Well, that was quick. A thing many posters at Whedonesque don’t seem to get is that Tim has a development deal with Fox (the studio, not the network), so they’re paying him whether the series works or not. Yeah, there won’t be another episode order, but it’s not like he would have gotten kickbacks on […]
In today’s movie adventure, my date and I saw Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters and Hot Fuzz. ATHF was, I believe, as good as it could possibly be, with the opening bit better than I could have imagined. I was a little surprised and disappointed that the performance wasn’t Dethklok, but […]
Marie Gifford’s 168 Meal Planning Ideas that Start with Armour Star Canned Meats The meat of good eating… Armour 1959
I’m not sure I can explain why I find minipops so charming. They’re just very very small, yet still recognizable.
Welcome to the first installment of From the Vault! The Forced Perspective Vault contains volume upon volume of cool old stuff, primarily stuff related to food. In this recurring (I hope) feature, we drag some gems out into the light of day. Knudsen Recipes for Greater Food Value Knudsen Dairy Products, The Very Best produced […]
A reliable rule of thumb: when people accuse others of engaging in some nefarious scheme, or out of the blue aver that they themselves are not engaged in a nefarious scheme, you can count on it that the claimants are engaged in exactly that nefarious scheme. So, clearly, Durex wants to organize “some crazy kind […]
You Suck, Moore. No. I didn’t hate this so much that I stopped reading it, but I would have if I had had anything else to read. The dedication reads “For my readers, by request,” which may be why the whole thing feels rushed or forced or otherwise off-putting. Here’s a passage that struck me […]
If you’re playing a word game, and you don’t have a dictionary handy (but do have access to the web), you can find out whether a word is likely to be legal by typing it into the box at What’s the good word? Yes, it’s ugly, but it’s usable from a phone (and I’m not […]
The Risen Empire, Westerfeld. Yes. Better story than writing, in the space opera tradition. Very sloppy editing and/or proofing, almost certainly due to Tor (fine spelling bee word, so-so publisher of sometimes-excellent work). Separate from that, a number of technical details are again mis-stated (sorry, I did not keep careful track this time), which I […]
Instead of finishing a bunch of novels last month, I read some current and back issues of my very favorite magazine, Fortean Times. I feel that it helps me appreciate the glorious variety of people and things in the world. From the October 2006 issue (FT214), page 42, in the article “Big Cats on the […]