On Twitter two days ago, I was called " a Nationals blogger." By Nationals, meaning the Washington Nationals, of course.

I am not a Nationals blogger. Don't think of myself that way at all. But I was also thrilled that someone else would think of me in that way. Nationals blogger.

I have, however, made some fanposts at Federal Baseball, the SB ( Read more... )

I am running on fumes today ( Read more... )

I have always been fascinated by World War I ( Read more... )

After last night's Doctor Who, the clamor for a spin-off series starring Madame Vastra, Jenny, and Strax the Sontaran has resumed ( Read more... )

The story of the 2 year-old girl in Kentucky, who was shot and killed by her 5 year-old brother with a rifle he was given as a present, has been preying on my mind much of the week.  I think about the little girl, I imagine that just a few days ago she was a giggling, happy child who liked flowers and dresses and dolls and ice cream and now she's ( Read more... )

There are times the world hurts. This is one of those times ( Read more... )

Saturday, the York Revolution held their annual Fan Fest ( Read more... )

The news has broken on casting for November's Doctor Who anniversary special - in addition to John Hurt, the special will also guest star David Tennant and Billie Piper.

Fandom, naturally, is sharply divided.

There is wailing that there's no Eccleston from the new series. Classic Doctor Who fans are wailing that the pre-new series Doctors aren't ( Read more... )

For the historical record, because I want to lay claim to this idea, a Facebook postSerious question time. Would Antonin Scalia's written decisions in the Prop 8 case and the DOMA case be eligible for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? These decisions will be so divorced from reality that they would be fantasy fiction, after all. And there would be a lot ( Read more... )

The tenth anniversary of the Iraq War has been on the minds of many in the past two weeks. Some who supported the war at the time have said that they were deeply wrong. Some who supported the war at the time fail to recognize that it was a collosal, world historical mistake.

Last week I wrote an e-mail to Andrew Sullivan. He was one of those ( Read more... )