Con crud, NYCC, Picard, Apple Music, and other distractions
One of the good things about a virtual con is that it should be impossible to get the con crud when you don’t leave your apartment. But after NYCC last […]
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NYCC, days three and four
After watching a few panels on Thursday and a bunch on Friday, I wound up mostly doing other stuff yesterday and today. This is one of those areas where there’s […]
NYCC day two
Today was the second day of the virtual NYCC. I spent a lot of time today watching panels. I didn’t really have anything else to do today, and there were […]
NYCC day one
Today is day one of NYCC, or Metaverse, or whatever we’re supposed to call it now. Much like SDCC, it’s all virtual this year. They’re really trying to make it […]
The Rise of Skywalker
I took the day off from work today, and went out to see the new Star Wars movie. I don’t go out to see many movies in theaters anymore, but […]
Star Trek Discovery Season Two
A quick follow-up on my ST Discovery post from last week: I just noticed a reassuring observation about season two in Paul Duffield’s Twitter stream: I feel like Discovery season […]
Star Trek: Discovery
The internet probably doesn’t need another opinion about Star Trek: Discovery, but I binge-watched the first season over the weekend, so… here’s another opinion about Star Trek: Discovery. I avoided […]
Lazy Sunday
I had tentative plans to go in to NYC for the Frankenstein exhibit at the Morgan today, but it turned into one of those mornings where I couldn’t quite talk […]
Nostalgia: Bleecker St, Tekserve, Blueberry iBooks, and old SF magazines
I went down a rabbit hole this morning, following a couple of threads from a couple of articles I was reading, which stirred up some old memories and made me […]
Bananapocalypse
Here’s a good article on the possibility of a coming bananapocalypse. It sounds kind of funny, but it’s a real problem. The world’s most popular fruit, the Cavendish banana, is […]