...wouldn't it be kind of fun if we all started posting on LJ again? There are things I miss about this place after all.

I mainly use this as an RSS reader but why not post today?

( Spoilers, obviously )

These three objects stand next to each other at my desk at work. If I were a slightly different person, I'd be writing Doctor Who/The Spectre/ 1995 Seattle Mariners crossover fiction!


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...but re the most recent UK Pace Doctor Who

( Yes spoilers here!!! )

Inspired by papilo_luna's post (who I'm not going to link to, because I don't think anyone other than me who reads my LJ can see hers), I was thinking a bit about Amy Pond. She's a really weird character.

( Spoiler space in case you haven't watched anything at all of Season 5. I'll not spoil anything that isn't in US pace )

The famous quote of Libertarians and Republicans when they try to claim that they're the adult party is, "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." They like to attribute that to Ben Franklin but there's no reference that he actually wrote that. Whatever. The point of the quote is that ( Read more... )

So when I was in college, I was really into Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy. Like Catcher in the Rye (which has to be read early in high school so you can identify with Holden), it has to be read in college when you're experimenting with eastern philosophy for it to make sense. Part of the book talks about the religion of Discordianism ( Read more... )

...but with 90 minutes to go before the announcement, here's what would excite me about this Mactablet thingie. One of the rumors has it having video out. If it has that and a digital audio out, then this could be the device I've been looking for, an Apple TV that would actually work, but also would run other apps like the Sunday Ticket app and ( Read more... )

So I was reading my comics last night and saw that DC is making a new Who's Who and occurred me that they're missing out here.  This is the 21st century.  Instead of an 18 issue series that people would have to flip through to find out the details of a character, why not make that an iPhone app (and a chrome app too I guess).  I'd much rather pay $ ( Read more... )

I've been trying to write a note about Niki all day and it's been very hard. The sheer unfairness of her life and death overwhelm my writing skills. Mel and I went for a walk early today and I was questioning what the point of everything is. It sure makes it hard for me to believe in any sort of benevolent deity when I think about how some people ( Read more... )