In the most recent installment of BBC's series of podcasts by David Attenborough, he talks about something we don't often associate with naturalism. Singing.
The evolutionary roots of singing run deep in humans, something we share with other members of the animal kingdom, like birds and another great ape, the Gibbon.
Oh and big surprise, it's all about sex.
Click here to check out the musical goodness.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Big Bird!
Attenborough's latest podcast is about the Roc, a not so legendary bird that once inhabited Madagascar and laid the largest recorded eggs.
Ostriches, Emus and Dinosaurs got nothin' on this breakfast special!
Click here to check it out!
Ostriches, Emus and Dinosaurs got nothin' on this breakfast special!
Click here to check it out!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
More From Attenborough, This Time The Platypus
Ok, some pretty heavy stuff has gone down here recently, so it's time to cleanse the palate a little.
Nothin' better for cleansing the palate than a Duck-Billed Platypus. I love the platypus...it's nature's Rube-Goldberg device.
Click here to go to a page where you can listen to David Attenborough talking about the platypus.
Awesome.
Nothin' better for cleansing the palate than a Duck-Billed Platypus. I love the platypus...it's nature's Rube-Goldberg device.
Click here to go to a page where you can listen to David Attenborough talking about the platypus.
Awesome.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Bankrupt!
Well, I signed everything and that's that. I'm now officially bankrupt. Don't owe a dime to anyone.
Sadly, that doesn't change the current financial landscape much in "real" terms for me. Since I was barely keeping my head above water as it was, I wasn't able to make payments to my creditors anyhow, so the only "real" difference now is that I'm no longer obligated to make the payments that I wasn't making already...
Sigh.
At least from this point on, things can only get better!
Sadly, that doesn't change the current financial landscape much in "real" terms for me. Since I was barely keeping my head above water as it was, I wasn't able to make payments to my creditors anyhow, so the only "real" difference now is that I'm no longer obligated to make the payments that I wasn't making already...
Sigh.
At least from this point on, things can only get better!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
For the Want of $8800
As most of you already know, the failure of Greybishop's Books has put me in an untenable financial position. I owe far more than I can realistically hope to pay back, leaving me no choice but to swallow the bitter pill of bankruptcy.
For those that have never experienced this, it is fairly simple in terms of the process. The bankruptcy trustee tallies up what you owe, figures out what you are worth and takes all that to court to have you declared bankrupt. At that point, creditors can only demand their share of whatever your net worth is and no more. Once that is paid, you're free and clear, with the tiny trouble of ZERO credit and no chance of getting any for seven years.
My "net worth" amounts to the equity I've built in my home (minus some penalties and fees) which works out to a tidy sum of $8800. That's what I have to pay the trustee, one way or another. If I can't come up with the cash, then there's no choice but to sell the house and get the money that way.
Sadly, I think that is the only option open to me, since there's not much chance of me coming up with $8800 any time soon.
The bankruptcy would be MUCH easier to cope with if I didn't have to add moving to the mix, but there it is.
I'll keep you posted.
For those that have never experienced this, it is fairly simple in terms of the process. The bankruptcy trustee tallies up what you owe, figures out what you are worth and takes all that to court to have you declared bankrupt. At that point, creditors can only demand their share of whatever your net worth is and no more. Once that is paid, you're free and clear, with the tiny trouble of ZERO credit and no chance of getting any for seven years.
My "net worth" amounts to the equity I've built in my home (minus some penalties and fees) which works out to a tidy sum of $8800. That's what I have to pay the trustee, one way or another. If I can't come up with the cash, then there's no choice but to sell the house and get the money that way.
Sadly, I think that is the only option open to me, since there's not much chance of me coming up with $8800 any time soon.
The bankruptcy would be MUCH easier to cope with if I didn't have to add moving to the mix, but there it is.
I'll keep you posted.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I, Too, Should Like To Return As A Sloth
[Open fake British accent]
I recommend to you, dear reader, this link to a podcast of Sir David Attenborough speaking about the marvelously sedentary existence of the Three-Toed Sloth. It times at just under 10 minutes long and (if nothing else) will give you cause to appreciate the fine art of the nap.
Enjoy!
Sir David will be recording 20 of these 10 minute broadcasts upon a variety of subjects and I shall do my utmost to provide timely links to each one.
