And just like that I am reminded why I like this show.

If you do it right, it can be cracking great fun.

( I'll try to keep spoiler free, but no promises. )

The seventh series of Doctor Who arrives with the return of the Ponds, a Parliament of Daleks, and a quick demonstration that Moffatt has no intention to change the style or tone he has brought to the show for his two years in charge.

Luckily, that kept my expectations low.

( More than a few spoilers within. )

As many of you know, I have long supported Tilda Swinton as the next Doctor. Having recently seen a photoshop of Hugh Laurie (in full House mode) as The Doctor, I think I need some counter propoganda. Thanks to not-my-facebook-friend Angela, I was pointed to these picturesAnyone enough of a Photoshop wizard to get a TARDIS in there and Doctor these ( Read more... )

The Oatmeal grammar tag is full of fun things, even if many are usage and vocabulary, but not grammar. (I know, I'm losing this jargon fight. I do think we will need to brainstorm up a new word to mean "grammar" since we're losing the one we have.)

More in the we humans may actually be wired to be nice file.

At some point, the rules on academic ( Read more... )

Not me, in case you were worried.

It is, however, my friend, tattoo artist, model, muse, and interior decorator, the awesome Maery Contrary - a.k.a. Kessel Run.

I was particularly impressed by her deft handling of the "Star Wars or Lord of the Rings" gotcha question.

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At around 10:30 Friday night, I decided to go to Philadelphia to see s00j in what I believed to be her last concert of 2011 ( Read more... )

* William Shatner is not a very good documentarist.
* The film was fun anyway as an obvious labour of love.
* I may have developed a crush on Kate Mulgrew after years of disliking Voyager.
* Avery Brooks reminds me uncannily of Brother Blue, who I had the honour of storytelling with during my time in the greater Boston area ( Read more... )

Since the anarchist Tintin and the gender-swapped Asterix came up at work this morning, does anyone know if there is any gender-swapped Tintin anywhere? It strikes me as one that would be interesting to see.

(I'd also love to see a good gender-swapped Corto Maltese picture, because I think it would be an awesome look.)

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That may well be the worst episode of Doctor Who I have ever seen.

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It would be nice if you looked where you were going in the metro and didn't kick over the bag that had my made-from-scratch tomato sauce in it, assholes.

Craig and the Doctor meet up again to remind us that we can't run from who we are.

( This is where I talk about the episode and give praise to Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All. )