Walking past the cubicle of one of my staff this morning, I heard the commentators discussing the selection by John McCain of Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as his Vice Presidential nominee. I was curious, since I knew almost nothing about her, so I stopped to listen. The show is a call-in political talk show, with the hosts both being pretty ( Read more... )

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Here's a link to an interview with Joss in today's Los Angeles Times about "Dollhouse ( Read more... )

I don't know exactly why these caught my eye, but I thought they were worth noting ( Read more... )

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{I stole the subject line from Hendrik Hertzberg's blog at The New Yorker, because it made me laugh out loud.

I give you money and send you into the grocery store to pick up 6 items. You can only pick one thing from the following departments.. What is it?1. Produce ( Read more... )

This was the question I asked myself after seeing this headline in the New Yorker: What Microloans MissIt took me several seconds to realize they meant "Micro-loans." As in, "small loans ( Read more... )

[My sister sent me this. I especially like "esplanade" and "lymph ( Read more... )

Having criticized various aspects of the opening two episodes of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" in my last entry, it's only fair to note how very much better the third episode was. Specifically, the opening scene, in which Sarah speaks of the men who worked on the Manhattan Project, birthplace of the atomic bomb. As she speaks of often wishing she ( Read more... )

I've read and watched sci-fi books, short stories, movies, and TV shows since I was about eight. Four decades on, what stays with me are two frequent responses: excitement about an interesting premise, and disappointment at a dull execution. It's often puzzling how the same mind can dream up such an unusual, potent idea, but then fill in the ( Read more... )