[Close fake British accent]
I recommend to you, dear reader, this link to a podcast of Sir David Attenborough speaking about the marvelously sedentary existence of the Three-Toed Sloth. It times at just under 10 minutes long and (if nothing else) will give you cause to appreciate the fine art of the nap.
Enjoy!
Sir David will be recording 20 of these 10 minute broadcasts upon a variety of subjects and I shall do my utmost to provide timely links to each one.
[Close fake British accent]
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Telescopes Don't Get Ticker-Tape Parades...
...but anyone who has experienced the Hubble Ultra Deep Field photograph (I say "experienced" because to say one has "seen" it is simply too small a concept) would agree that the Hubble Telescope truly deserves one.
While newer technology in earthbound telescopes has in some ways outstripped the Hubble, no piece of space based technology has ever captured the public's imagination the way Hubble has. It's not about the adventure, the way the Apollo missions were, nor the science the way the International Space Station is. Hubble is (for us earthbound laypeople, at least) about the sheer beauty and grandeur of the universe we live in. It is also the only piece of technology that we have that truly lets us see the scope of the universe.
Sadly, the current mission to resuscitate the aging telescope is the last one planned. Once the current upgrades and repairs start to fail, Hubble's life will come to an end, likely in a fiery plunge into the Pacific Ocean.
Before that happens, however, Hubble is sure to bring us some more staggeringly stunning imagery over the next few years.
From CNN.com today:
The space shuttle Atlantis captured the Hubble Space Telescope with its robotic arm Wednesday, paving the way for astronauts to begin repairing the orbiting observatory.
Using views from a remote camera, Mission Specialist K. Megan McArthur lowered Hubble into a cradle in Atlantis' cargo bay, according to NASA. The telescope will then be latched to the rotating, lazy Susan-type device for five days of servicing work.
An umbilical line will be remotely connected to provide electrical power from Atlantis to the telescope, NASA said. Mission commander Scott Altman also will position the shuttle to allow Hubble's solar arrays to gather energy from the sun and recharge the telescope's batteries.
The robotic-arm operation completed a delicate dance for the shuttle crew, involving periodic firings of the shuttle's thrusters to align it with the space telescope -- all of this taking place about 350 miles above Earth.
The crew plans to perform five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope's equipment. The first spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday.
Atlantis launched Monday afternoon for NASA's fifth and final repair visit to the telescope. It has been seven years since NASA's last mission to service the Hubble, which was designed to go about three years between fixes.
While newer technology in earthbound telescopes has in some ways outstripped the Hubble, no piece of space based technology has ever captured the public's imagination the way Hubble has. It's not about the adventure, the way the Apollo missions were, nor the science the way the International Space Station is. Hubble is (for us earthbound laypeople, at least) about the sheer beauty and grandeur of the universe we live in. It is also the only piece of technology that we have that truly lets us see the scope of the universe.
Sadly, the current mission to resuscitate the aging telescope is the last one planned. Once the current upgrades and repairs start to fail, Hubble's life will come to an end, likely in a fiery plunge into the Pacific Ocean.
Before that happens, however, Hubble is sure to bring us some more staggeringly stunning imagery over the next few years.
From CNN.com today:
The space shuttle Atlantis captured the Hubble Space Telescope with its robotic arm Wednesday, paving the way for astronauts to begin repairing the orbiting observatory.
Using views from a remote camera, Mission Specialist K. Megan McArthur lowered Hubble into a cradle in Atlantis' cargo bay, according to NASA. The telescope will then be latched to the rotating, lazy Susan-type device for five days of servicing work.
An umbilical line will be remotely connected to provide electrical power from Atlantis to the telescope, NASA said. Mission commander Scott Altman also will position the shuttle to allow Hubble's solar arrays to gather energy from the sun and recharge the telescope's batteries.
The robotic-arm operation completed a delicate dance for the shuttle crew, involving periodic firings of the shuttle's thrusters to align it with the space telescope -- all of this taking place about 350 miles above Earth.
The crew plans to perform five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope's equipment. The first spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday.
Atlantis launched Monday afternoon for NASA's fifth and final repair visit to the telescope. It has been seven years since NASA's last mission to service the Hubble, which was designed to go about three years between fixes.
Horsing Around.
