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I had a rockin’ time seeing the season opener of Battlestar Galactica at trinityvixen’s and feiran’s place Friday night. (I’ve got neither TiVO nor a VCR, so BSG is likely to interfere with my Games Club attendance for a bit.) Pizza and margaritas enhanced the experience.

It wasn’t till the next day that I noticed the episode’s title: “He That Believeth In Me”

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Just watched the first season of Heroes. Some thoughts:
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Has anyone else considered this?
LionDzur Lamb??? Polar bearTsalmoth? Walrus??? Salt marsh harvest mouseTeckla Wildebeest??? Ant??? Worm-eating fernbirdHawk? Phoenix? Athyra? Sea otterOrca? Giant anacondaDragon? Yendi? Kangaroo??? Sort of a cross between a frilled
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I’ve been watching lots of westerns on DVD recently. Once Upon a Time in the West for one, and the second season of Deadwood for another. And, um, that’s it. So maybe not a lot, but hey, it was a whole season of Deadwood. The mustache on this guy here was inspired by a photo of the historical Seth Bullock, hero of Deadwood.


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The funniest thing about this afternoon’s Mooninite-induced panic is that the billboards don’t actually look like bombs. Real bombs are hidden away inside innocuous-looking containers. The blinky lights and LEDs counting down to zero are artifacts of Hollywood dramas, a modern-day symbol of “bomb”, the cinematic equivalent of the shiny black sphere ( Read more... )

Isn’t it nice to know our government is keeping us safe from cartoon ads?

Great Star Trek music video: White Rabbit (via nihilistic_kid)

We just watched the first four episodes of Torchwood. Episode 4 was like a Heavy Metal cover come to life; perhaps a collaboration between Hajime Sorayama and Mœbius.

akawil raised a question that’s apparently been circulating on the net: How do you write slash fiction about a show where all of the main characters are bisexual?

First up, there was Martian Coasters, since mnemex just got a copy. I hadn’t known it was out yet (so new, the Looneys haven’t even bothered to devote a page to it on their website), so I’ll pick up a set. We played a couple times, and it was fun, if kinda random. Then we played a game of regular Treehouse, which was even more random - the guy who spent ( Read more... )