Had a good evening yesterday.

The Friday night group and I went out to see the new (well, not really these days) Wonder Woman movie. We went and saw the late afternoon show, as that was the only one at South Keys that wasn't in 3-D. (Most of us can't go see 3-D movies because frankly they cause us headaches ( Read more... )

As mentioned in the previous blog entry, I decided to take a "movie day" and see a couple of movies yesterday. The first, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I went and saw on my own in an afternoon showing, but the second movie, The Good Dinosaur, I saw with my goddaughter, Kathy, DavidM, and Crystal ( Read more... )

As noted in yesterday's blog entry, I decided to take a "movie day" and see a couple of movies. The first, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I went and saw on my own in an afternoon showing, but the second movie, The Good Dinosaur, I saw with my goddaughter, Ellie, and Kathy, DavidM, and Crystal ( Read more... )

It seems to be another relatively warm day here in the Ottawa valley. So far, this has been such a bizarre bunch of weather for this time of year, but I'm not complaining. Better rain than snow, though I can do without the freezing rain ( Read more... )

Based on a recent book (The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan) and some trends in dinosaur media, Brian Switek considers which are the best dinosaurs to wage war.

One, Two, Three, Four... I Declare a Dino War!

Feeling much better this morning.

I attribute this to the ingesting of some walnuts and half a banana yesterday, to get the necessary potassium replenishment in my body, on the suggestion of the diabetes dietician and knightbane. The left foot is somewhat stiff at the moment, a bit achy, but the nerve spasms have stopped for now, it seems. ::knock on wood ( Read more... )

From the good folks of iO9, watch as Stan Winston Studio takes you through the step-by-step process of bringing Jurassic Park's spitting Dilophosaurus to life.

Incredible Evolution of Jurassic Park's Spitting Animatronic Dilophosaurus

Woke up this morning, feeling relatively well, and looking forward to the day. Then I saw this headline this morning, and all that changed.

Masked Gunman Kills 12 in Shooting at Batman Movie Premiere in Aurora, Colorado

Denver police say no further suspects are being sought in the shooting at the The Dark Knight Rising premiere. Totals now seem ( Read more... )

Gloomy Friday morning here in the Ottawa valley ( Read more... )

Had an excellent evening with the Friday night gaming group. Nick (Roberts) continued to run the Desolation scenario that he's got us in right now. For those who want to know about Nick's game, check out my previous session notes. Kathy's character, a female Rover, cozied up to the hermit we encountered, and we learned a little bit more about ( Read more... )