Madeleine L'Engle has died.Meaning we just lost an amazing and unique voice in the realm of literature.  Though I never agreed with her philosophy, I have always had a deep respect for the way she saw the world.  She's one of the few Christian writers (alongside Tolkien and Lewis) who firmly believed that fantasy and sci-fi were complements of her ( Read more... )

Doctor Who update!

( Lots of Little Puzzle Pieces in Time )

So I saw the latest four episodes of Doctor Who (not counting the one airing tonight, of course).

( Regeneration, Human-Style )

Yesterday was lovely in the geek department.  ( We all loved Evolution of the Daleks )

So we used and abused Amy's iPod quite a bit last night, watching two episodes of Doctor Who and four episodes of Stargate SG-1, only taking a break to watch one episode of Stargate: Atlantis on SCI FI as we didn't download that one.

There was much squeeing.

( You called me The Doctor! )

Early this morning, as early as I usually get to work, I had an interview with the head of the library science department at the local state university.  Now I have all the paperwork and information I need to go about applying for the masters program.  Which will include taking the GRE, which I'd never done, for some reason ( Read more... )

Geek night yesterday happened sans Mary and Amy, so it was pretty much just Trudy and I watching Supernatural and old Doctor Who: specifically the Fourth Doctor serial "The Stones of Blood".  Supernatural was excellent: great plot, great character interaction, and that one girl, Eva, was fantastic.  "Am I okay?  I just helped you steal some dead ( Read more... )

So.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I'd say that's nice and ominous. Or, as Terry Pratchett puts it, it bodes. ::ponders:: "Deathly hallows." Well, a "hallow" is a holy place, and I can certainly think of how a hallow could be deathly (say, Holy of Holies), but I'm interested to see how it works out in the Potterverse ( Read more... )

Real quick: did most of my Christmas shopping today. Bought coloring books and markers for Toby, but it was more difficult than I imagined, because Target didn't have coloring books. What is up with that? And the first Target I went to was all out of washable markers, and I really didn't want to inflict non-washable markers on Lisa. She might ( Read more... )

I... have extra money in my bank account. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! ::subsides into maniacal giggles ( Read more... )