
Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun, Sun, Sun
I've gotten a bunch of cool ideas and awesome invitations from various people in the wake of my request for New Year's travel suggestions--everything from Chicago to Houston to Sydney to "Hold off and go to the Vancouver Winter Olympics instead."
To be honest, I'd like to take everyone up on their invitations, which could easily book my travel ( Read more... ) -
Let Me Fly Far Away from Here
Where should I travel for New Year's?
I haven't been anywhere of note since my trip to Atlanta for the presidential election last year, and I've been feeling the urgent need to be Somewhere Else for the end of the decade...or perhaps it's just the urgent need to be Somewhere Else in general ( Read more... ) -
On My Way to Where the Air Is Sweet
Celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street have really dominated the media lately--from people picking their favourite segments to Cookie Monster wanting royalties for his eating style to books like Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street--and the Muppet characters, in particular, have been everywhere over the past couple of ( Read more... ) -
I'm All Alone, More or Less
After all of the planning and the worrying and the hustle and the bustle around Kimberly's visit to Winnipeg since I first brought it up, how did everything work out?
Pretty relaxed, actually.
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It's Cold Outside, There's No Kind of Atmosphere
The rental car is being picked up in a couple of hours, and the apartment is on track to getting (somewhat) more organised, which means the pieces are slowly coming together for Kimberly's arrival in Winnipeg tomorrow...
Unfortunately, however, she just sprained her ankle, and the weather forecast for this weekend is colder than I'd hoped, so we' ( Read more... ) -
Stand on Guard, Getting Ready for the Show
The northwest corner of Trafalgar Square in London features the Fourth Plinth, originally built in the 19th century for the purpose of erecting a statue of William IV which never actually went up. Ever since, debate has raged over what to put there (with the usual answer being "nothing"), and for the past ten years, that has led to occasional ( Read more... )