Other than a single oblique reference to attending an official Star Trek convention in my last entry, I haven't really posted around here about the fact that I've been doing a bunch of con-related travelling lately--especially to Worldcon, having gone to both Dublin 2019 in Ireland and DisCon III in Washington this past December ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've talked at all about copyright issues with fictional franchises around here--whether it was related to the legal status of fan fiction or more ambiguous media tie-ins--but enough has been going on in that realm lately that it seems worth geeking out about once more.

First off, the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sued ( Read more... )

The most popular request amongst my list of potential posts from way back in January of last year was one about various fictional timelines I've thought of creating and putting online at The History of Things That Never Were (increasingly out-of-date though it is) to join such perennial favourites as my Firefly Timeline, my Kindred: The Embraced ( Read more... )

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One of the big unanswered questions (as opposed to unanswered Big questions) in Sex and the City that becomes a real issue when you're working on something like the Sex and the City Timeline is that the series never really explains how or even why these four women became friends. As I mentioned in my last entry, the writers don't like directly ( Read more... )

Despite my ambivalent feelings about Winnipeg, there are times when I really love being here, and I feel like this city is never better than it is during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

( Fringe Factory )

Before I completely neglect to mention it, Zack Morris made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this week to update us all on what he's been up to since his days at Bayside:


I was surprised at the attention to continuity in his interview, referencing everything from Zack's (impossible) SAT score to his Wedding in Las Vegas--even ( Read more... )

I'd like to offer my sincere congratulations to Mr Alan Shore and Mr Dennis Crane on the happy occasion of their nuptials, joined together in a marriage ceremony performed by United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in Nimmo Bay, British Columbia on December 8, 2008.

May the loving couple enjoy many years of wedded bliss.

While I work on the post(s) about my trip and the election, and catch up on the many posts from others which I missed when I was out of town, I'll just make a timely note that tonight's episode of The Office features Michael, Andy, and Oscar going on a business trip to that most exotic of foreign destinations...Winnipeg ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I attended a seminar moderated by Lawrence O'Donnell where I asked him, as someone who'd both written fiction and engaged in punditry, which one he felt was more effective for getting a political point across. He answered in favour of the former, since the people who are going to watch pundits in the first place will generally ( Read more... )