One of the places I visited today was a small horse ranch. As I fixed the phone, I noticed this beauty out in the field and the owner was kind enough to bring her in to pose for some pix. Check out the striking markings on her right in these:
And on her left:
And while the contrast isn't as high, her tan and white friend was equally pretty.
You don't get much opportunity to see stuff like this in a bookstore.
And on her left:
And while the contrast isn't as high, her tan and white friend was equally pretty.
You don't get much opportunity to see stuff like this in a bookstore.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Watch the Birdies!
One of my jobs today took me to a country home where they keep ducks, chickens, geese and even 3 cows! All in a backyard around the size of my entire property. I love ducks! This is a picture of their newest acquisition, some chicks, including two geese (the white ones).
Have I mentioned I love ducks?
Ducks!
And a little closer to home, Ms. Robin under my front door awning has been busy! Three little bundles of avian joy arrived in the last few days. Hopefully this time more than one will make it past the baby stage!
Have I mentioned I love ducks?
Ducks!
And a little closer to home, Ms. Robin under my front door awning has been busy! Three little bundles of avian joy arrived in the last few days. Hopefully this time more than one will make it past the baby stage!
Thursday, May 07, 2009
LOST Chat at TVGasm
Hey folks!
I don't know how many of you check out my weekly chat with Flipit over at TVGasm, but for those that are interested, there has been a change.
NowLive.com no longer supports unpaid shows like ours, so we're moving. The new spot will be at a site called blogtalkradio.com and the show is moving to Monday night for the remainder of this season's run.
I'm not sure if you need to be a member or not in order to listen in, but the shows are fully downloadable once they're in the can, so it might be worth signing up.
On a sidenote, I'll be doing my own weekly show about comic book movies and such from the same site, so keep an eye out at the blog for updates soon.
I don't know how many of you check out my weekly chat with Flipit over at TVGasm, but for those that are interested, there has been a change.
NowLive.com no longer supports unpaid shows like ours, so we're moving. The new spot will be at a site called blogtalkradio.com and the show is moving to Monday night for the remainder of this season's run.
I'm not sure if you need to be a member or not in order to listen in, but the shows are fully downloadable once they're in the can, so it might be worth signing up.
On a sidenote, I'll be doing my own weekly show about comic book movies and such from the same site, so keep an eye out at the blog for updates soon.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
NowLive,gone
It seems that the folks at NowLive.com have decided to stop supporting free podcasting.
Now, I'm all for free enterprise, but they have my e-mail and never bothered to inform me of the change until I went to do my podcast this evening.
So, pardon my French, fuck them.
Anyhow, I did the podcast as a straight mp3, which you can download (it's tiny) by clicking here.
This week I focused on the just greenlit Wolverine sequel and my shock at learning that a Solomon Kane film is not only in the works, but mainly completed!
I will do some research for another alternative this week.
Enjoy the show!
Now, I'm all for free enterprise, but they have my e-mail and never bothered to inform me of the change until I went to do my podcast this evening.
So, pardon my French, fuck them.
Anyhow, I did the podcast as a straight mp3, which you can download (it's tiny) by clicking here.
This week I focused on the just greenlit Wolverine sequel and my shock at learning that a Solomon Kane film is not only in the works, but mainly completed!
I will do some research for another alternative this week.
Enjoy the show!
Friday, May 01, 2009
Whetting the Appetite
Here's the first look at not this summer, but NEXT summer's big blockbuster, Iron Man II. I can't wait! Behind Tony, we see the Prototype, the Mark I, the Mark II and possibly a battle armour or maybe an undersea version of the suit. Multiple suits means that War Machine is probably going to get to suit up too, which is AWESOME.
And here we have Megan Fox on the set of Jonah Hex, playing...er...I have no idea who she's playing, and frankly I don't care, so long as she wears that outfit (or less) throughout the movie.
And here we have Megan Fox on the set of Jonah Hex, playing...er...I have no idea who she's playing, and frankly I don't care, so long as she wears that outfit (or less) throughout the movie.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wild Life in the Front Yard
It's Wabbit season! This little guy (and/or his brothers and sisters) has been hanging around again this year.
Last year, Mama Robin nested under my back porch awning, this year, she chose a spot under the front porch awning. Makes it easier to watch her...
...and she's definitely being watched!
