So this week didn't work out so well ( Read more... )

I used to do reviews of the Escape Artists podcasts. Maybe I should do that again. Recently, I've been meaning to post more, but the days slip by without me even noticing I haven't posted again. (On the other hand, my exercise is staying fairly regular, despite wisdom-tooth disruptions, so that's good.) But I really wanted to talk about one ( Read more... )

SAGAL:Your book is called "Nerd Do Well." Is there anything out there that's too nerdy even for you? Have you ever met somebody who's in some culture or subculture so weird you're like "oh my god, that's just too strange?"
Mr. PEGG:Babylon 5.-"Actor Simon Pegg Plays 'Not My Job'," Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, June 18, 2011.

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My ire was raised today reading
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Hey, let's restart the inventory. I've been putting this off, but can't for much longer. You see, last season, Hulu kept five shows on backlog, and so I would write these to catch up with the episodes disappearing from the cite. But the new season is coming, so Hulu's about to take them down, so I've got to finish this off fast ( Read more... )

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The links keep on coming. For those confused by my recent failk, here's an executive survey of "PervySurveyFail" (so dubbed by someone ithiliana can't rememberOgi Ogas and Sai Gaddam have landed a lucrative book contract (publishing grapevine says US$250,000); as part of that project, they designed a survey to find out more about slash and fandom. The ( Read more... )

ithiliana suggests that the "unified fabric of human desire" must be some sort of plaid. Which got me thinking about kilts. Which led me to writing this:I just wrote up a short abstract ( Read more... )

( An explanation of 'Full Inventory' )

I was originally going to do this as part of the Pilot inventory, but they didn't play the credits in the pilot, so I decided to keep them separate. There was enough to say in that post anyway.I'm going to go into a bit more detail about the appropriation and misrepresentation of culture and history by looking at the artifacts mentioned in episodes ( Read more... )