What is it they say? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. But what comes next? Fool me three times and...what? I need to know because, despite the obvious history, I'm going down THAT road again. It's like that friend who always shows up late to the party despite the…
April 10, 2014: The Chinese foodless Vancouver Chinatown Tour! Our Stargate: Altantis re-watch continues with…The Shrine!
Last night, I met up with my foodie friend - Nicole, Lan, and Missy - for a little culinary tour of Chinatown. Nicole, our guide on this trek, had us hopping from one place to the next, covering four different places in which we sampled about a dozen different dishes... We met at The Pie…
April 9, 2014: Continuing our Book of the Month Club discussion! And our Stargate: Atlantis re-watch!
And continuing our discussion of our April Book of the Month Club selection: Annihilation: Jenny Horn writes: "One thing regarding Annihilation I had not yet considered…perhaps Area X is not on Earth." Answer: Now that's an interesting possibility. It would explain why the region is so much larger than originally mapped out. Maybe even an area…
April 8, 2014: Continuing our BOTMC discussion of Annihilation! Continuing our Stargate: Atlantis re-watch with…The Daedalus Variations!
Continuing our discussion of our April Book of the Month Club selection - Annihilation: vanderworld.com writes: "I wouldn’t normally comment, but…the next two novels are about 100,000 words each, which complicates things, and are *completely separate novels* in their own right, that interlock with Annihilation…they do not pick up the story right after the events in…
April 7, 2014: Our Book of the Month Club reconvenes! Let’s discuss Annihilation! And continuing our Stargate: Atlantis rewatch!
A team of four women are are set out to explore a mysterious region known as Area X. By all accounts, they are the twelfth group to journey into the bizarre amazon-like territory. All of the previous expeditions have ended badly, marked by murders, suicides, disappearances, and, in the case of the eleventh, the inexplicable return…
April 6, 2014: Vote for our next Book of the Month Club selection! Continuing our Stargate: Atlantis watch/rewatch – The Japanese Girlfriend Edition!
Cast your vote for our June Book of the Month Club pick! We've got a nice, wide-ranging selection this month: COLDBROOK by Tim Lebbon Coldbrook is a secret laboratory located deep in Appalachian Mountains. Its scientists had achieved the impossible: a gateway to a new world. Theirs was to be the greatest discovery in the…
April 5, 2014: A Book of the Month Club Reminder! Resuming our Stargate: Atlantis season 5 rewatch with…Search and Rescue!
A reminder to all that our book club reconvenes this Monday (April 7th) for a discussion on our April BOTMC pick: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. You can always check this blog's right sidebar for info on our upcoming Book of the Month club reads (including our May selection: The Rich and the Dead by Liv…
April 4, 2014: Skipping ahead and resuming our Stargate: Atlantis rewatch with…the season 5 premiere?!
Quick! Dust off those DVD's! Our Stargate: Atlantis rewatch resumes tonight with the season 5 premiere: Search and Rescue! Wait! What?! What happened to season 2 through 4?! Well, Akemi has expressed a desire to skip ahead to the season "with Bob [Picardo] and the Chairman [Mark Dacascos]!". She admit there may be a few…
April 3, 2014: The projects update!
I recall reading somewhere that Stephen King likes to listen to ("rock") music while he writes. That's amazing because I couldn't imagine a scenario or musical genre (even classical!) that would actually help my in-progress writing process. I make the distinction because every pilot I work on tends to have a theme, a song that perfectly…
April 2, 2014: Letting sleeping dogs lie!
April 1, 2014: The April Fool’s Roundup!
Check out Samuel Adams' new HeliYum-induced beer: YouTube announces its lineup of upcoming viral trends for 2014: Samsung's pigeon network will bring WiFi to London: In response to events in Crimea, the European Union drafts a blacklist that includes Putin's dog: http://euobserver.com/foreign/123706 Virgin America introduces personal climate control for each individual passenger: Meanwhile, Canadian airline, West…
March 31, 2014: Sunday Food Truck Tour – Vancouver Style!
Yesterday, Akemi and I (and our lodger, Petunia) met up with fellow foodies Nicole, Missy, Lan, and Milla Jovovich (No, not THAT Milla Jovovich) for a Sunday food truck tour, Vancouver style! And by "Vancouver style!" I mean wet and miserable. But only the weather! The food was pretty darn good. Since we were food…
March 30, 2014: Happy Birthday, Batman!
The caped crusader is 75! Let's celebrate the big day with some of Batman's most memorable covers... Does that skunk contain a kryptonite bomb? The superboys, always comparing the size of their…uh…diamonds. You can tell they've hit rock bottom by the little hobo sack on sticks they're carrying. While no actual crime has been committed,…
March 29, 2014: The Houseguests! T.V. Graphs! How’d the Stargates fare?
Check out our houseguest, the love of my buddy Tio's life, the lovely Petunia. She's here for a sleepover and has come armed with her own pink bed, pink blanket, and snacks. According to Tio, she's a snuggler, so tonight will be interesting. Four dogs on the bed. Just like old times! But Petunia wasn't…
March 28, 2014: The land of lawsuits!
A judge has allowed Big Beef's lawsuit against ABC News to proceed: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0328/Pink-slime-lawsuit-moves-forward-Could-ABC-News-be-held-liable I'm sure you all remember if not the story then, certainly, the image of the infamous "pink slime" (aka "finely textured beef"). Beef Products Inc. claims the ABC news story was slanted and cost the company $1.2 billion while ABC insists their…