Last year, Mama Robin nested under my back porch awning, this year, she chose a spot under the front porch awning. Makes it easier to watch her...
...and she's definitely being watched!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
More Mindless Filing
So, while I watched Fringe, I had my files out and took a few layers of putty off Captain America and Red Skull. I then glued and puttied on their heads and Skull's hands.
What's wrong with this picture? Skull's forefinger is a wee bit too short. I shall have to rectify that before priming him.
And with the figures complete it's decision time. Here's how they want you to lay out the model.
So, like this:
Strangely, the suggested layout turns BOTH faces largely away from the viewer. While the backdrop is quite neat, I've decided that it has to go, allowing me to display the piece from the "back" or perhaps from an oblique angle, where the faces are. I might cut the backdrop down and use a shorter version, but more likely I'll just ditch it.
That piece of equipment in the foreground of this view will stay. You can't see it very well on the box, but there's a skull and a clear container that goes around the skull which sits on the pedestal. It's worth keeping since it doesn't block the figures.
I've also decided that since I've NEVER seen Captain America wearing his shield on his right arm, I'm going to fill in the hole on his right arm and mount the shield on his left, so he'll have clocked Red Skull with more than just his fist. Further, since this view will show the backside of the shield, I'll have to mold some "leather" straps from "Green Stuff" to create the illusion of functionality.
That's all for now. A little more filing and I'll be ready to prime. Given the numerous folds and creases on the figures, I'll probably end up doing more filing after I prime, since I've likely missed a few rough patches that the paint will highlight.
What's wrong with this picture? Skull's forefinger is a wee bit too short. I shall have to rectify that before priming him.
And with the figures complete it's decision time. Here's how they want you to lay out the model.
So, like this:
Strangely, the suggested layout turns BOTH faces largely away from the viewer. While the backdrop is quite neat, I've decided that it has to go, allowing me to display the piece from the "back" or perhaps from an oblique angle, where the faces are. I might cut the backdrop down and use a shorter version, but more likely I'll just ditch it.
That piece of equipment in the foreground of this view will stay. You can't see it very well on the box, but there's a skull and a clear container that goes around the skull which sits on the pedestal. It's worth keeping since it doesn't block the figures.
I've also decided that since I've NEVER seen Captain America wearing his shield on his right arm, I'm going to fill in the hole on his right arm and mount the shield on his left, so he'll have clocked Red Skull with more than just his fist. Further, since this view will show the backside of the shield, I'll have to mold some "leather" straps from "Green Stuff" to create the illusion of functionality.
That's all for now. A little more filing and I'll be ready to prime. Given the numerous folds and creases on the figures, I'll probably end up doing more filing after I prime, since I've likely missed a few rough patches that the paint will highlight.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Putty and Glue
Red Skull with his joints puttied and glued together. I've left his head off to allow me to file the puttied joints more easily.
Captain America with his joints puttied and glued. He's headless for the same reason as the Red Skull.
Captain America with his joints puttied and glued. He's headless for the same reason as the Red Skull.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Filing
I spent the evening filing Cap and the Skull. Mindless work, one of the few parts of a model build that I can do while watching TV. M*A*S*H goes great with model building!
Sunday Hobby Stuff
I got a sweet deal on this kit a while back. $1.99 plus $6.00 for shipping. I couldn't pass that up. It retailed for $19.99 when it came out in 1997 or so.
The parts for the base.
The parts for the Red Skull.
Trimmed out of the trees and checked for fit.
The first stage of construction of the Red Skull, putty and glue. It's not obvious, but the two halves of Red Skull's legs and one of his boots barely fit together. It took quite a bit of putty, glue and some creative technique to achieve a proper fit. Even the "well fit" parts require quite a bit of putty to cover the seams.
The parts for Captain America.
Trimmed out of the trees and checked for fit.
Stage one of construction of Captain America, putty and glue. The fit is better on the Captain America parts than the Red Skull parts, but Cap still required quite a bit of putty to cover the seams.
Drying time. Next step is to putty and glue the parts into two figures. Then I have to decide if I like the positions of the figures as they are placed. I may change the layout a bit before I place them. Once I decide on that, then I paint the base. Painting the figures and then gluing them in place are the last stages.
The parts for the base.
The parts for the Red Skull.
