I often want to post reviews of movies and books here, and then don't get around to it. But I'm putting my foot down. And I'm putting it down right in some X-Men Origins: WolverineThis movie is big, and it is bad. But my primary feeling after watching it was, "Well, that was a movie." I found it strangely unmoving. It wasn't bad enough to be really ( Read more... )

desdenova, this one's for you:

The super power periodic table.

And as long as I'm linking things that pretend to have something to do with science, here is a terrific Iron Man/Torchwood fic about computer love:

Gotta plug in sometime.

I've been doing a lot of thinking recently about tropes and issues of gender and race in various forms of entertainment. Hopefully, I will find the time and energy to write some of my thoughts at length. In the mean time, here are a couple of links on those topics that I found interesting.

From io9, When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like ( Read more... )

Am I crazy to be so happy that the A-Team movie is cast and in production? I loved that show, even though it was pretty bad most of the time. I liked the characters. Murdock was my favorite. I had a sex dream about him and Face once. And that show had the crackiest crossover with Man From UNCLE. It was like fic. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuriakin ( Read more... )

When I get bored sitting here, trying to think up intelligent things to write in this report, I imagine myself in a movie montage. Watching someone work on a computer is not entertaining, so in movies, they usually put together some quick cuts of the protagonist typing intently, words filling the screen, fingers flying, all to the accompaniment of ( Read more... )

I haven't posted about the Stones in a while, but I'm sitting here, internetting and half watching Let's Spend the Night Together, so I thought I'd make a few random comments.

1. Is Mick chewing gum while he's singing? Yes, yes I think he is.
2. That was the worst version of Tumbling Dice I have ever heard ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen this yet, please enjoy the Proposition 8 Musical.

1. Gillian completed her project, Gillian's Elementary School Musical, and we had a premier party in her class yesterday. I brought in the DVD, and the kids watched while eating cake and drinking sparkling grape juice. It was a huge success, and had 3 encores. Her teacher pulled in other teachers from the hall to show them. A great time was had by ( Read more... )

1. There are anoles copulating everywhere. Gillian asked me, "What are those two lizards doing?" "Playing a game," I answered. Yeah, the game of luv. And is it just me, or does "anole" sound dirty ( Read more... )

Gillian had to have some vaccinations recently because I have to register her for Kindergarten (eep!) soon. As a treat for putting up with the needles, I gave her a DVD of Disney's version of Peter Pan. I hadn't seen that movie for a long time, and as usual I watched it with her so I could guide her viewing experience ( Read more... )