Continuing our trip down SGA memory lane with... THE SHRINE (506) Three hanky alert! Executive Producer Brad Wright delivers one of the most talked-about episodes of the show's fifth and final season. Described as a "reverse Flowers for Algernon", it charts the emotional and intellectual erosion of the brilliant Rodney McKay after he is infected…
January 17, 2013: Stargate Q&A! Blog Hop! Introducing Fernando!
Hurrah! I'm pleased to announce a new Stargate-related Q&A! Mark Nicholson joined the franchise in SG-1's tenth season (Atlantis's third) and worked BEHIND the scenes, helping to build a lot of the amazing things you saw IN the scenes. He was with us until the very end, Universe's last episode, and, along the way, his…
January 16, 2013: Kitchen Adventures!
As many of you know, I'm a fairly adventurous eater. For the most part, my foolhardy foodie forays have been limited to menu items at whatever eatery I happen to be visiting. Lately, however, I've been doing some experimenting in the kitchen. What follows are a few of my most recent culinary conquests. Akemi bought…
January 15, 2013: Days of Stargate Atlantis Past continues with Ghost in the Machine!
I spent yesterday afternoon going through the various Art Department handouts I amassed over my time on Stargate. Sadly, not over my entire run on the franchise but mainly over those last four years - Atlantis's fourth and fifth seasons, and Universe's first and second. There's a lot of interesting stuff - and some highly…
January 14, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer!
Benign and inoffensive. Dat pretty much sum up dis movie. On de one hand, it not sink to craptastic lows of first FF movie; on de other hand, it never quite reach de lofty heights of mediocrity either. Reed Richards and Sue Storm be in love and want to get married. Meanwhile, silver alien on…
January 13, 2013: Patriots 41 Tomato Cans 28!
With my gal back in town, it was time to resume our weekend traditions of Farmer's Market and Football! The Winter Farmer's Market is a far cry from the Summer Farmer's Market and, to be honest, the draw is less the fresh produce as it is the food trucks - namely two of our favorites.…
January 12, 2013: Continuing our trip down SGA Memory Lane with The Daedalus Variations!
Congratulations to Akemi who has been bestowed the highest honor one can achieve as a tourist visiting Yellowknife willing to pay three dollars for a certificate. She is now and forevermore (unless she misplaces this piece of paper and doesn't buy herself a new one) "an honorable member of the exclusive North of 60 Chapter,…
January 11, 2013: Days of Stargate Atlantis Past! Broken Ties!
Well, I pretty much accomplished zero out of the dozen or so things I needed to get done today. Zero. Oh, I started off with the very best of intentions, but I was either at the wrong place or at the wrong time and, in one instant, on the wrong date(!) so that, when all…
January 10, 2013: The Akemi Update!
Well, I heard from Akemi who is presently in Yellowknife enjoying the Northern Lights - and deep freeze (35 degrees celsius/-31 fahrenheit) - with friends. One of the first messages she texted me was: "It's skin peel cold. I want to go back to Vancouver." Eventually, she warmed up a little to idea of her northern adventure…
January 9, 2013: Days of Stargate Atlantis Past continues with season 5’s The Seed!
So with Akemi out of town (freezing her cute little butt off in Yellowknife), I thought it would be a good a idea to do a little cleaning up around the house. Truth is I have so much "stuff" in boxes, on shelves, in closets, and squirreled away in the darkest recesses of my crawlspace…
January 8, 2013: Akemi’s unique perspective!
"I am going to be toilet paper Santa!"announced Akemi and then, econo-size package of bathroom tissue tucked under her arm, she scurried off to distribute the rolls around the house. Yep, my girlfriend is mighty unique. She has an interesting way of looking at things that, at first, I chalked up to her being Japanese…
January 7, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Spiderman 3!
As rule of thumb, you know you in for crappy viewing experience when SUPERHERO movie you watching kick off wit MUSIKAL NUMBER. Let just say dat, after sitting thru rest of dis film, monster wasn't any Less Miserables. Whew! Dis movie be messier den Snuffalufagus eating Cantonese chow mein. It meander and hopscotch from one…
January 6, 2013: The Ominous Rule of 3!
Yesterday, I averted disaster not once but twice. In the first instant, I decided to make myself some steelcut Irish oatmeal. I always follow the same procedure - cook them on high until they come to a furious boil, then turn the heat down to medium for another couple of minutes before turning it all…
January 5, 2013: Resuming our trip down Stargate: Atlantis memory lane with seasons 5’s Search and Rescue! A slew of behind-the-scenes pics and vids!
SEARCH AND RESCUE (501) When production resumed on Stargate: Atlantis's fifth season, little did we realize at the time that it would be our final year. We were coming off a terrific fourth season and had some great scripts on deck and some big ideas for what lay ahead. Samantha Carter was on her way…
January 4, 2013: Montreal’s culinary highlights and lowlights!
As much as I love being on east coast time here on the west coast, I find something weird and just plain wrong about getting up before the sun has risen. It strikes me as inherently unnatural, like fluorescent green pistachio ice cream or the tuck rule in football. I mean, there's "early" and then…