Trimmed out of the trees and checked for fit.
The first stage of construction of the Red Skull, putty and glue. It's not obvious, but the two halves of Red Skull's legs and one of his boots barely fit together. It took quite a bit of putty, glue and some creative technique to achieve a proper fit. Even the "well fit" parts require quite a bit of putty to cover the seams.
The parts for Captain America.
Trimmed out of the trees and checked for fit.
Stage one of construction of Captain America, putty and glue. The fit is better on the Captain America parts than the Red Skull parts, but Cap still required quite a bit of putty to cover the seams.
Drying time. Next step is to putty and glue the parts into two figures. Then I have to decide if I like the positions of the figures as they are placed. I may change the layout a bit before I place them. Once I decide on that, then I paint the base. Painting the figures and then gluing them in place are the last stages.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
My new job in the sky!
Below you'll find four videos showing you one of the more unusual parts of my new job.
DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING AND APPROPRIATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING AND APPROPRIATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
R.I.P. Lorne
I am deeply saddened to report the death of a celebrity who would only be familiar to Buffy/Angel fans. Andy Hallett, who played Lorne the green demon on Angel has died.
From yahoo.ca:
An agent for 33-year-old singer and actor Andy Hallett says the former cast member from the vampire TV series "Angel" has died of congestive heart disease.
Hallett's agent Pat Brady says Hallett died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after having problems breathing. Brady says he has battled the heart condition for the past five years.
Hallett was a fan favourite on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff as Lorne, a green-skinned good guy demon who runs a karaoke club and can read a person's aura when they sing.
The show ran five seasons on the WB network and ended in 2004.
Hallett, an only child, is survived by his father Dave Hallett and mother Lori Hallett.
Goodbye Andy and thank you for being you, you horny devil.
There's No Place like Plrtz Glrb.
From yahoo.ca:
An agent for 33-year-old singer and actor Andy Hallett says the former cast member from the vampire TV series "Angel" has died of congestive heart disease.
Hallett's agent Pat Brady says Hallett died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after having problems breathing. Brady says he has battled the heart condition for the past five years.
Hallett was a fan favourite on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff as Lorne, a green-skinned good guy demon who runs a karaoke club and can read a person's aura when they sing.
The show ran five seasons on the WB network and ended in 2004.
Hallett, an only child, is survived by his father Dave Hallett and mother Lori Hallett.
Goodbye Andy and thank you for being you, you horny devil.
There's No Place like Plrtz Glrb.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Apologies
For those who are here looking for LOST recaps, I must apologize. I started a four week training course for my new job two weeks and one day ago and I simply have had no brain power left for LOST recaps since.
I'm still doing the radio show with Flipit, but last week's show went belly up due to technical problems. This week, we plan a double to cover everything.
Sorry for the delay. Once my training is over and I'm on regular work, with any luck I'll be able to get back to recapping as usual. No promises though. It's shift work and I'm new guy, lowest on the seniority list, so I'll get the worst shifts and that might make recapping tough.
As with everyone, earning a living must come first. I've got cats to feed!
I'm still doing the radio show with Flipit, but last week's show went belly up due to technical problems. This week, we plan a double to cover everything.
Sorry for the delay. Once my training is over and I'm on regular work, with any luck I'll be able to get back to recapping as usual. No promises though. It's shift work and I'm new guy, lowest on the seniority list, so I'll get the worst shifts and that might make recapping tough.
As with everyone, earning a living must come first. I've got cats to feed!
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Kepler Launches Without a Hitch
The Kepler space probe, designed to scour deep space for earth-like planets has launched without a hitch.
I am proud to say that a little piece of me went with it. When Kepler launched, it carried with it a DVD copy of messages from people like us.
When this message is found and translated, I will be long dead, long dust. Those reading it will be as different from I as I am from the first humans who harnessed fire, perhaps even more so.
Yet for all our differences, we share something; the longing to know.
The longing to know what is over the rise, across the water, past the moon, beyond the stars.
For this reason we commit this craft to the cold void of space, in the hope of finding other planets like our own and perhaps to one day make contact with beings like ourselves.
It is even remotely possible that this message is reaching just such a being and not the long distant progeny of the third planet of the star we call Sol.
I wish I could offer this greeting in person, whoever you are, wherever you come from.
