Listening to NPR, where the guest brought up a series of Mars mission plans that sounded very familiar to those of Mars Society. Then he dropped Robert Zubrin's name, and all became clear ( Read more... )

I've never seen season 3 of Enterprise before now. My god, it is complete and utter filth. I now fully understand why those who braved onward after the second season (which is where I got off) have no desire to even try season 4 after trudging through this raw sewage, swearing it off forever.

Season 4 is way better. Honest.

~Sean

A few recent events have spurred me to crack open my Season 4 boxed set of Enterprise. I'm trying to remember what took me so long.

I haven't finished it all yet, but the experience so far lead me to write this Powet.TV article about it ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen: my new(est) obsession crush.

I think I'm going to rent Alexander this weekend.

In completely unrelated news, apparently the largest thing in the universe is a cluster of galaxies and gas pockets (and by "pocket", I mean bigger than the entire Andromeda galaxy). The fact that it's described as "amoeba-like" renews the oft- ( Read more... )