Okay, so I did wind up going to Fan Expo, but, to my surprise, I went on Friday rather than Saturday. Right up until the day before I wasn't sure which way I'd go, but ultimately I think I made the right decision. No photos, today, I actually didn't take many (or at least, my camera didn't, I thought I took at least a few more than it turns out I ( Read more... )

So yeah, behind the cut, photos. And a video. They may be big, sorry.

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The main reason for not being full is the lack of photos, which I haven't gotten out of my phone. I'll probably do a photo only post. I don't know how good they'll be, and there probably won't be many, so often I saw something I wanted to photograph but the moment I got the camera out and on (even just awakening from sleep mode takes a few ( Read more... )

Not a lot of pictures today, but there are some. Mix of reasons for this, one was a lack of costumes that really appealed to me (there were a lot of fine costumes, but many either seemed to be stuff I had no idea what they were, or old standbys I'd seen and photographed a couple times before already, probably by the same people), another was ( Read more... )

Finished: Spin Control by Chris Moriarty
So, I read the first book, Spin State, and I was... mixed on it. I liked a few of the characters and relationships and some of the tech/universe, but I felt it failed a bit on the hard science by including too much 'woo-woo' stuff and forcing a "19th century coal mining town" type situation ( Read more... )

So, Fan Expo. I will begin at the beginning. One March day in 1978, in a military base in BC, a young baby was born who... wait, that's too early. I'll just start with today. The preparation and journey: ( Read more... )

Pick your five favourite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions. Don’t cheat by looking at the questions before you pick ( Read more... )

Gateworld has an interview with Ben Browder, mostly general history and a little on the series he's working on developing (as a writer), a bit on Farscape and Stargate and his semi-acting rivalry with Nathan Fillion.

Also of interest, to Stargate Altantis fans, one of the producers gave a breakdown of what episodes the 6th season might have had, ( Read more... )

This week I got just one book.

Astonishing X-Men #22 (bit disappointing, really)

Full reviews up as usual at my comic reviews site for anyone interested.

In books, I picked up Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton, and in not-books, I also broke down and got Serenity: The Collector's Edition
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