* Upfronts were this week for TV. There are a few new shows with potential and a whole lotta drek. I had to walk around and through the crowd waiting for the Fox presentation at the Beacon earlier this week; I resisted the temptation to tell them that Fox's entire slate of new shows looks awful. [The presumptive fall schedule, with links, for those ( Read more... )

* I want my damned global warming. It's 12 May and there is a wind chill (which is 42F/6C). The high temperature today might crack 50 degrees and I wore my winter coat to work. Also, it's raining, but this is NYC and it rains a lot here.

* So I am apparently writing two Trek stories. I should get on that, wot ( Read more... )

* Rail gun update in three words: killer rail cannon.

* Gratuitous gun porn, SCAR edition.

* My mayor is a yutz. Having taken a break from regulating our salt, sugar, and fat intakes to deal with the bomb in Times Square, he gave sage wisdom as to probable suspects: tea partiers. "If I had to guess, twenty five cents, this would be exactly that ( Read more... )

* Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé, Habs? It's getting to the point where Washington is starting to look like the Eastern Conference version of San Jose -- a fabulous regular-season team, but... let's be kind and say prone to underperforming in the post-season. *cough, choke* Yes, Les Boys blocked an outrageous number of shots and, yes, the Caps' ( Read more... )

I was going to wait to collect more links, but there is actually no minimum content requirement for a post. So. In a free moment, read this WSJ article on the very fertile ground that is Hudson High's Class of 1976:West Point’s class of 1976 was the first modern generation of military officers to enter the army without serving in Vietnam. They ( Read more... )

* Whilst reading about how the volcanic ash cloud of doooooom is or is not mucking things up for the US military, three things came up:
(1) European bases might have to make do without bagged salads, deli meat, and some magazines, but 99% of foodstuffs and sundries are sent by ship, so there's no trouble. Which, in turn, means that we airlift bags ( Read more... )

Wait-it's-not-July-oh-look-meta! edition ( Read more... )

Pesach countdown edition.

* A most felicitious of birthdays to ileliberte. Here is her art tag; feel free to leave her a comment as a present instead of one of those fornicating bears or whatever other 'virtual gifts' LJ is offering this week.

* A matzo taste-test, which is simply hilarious if you're Jewish and actually have to live on the stuff for eight ( Read more... )

Last weekend was warm and sunny and gorgeous. This weekend has been frightful, endless heavy rain, brutal winds (gusts up to 60 mph that did some serious damage), and the odd thunderstorm. It started Friday and hasn't stopped yet. Maybe Tuesday. And I might be coming down with something. Fie on it all ( Read more... )

* trekreversebang sorting has commenced. I know who I've got because I recognized the style, although that was not my driving motivation and it was actually a near thing because I reversed my claims order at the last moment. There was some truly stunning art that I could never have come up with a quality story for, so I made my choices on what I thought I could ( Read more... )