... it was a fixture of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series. It was referenced in everything from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Legion of Superheroes. So why isn't there one on board the Battlestar?
Today's Pick: Battlestar Galactica, which begins the final downhill run through its last episodes on Friday on the Sci-Fi Channel. This is not the same show you may recall from the 1970s. This is a tough, controversial, exciting, sexy, adventurous metaphor for modern America. You should be watching it. If you haven't, then here's a good place to start:
Today's Word: Frak. As demonstrated here.
Peace.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
24
The following takes place between 7:58 p.m. and whatever time you see on the final post.
Yes, I've been watching 24. It's good for getting my heart rate up. Just about too good. In the latest episode, Jack Bauer has stopped a nuclear bomb from exploding by beating it up. He's just that tough.
So have you figured out yet who the mole is in the FBI? Me neither. But this looks to be a good season. It's Today's Pick.
Today's Word: Patriot.
Today's Story: Just a little something I picked up along the way. Did you know people are posting made-up stories as "reviews" on Amazon? This one's pretty funny.
Peace.
Yes, I've been watching 24. It's good for getting my heart rate up. Just about too good. In the latest episode, Jack Bauer has stopped a nuclear bomb from exploding by beating it up. He's just that tough.
So have you figured out yet who the mole is in the FBI? Me neither. But this looks to be a good season. It's Today's Pick.
Today's Word: Patriot.
Today's Story: Just a little something I picked up along the way. Did you know people are posting made-up stories as "reviews" on Amazon? This one's pretty funny.
Peace.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Saturday Night ... LIVE
As I write this, Neil Patrick Harris is hosting Saturday Night Live. Dr. Horrible himself. If you haven't seen this, created by Joss Whedon and costarring Nathan Fillian, then you've really missed something special. It's a musical. It's a comedy. It's a tragedy. You should see it. It's Today's Pick.
Today's Word: Pathos.
Today's Story: Life and Death in the Year of the Comet. If you've read my two most recent tales, then you know about the Comet. This is my new serialized tale at PCityLive, and I started it with two chapters in a row. Others will appear periodically as I figure out next steps in the storyline (with various freestanding flash fictions and poems in between).
Peace.
Today's Word: Pathos.
Today's Story: Life and Death in the Year of the Comet. If you've read my two most recent tales, then you know about the Comet. This is my new serialized tale at PCityLive, and I started it with two chapters in a row. Others will appear periodically as I figure out next steps in the storyline (with various freestanding flash fictions and poems in between).
Peace.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Sure Happy It's Friday Tonight
... Or whatever.
ANYway. Everyone at work seems to be in one stage or another of the creeping head/chest cold. Hope it's not Captain Trips. I'm looking forward to sleeping through the night at some point in the near future. 'Til then, let's talk about:
Today's Pick: Stargate Atlantis. That's right, one of the cheesiest sci-fi action shows on TV, but tonight marks its final episode. I generally DVR these and watch them in bursts; that is, I watch a minute, jump ahead a few minutes, watch a few minutes. That kind of thing. But then came the final season, and the crew decided to show us what they could really do. This season's shows have broken out of the formula, and even offered an alternate reality episode that was as stylish and action-packed as anything you ever saw on TV -- and actually had repercussions in the regular timeline. Start picking this one up.
Today's Story: Let me recommend a free online web comic. Freak Angels explores the idea of what would happen if the Midwich cuckoos had grown up and changed the world. Six new pages are published each Friday. It's by Warren Ellis, which means it's not for everyone, but if you're a grownup with an ounce of imagination, you ought to take a look. The first volume of the story is even available in book form:
Today's Word: Persevere. (Hint: He was the real Superman.)
Peace.
ANYway. Everyone at work seems to be in one stage or another of the creeping head/chest cold. Hope it's not Captain Trips. I'm looking forward to sleeping through the night at some point in the near future. 'Til then, let's talk about:
Today's Pick: Stargate Atlantis. That's right, one of the cheesiest sci-fi action shows on TV, but tonight marks its final episode. I generally DVR these and watch them in bursts; that is, I watch a minute, jump ahead a few minutes, watch a few minutes. That kind of thing. But then came the final season, and the crew decided to show us what they could really do. This season's shows have broken out of the formula, and even offered an alternate reality episode that was as stylish and action-packed as anything you ever saw on TV -- and actually had repercussions in the regular timeline. Start picking this one up.