In a small way this message and the ones with it offer a measure of immortality. Not for myself, nor even those I know, but for the entire race. By the time this message is retrieved and translated, not only will I be long dead and long dust, but the civilization that I know shall also be long past extinct.
I offer my tiny voice from the past to an unimaginable future.
If the technology exists to find this archive on this tiny craft in the vastness of space, I envy just how much more is known and knowable now. As of the writing of this message, we have not found a world that could reasonably be expected to cradle life like our own. We are barely able to send members of our species as far as our local satellite, let alone far enough to find and retrieve this craft at the distance it is now.
I envy a future free of those limitations.
With a limit on the number of words each person can send, the messages on this craft are too short to say much.
Why go to the trouble of sending so few words across the ages?
If that long dead ancestor of mine struggling to harness the power of fire had been able to send a short message across the centuries, the text of that message, the heft of those ancient words would mean more to me than all the artifacts dug by all the archeologists in history. I would treasure them beyond all things.
As it is, we scrabble in the dirt, piecing together a picture of what that long dead ancestor did with his life and by extension what might have been important to him and what he might have thought.
This archive and the messages it holds are our precious gift to you. These voices you have found in the cosmic wilderness offer you something more than just guesses about our thoughts, our hopes, our lives.
Listen to the voices. Treasure them.
They offer you the opportunity to know.
James Richardson, Homo sapiens, Sol III.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Steel Toes, Steel Toes, Wherefore Art Thou?
It seems that my steel toed boots (which I once owned - I wasn't always a slack bookstore guy) did not make the trip to Prescott with me.
I need a pair for next Monday. I'd rather not spend $200 on a new pair. If anyone knows of a pair of size 9 or 9.5 steel toed (Canadian only, they MUST have the CSA patch) boots at least 6 inches high with a regular, not wedge, heel, within driving distance of Prescott, let me know!
Sure it's a long shot, but posting this costs $0.00, and I might get lucky!
I need a pair for next Monday. I'd rather not spend $200 on a new pair. If anyone knows of a pair of size 9 or 9.5 steel toed (Canadian only, they MUST have the CSA patch) boots at least 6 inches high with a regular, not wedge, heel, within driving distance of Prescott, let me know!
Sure it's a long shot, but posting this costs $0.00, and I might get lucky!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Phew!
Well, it finally happened. I have found gainful employment.
It turns out that the 4 hours of driving and 4 hours of waiting around for interviewers at the job fair last week has paid off!
I start (fully paid) training on March 9.
Ha!
It turns out that the 4 hours of driving and 4 hours of waiting around for interviewers at the job fair last week has paid off!
I start (fully paid) training on March 9.
Ha!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Hera Help Me!
Ok, I just watched the new Wonder Woman animated film.
Hollywood directors, take note. A female hero CAN anchor a GREAT superhero movie.
As Steve Trevor would say (and does, several times), Holy Crap! Only what he says in dismay, I say in awe. This was the BEST superhero film I've seen since Batman Begins.
Superb.
I'll have LOTS more to say in this week's radio show on Tuesday. Tune in for a complete review and a juicy tidbit from the DVD extra features.
Wonder Woman comes to DVD on March 3, 2009. Put your money aside today!
Hollywood directors, take note. A female hero CAN anchor a GREAT superhero movie.
As Steve Trevor would say (and does, several times), Holy Crap! Only what he says in dismay, I say in awe. This was the BEST superhero film I've seen since Batman Begins.
Superb.
I'll have LOTS more to say in this week's radio show on Tuesday. Tune in for a complete review and a juicy tidbit from the DVD extra features.
Wonder Woman comes to DVD on March 3, 2009. Put your money aside today!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
316 Recap, Update.
Yep, it's up.
Click here to check it out.
Since there were comments on the previous recap, I've decided that you can't fight city hall and I'll leave last week's where it is. It makes the posts backwards, but you guys can figure it out.
Enjoy!
Click here to check it out.
Since there were comments on the previous recap, I've decided that you can't fight city hall and I'll leave last week's where it is. It makes the posts backwards, but you guys can figure it out.
Enjoy!
316 Recap
Hey folks.
I'm in the middle of the recap right now. Since I have the radio show at 7 PM at TVGasm, I won't be finished before then.
