Harry Marks over at Curious Rat writes about rejection letters. It is a good article (Harry’s blog is full of thoughtful and well argued posts like this, and I check it out regularly – I do not necessarily always agree with him, but I can never dispute that he is presenting his point well) and this little […]

I am on high seas right now, fighting waves and sea sickness, and the Internet connection is dodgy (surprising that there is any at all!). I was going to be off the grid this week, but I heard the sad news and just wanted to mark the occasion. It was not unexpected, but on some […]

I watched the new Star Trek movie yesterday. I thought it was really suspenseful and I liked it. Checking out some online reviews afterwards, I just found it funny, that changes to a classic Star Trek villain are met with universal uproar, while utterly screwing up a classic villain in Ironman 3 is just shrugged […]

This is the Mandarin. He is not silly. He is not racist. He is a great and classic comic book villain. Ever since he was teased in the first Ironman movie, I have been looking forward to see him on the screen. I was weary when I heard who would portray him in the third […]

Comicbookresources reports that AOL has pulled the plug on ComicsAlliance, one of my favorite comic sites, and basically the only one I have been checking regularly for news and great articles (mainly the inimitable Chris Sims). They apparently were not even given the chance to post a final good-bye. (No official word yet if this is […]

Happy birthday, Man of Steel! (I may have more to say in a future post but for now I’ll just leave this here.) Update: I believe this ComicsAlliance gallery is the perfect celebration.  The greatest comics artists in the world interpreting the greatest comics mythos in the world. (Even my favourite “70s costume puffy sleeves Supergirl” is […]

Iain M Banks is dying. I am shocked. I have tremendously enjoyed reading his novels, becoming lost in his ideas and  imaginations, becoming inspired, becoming thoughtful. I was looking forward to his next novel, simply taking it for granted as we all just take tomorrow for granted. But now there never will be another one. […]

Yesterday’s xkcd called “Time” is simply a beautiful and unique piece of art. It enfolded over the course of 24 hours 48 hours and counting, and it took me literally ages to figure out what was going on. Amazing! It is over now, but you can check what actually happened on the indispensable explain xkcd […]

Got my first spam comment today, yeah! The lovely and talented Michael Kors Bags (Is Bags his surname? Does a spambot even have a name?) made this valuable comment on one of my posts: I really have any of these Michael Kors Bags http://michael-kors-bags-118.webs.com for the toast colors so passion these individuals. they are best for Wisconsin winter snow […]

Trying to fix my fixes led to a complete meltdown of the site, with all kinds of permissions screwed up. Thankfully, the amazing folks at MacHighway responded promptly to my cry for help, and everything is up and running again. Wheew! – Thank you, MacHighway!! That is excellent customer service. I shall now not even […]