Today's Story: Let me recommend a free online web comic. Freak Angels explores the idea of what would happen if the Midwich cuckoos had grown up and changed the world. Six new pages are published each Friday. It's by Warren Ellis, which means it's not for everyone, but if you're a grownup with an ounce of imagination, you ought to take a look. The first volume of the story is even available in book form:
Today's Word: Persevere. (Hint: He was the real Superman.)
Peace.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Back Inside the City Limits ...
... Which is my way of saying that the second volume of the Official Literary Anthology of the Panama City Centennial is now available for purchase.
This collection of fiction, poetry, memoirs, art, photography - and other stuff that's more difficult to categorize - features the talents of:
~Writers Peggy Willis-Aarnio, Emily Boyle, Anthony S. Buoni, S. Brady Calhoun, Louis J. Columbus, N.W. Garrett, Betty Wright Kearney, Bobbie Lowe, Jack Saunders, Nathan Simmons, Douglas R. Young, and editor Tony Simmons
~Artists Paul Brent and Bill Valle
~Photographers Debra Simmons and Ryan Yessman.
(Yes, there's a bit of a family connection in there, but I'll take quality submissions where ever I may find them.)
You can order the books directly from the printer using this handy-dandy button:
City Limits will also be available for purchase at Books Alive in February. (I won't have them in hand in time for next Friday's event at the Unitarian church.) I'll give more details on Books Alive in a later post.
That's it for today. It's got to be my Pick of the Day, and the word of the day is ... Finally.
This collection of fiction, poetry, memoirs, art, photography - and other stuff that's more difficult to categorize - features the talents of:
~Writers Peggy Willis-Aarnio, Emily Boyle, Anthony S. Buoni, S. Brady Calhoun, Louis J. Columbus, N.W. Garrett, Betty Wright Kearney, Bobbie Lowe, Jack Saunders, Nathan Simmons, Douglas R. Young, and editor Tony Simmons
~Artists Paul Brent and Bill Valle
~Photographers Debra Simmons and Ryan Yessman.
(Yes, there's a bit of a family connection in there, but I'll take quality submissions where ever I may find them.)
You can order the books directly from the printer using this handy-dandy button:
City Limits will also be available for purchase at Books Alive in February. (I won't have them in hand in time for next Friday's event at the Unitarian church.) I'll give more details on Books Alive in a later post.
That's it for today. It's got to be my Pick of the Day, and the word of the day is ... Finally.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Coughing and Hacking
I hate having a chest cold. Up most of the night for the past couple of nights, because the coughing seems to be constant then. Hazy days under the effects of cold formula. Ick. So this will be a short one.
Today's Story: Let me point you at a friend of mine, and a neat story he posted. You should read it. And leave a comment for him to tell him I sent ya.
Today's Pick: When my kid was a kid, there was a neat little adventure show that tried to be one part Tim Burton Batman noir and one part Adam West Batman farce. Only it was about a scarlet speedster. I recently picked up the box set of the series, having not seen it in more than 10 years, and I sat down for an episode with my son (and his girlfriend). To be kind, it was not quite as we recalled it, but to be honest, we still enjoyed it quite a bit. It tried really hard, and it reminded Nathan of his oh-so-long-ago childhood. He said it has a special place in his memory in the same way I treasure classic Star Trek. I said no, that's not fair. Better to compare it to classic Battlestar Galactica, I said. Cheesy but compelling? You should check it out:
Finally, in honor of that which afflicts me, Today's Word: Hack.
Peace.
Today's Story: Let me point you at a friend of mine, and a neat story he posted. You should read it. And leave a comment for him to tell him I sent ya.
Today's Pick: When my kid was a kid, there was a neat little adventure show that tried to be one part Tim Burton Batman noir and one part Adam West Batman farce. Only it was about a scarlet speedster. I recently picked up the box set of the series, having not seen it in more than 10 years, and I sat down for an episode with my son (and his girlfriend). To be kind, it was not quite as we recalled it, but to be honest, we still enjoyed it quite a bit. It tried really hard, and it reminded Nathan of his oh-so-long-ago childhood. He said it has a special place in his memory in the same way I treasure classic Star Trek. I said no, that's not fair. Better to compare it to classic Battlestar Galactica, I said. Cheesy but compelling? You should check it out:
Finally, in honor of that which afflicts me, Today's Word: Hack.
Peace.
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