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In 2015, I watched 63 movies, down from 100+ in 2014. I came very close to completing my rewatching-all-my-old-favorites project,... (More...)
3 January 2016, 6:22 PM | Comments (0)
A few weeks ago, I decided to take a look at the book of The Martian. I hadn't had much... (More...)
2 November 2015, 9:51 AM | Comments (0)
A friend asked this morning what the deal is with this Hamilton thing. Here's what I posted in response: It's... (More...)
29 October 2015, 9:55 AM | Comments (0)
A few assorted life updates: My knee injury has continued to heal, but still very slowly. But at least the... (More...)
4 September 2015, 10:35 AM | Comments (0)
I saw Terminator Genisys last night. Fortunately, Karen prepped me for it ahead of time, so I thought I'd pass... (More...)
11 July 2015, 9:51 AM | Comments (0)
My first encounter with Ursula K. Le Guin's short YA novel Very Far Away from Anywhere Else was in college. My... (More...)
1 July 2015, 11:18 AM | Comments (0)
I'm having one of those everything-is-deeply-intertwingled moments. On the way home, Ada Palmer's haunting and lovely and sad-yet-hopeful song “Somebody... (More...)
15 June 2015, 9:18 PM | Comments (1)
I just watched the movie Tomorrowland, and I'm surprised I haven't seen more people posting about it. It's the story... (More...)
13 June 2015, 9:31 AM | Comments (1)
I just picked up the printed book of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, and so far it's regularly... (More...)
2 May 2015, 9:02 PM | Comments (0)
(I wrote this entry in July, but was reluctant to post it at the time. Now that I'm ready to... (More...)
12 November 2014, 10:19 AM | Comments (0)
Among my favorite books as a kid were a few by Zilpha Keatley Snyder: Black and Blue Magic; The Egypt... (More...)
12 November 2014, 9:59 AM | Comments (0)
I just rewatched the 2010 movie Made in Dagenham. It's even better than I remembered it: feminist, laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally... (More...)
21 September 2014, 12:00 PM | Comments (0)
Saw the new Captain America movie with Kam a few days ago. Short version of my reaction: I loved it.... (More...)
11 April 2014, 12:07 PM | Comments (6)
At some point in the past couple years, Karen (and possibly other people) recommended a fairly obscure 2006 TV series... (More...)
26 November 2013, 10:02 AM | Comments (2)
A few assorted life updates: Day job I've been at my current day job for nine years as of today.... (More...)
18 October 2013, 10:57 AM | Comments (0)
The other night, Kam and I watched the 1998 movie Dangerous Beauty. I had seen it before, in 1999; Kam... (More...)
14 October 2013, 11:23 PM | Comments (0)
I've encountered three new and interesting superhero comics featuring female protagonists in the past two months. I hope to post... (More...)
21 February 2013, 9:56 AM | Comments (2)
Yesterday, I read Jen Larsen's newly released memoir Stranger Here: How Weight-Loss Surgery Transformed My Body and Messed with My... (More...)
20 February 2013, 12:28 PM | Comments (0)
If you're looking for an intertwining-plot-threads fun sweet romantic comedy to watch on Valentine's Day, you could do worse than... (More...)
14 February 2013, 9:39 AM | Comments (3)
(Can you tell I still don't speak French?) I finally went to see the movie of Les Miz the other... (More...)
10 February 2013, 1:11 PM | Comments (0)
I first saw the 1995 movie Unstrung Heroes in late 1996, and I liked it a lot. I bought it... (More...)
19 January 2013, 9:45 AM | Comments (0)
Wow, it’s apparently been two weeks since I posted here. FOGcon was good. It was great to get some time... (More...)
14 April 2012, 12:35 AM | Comments (3)
A couple weeks ago, I somehow happened across a mention of a 2005 movie I had never heard of: Imagine... (More...)
20 February 2012, 11:42 PM | Comments (3)
I watched 41 movies in 2011, including 8 that I had seen before. (I rarely rewatch movies, but I've been... (More...)
7 January 2012, 1:15 AM | Comments (0)
The latest generation of the Kindle—not the Kindle Fire, not the Kindle Touch, just the plain old Kindle—finally has the... (More...)
30 November 2011, 9:39 AM | Comments (4)
Saw Drive on Tuesday night. What a mistake that was. I ended up writing a rather long discussion of it,... (More...)
21 October 2011, 12:28 AM | Comments (0)
Yesterday, I watched the pilot of the new CBS show Person of Interest. It's pretty good in a variety of... (More...)
25 September 2011, 10:41 AM | Comments (2)
Finally saw Captain America tonight, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not by any means a Great Film. But fun,... (More...)
24 August 2011, 1:13 AM | Comments (0)
I've had the 2004 movie The Terminal out from Netflix for a long time; finally decided last night to watch... (More...)
1 July 2011, 1:50 AM | Comments (0)
The NY Philharmonic recently did a production of Sondheim's Company starring Neil Patrick Harris (also featuring Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer,... (More...)
21 June 2011, 12:50 AM | Comments (3)
I've been reading and watching the Hugo nominees, and just got to the 15-minute-long movie The Lost Thing, based on... (More...)
11 June 2011, 11:32 PM | Comments (0)
Saw Thor last night. Overall, mostly enjoyed it. Not brilliant, and not even as much fun as the Iron Man... (More...)
21 May 2011, 11:58 AM | Comments (0)
My favorite movie that I watched in 2010 (and there was some tough competition!) was Tangled, which I saw in... (More...)
14 May 2011, 11:00 AM | Comments (0)
I recently finished reading the reissue of Jennifer Crusie's Trust Me on This, which means I've now read all of... (More...)
17 April 2011, 10:02 AM | Comments (0)
Some time ago, I saw a preview for the 2007 movie P.S. I Love You. It looked like it was... (More...)
16 March 2011, 12:45 AM | Comments (0)
Stephanie and I went to see Rango on Saturday night, and we enjoyed the heck out of it. It's an... (More...)
6 March 2011, 9:29 AM | Comments (0)
Recently played an entertaining iPhone puzzle/adventure game: Scarlett and the Spark of Life. In this game, you play Princess Scarlett,... (More...)
10 January 2011, 11:55 PM | Comments (0)
Info about a bunch of excellent albums of the stories of Willy Claflin and/or Maynard Moose—and how you can buy some of them for $2 apiece. (More...)
16 December 2010, 8:04 PM | Comments (0)
I mentioned a week ago that Sonya, in consultation with Twig, had loaned me half a dozen romance novels. These... (More...)
8 November 2010, 9:39 PM | Comments (0)
I've watched an unusual-for-me amount of TV lately, especially taking a look at various new shows. The one I've liked... (More...)
5 October 2010, 2:21 AM | Comments (1)
Having seen nothing about this movie other than the poster, which didn't interest me, I wasn't planning on seeing it.... (More...)
24 September 2010, 10:30 PM | Comments (0)
Friday evening, Kam and I went to see Despicable Me, and we enjoyed the heck out of it. It was... (More...)
12 September 2010, 3:56 PM | Comments (2)
Finally got around to seeing Inception on Friday afternoon. Although the previews looked promising, I went into it with somewhat... (More...)
12 September 2010, 3:19 PM | Comments (0)
This evening, I went to see Stomp. I've been hearing about it for years, and it was one of the... (More...)
29 August 2010, 10:07 PM | Comments (3)
Saw a preview for G-Force a while back, and it looked like it might be fun. Later, someone (perhaps Twig?)... (More...)
14 August 2010, 1:10 PM | Comments (1)
The previews for Knight and Day looked like fun, and I like both