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let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

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  • What song(s) make(s) you smile? Part 2: H – N

    Music is supposed to have an impact and depending on the mood I’m in different songs affect me differently so there really isn’t one song… …also this is an alphabetical list from my iTunes library so there are more songs that I have probably missed, I will amend as I can…

  • Halloween / Wizard World Austin Costume

    This year for Halloween I’m going to try to make my costume. I have a pretty good idea for what I want to do. I am a huge fan of WWI uniforms and of Larfleeze, Agent Orange in the DC Universe. Normally, these are not similar ideas to bring together for a costume…

  • What song(s) make(s) you smile? Part 1: A – G

    Music is supposed to have an impact and depending on the mood I’m in different songs affect me differently so there really isn’t one song… …also this is an alphabetical list from my iTunes library so there are more songs that I have probably missed, I will amend as I can…

  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Background and Commentary

    Origin: England Churchill: The Hollywood Years was a production of the English film industry. This movie is less how Americans remember the WWII and more how the English think Americans remember WWII. The jokes are also geared to a specific subset of the English that find Harry Enfield and testicle  jokes funny. That is not to say the movie is…

  • Nine on the Ninth – Deep Space Nine

    I have a confession to make: I love Deep Space Nine. I don’t know what I was doing when I first saw Man Trap or Encounter at Farpoint or Wrath of Khan, but I can tell you exactly what I was doing when I saw Emissary. I was 12 years old sitting in my room huddled with…

  • There are no words…

    This is the intersection on my brain made manifest. As Kevin Pollack would say, I need to take a knee… (found through http://iwannageekout.com/) Re-blogged from The Study of Mettle (via geekmythology)

  • The Pirate Movie – Background and Commentary

    The Pirate Movie Background: The Pirate Movie is a modern interpretation of Gilbert’s and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, one of their better know works. The Movie is told in a dream sequence by the unconscious Mabel, played here by Kristy McNichol. The original light opera was mainly told, like most operas by G&S, through the point of view of…

  • What for August 2011

    What is Science Fiction? A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content. -Theodore Sturgeon Science fiction is anything published as science fiction. -Norman Spinrad The truth is somewhere between these two positions. The…

  • When update for August 2011

    Updated tentative schedule for next month: Aug. 05 the new planet of the apes opens, hope to have a quick review up shortly after… Aug. 06 what – what is science fiction, which came first and why it is important… Aug. 13 Mahabharata – the indian epic that could be the oldest example of science…