It should be up later this evening. Sorry for the delay, but an afternoon at a job interview takes precedence at the moment.
I'm in the middle of the recap right now. Since I have the radio show at 7 PM at TVGasm, I won't be finished before then.
It should be up later this evening. Sorry for the delay, but an afternoon at a job interview takes precedence at the moment.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Space is REALLY, REALLY Big...
Earth's usable orbit space? Not so much.
From Yahoo.ca:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Russian and a US satellite crashed into each other in an unprecedented collision creating clouds of space debris which pose a slight risk to the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.
A disused Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday at 1655 GMT with a US communications satellite owned by the Iridium company, Russian and US space officials said.
"A collision occurred between an Iridium 33 satellite and a Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite," Russia's Major General Alexander Yakushin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency, adding the accident took place about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Siberia.
The news will raise concern over the growing swarms of hazardous debris orbiting the Earth, accumulated after more than five decades of human activity in space.
The magnitude of the two large debris clouds from the collision would not be known for at least several weeks, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.
"So far, NASA experts have determined that the risk to the space station is elevated. They estimate the risk to be very small and within acceptable limits," NASA spokesman John Yembrick told AFP.
The International Space Station (ISS) orbits about 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the Earth, far below the point of the collision.
But NASA's Earth observation satellites and the Hubble Space Telescope travel at higher orbits and could be at greater risk of damage.
"NASA's Earth-observing satellites orbit at an altitude of approximately 439 miles (707 kilometers), which is not far from the 491-mile (790 kilometers) altitude of the collision. They are of the highest concern as NASA learns more about the newly-created debris field," Yembrick said.
The debris from the defunct 1,984-pound (900-kilogram) Russian satellite launched in 1993, and its 1,235-pound (560-kilogram) US counterpart could be significant.
"We are looking at around more than 500 pieces of debris," said Navy Lieutenant Charlie Drey, a spokesman with US Strategic Command (STRATCOM).
"Anytime you have something like this happen, there is a concern about other objects that are in orbit. Now that you have all this debris there, it does pose a risk to satellites," he told AFP.
Analysts are plotting the coordinates of each of the debris pieces, which will later be posted on the public website space-track.org.
Drey said STRATCOM's Joint Space Operations Center currently tracks and catalogs over 18,000 man-made objects orbiting the Earth using a worldwide space surveillance network of radar and optical space sensors.
In a statement, Iridium called the crash an "extremely unusual, very low-probability event," adding it has 66 communication satellites in orbit and rejecting any fault for the accident.
With NASA monitoring the fallout from the accident, the US space agency said the launch of its space shuttle Discovery to the ISS due February 22 at the earliest would not be at risk.
"At this time, there is no danger to the scheduled launch," William Jeffs, a NASA spokesman based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told AFP.
Before the latest incident, there were over 300,000 orbital objects measuring between 0.4 and four inches (1 and 10 centimeters) in diameter and "billions" of smaller pieces, according to a 2008 report by an international monitoring group called the Space Security Index.
Travelling at speeds that can reach many thousands of miles (kilometers) per hour, the tiniest debris can damage or destroy a spacecraft.
In 1996, a French spy satellite, Cerise, was hit at about 30,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) per hour by a wheeling fragment left from an exploded Ariane rocket.
In June 1983, the windscreen of the US space shuttle Challenger had to be replaced after it was chipped by a fleck of paint measuring 0.01 of an inch (0.3 millimeters), that impacted at 2.5 miles (four kilometers) per second.
Space junk eventually falls to Earth, where it is usually completely consumed in the fiery heat of friction with the atmosphere. Re-entry can take weeks, months or many years, depending on the magnitude of the object's orbit.
Some 6,000 satellites have been sent into space since the Soviet Union launched the first man-made orbiter, Sputnik 1, in 1957. About 3,000 satellites remain in operation, according to NASA.
Give human beings a chance and they will mess up even the infinite reaches of space.
From Yahoo.ca:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Russian and a US satellite crashed into each other in an unprecedented collision creating clouds of space debris which pose a slight risk to the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.
A disused Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday at 1655 GMT with a US communications satellite owned by the Iridium company, Russian and US space officials said.
"A collision occurred between an Iridium 33 satellite and a Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite," Russia's Major General Alexander Yakushin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency, adding the accident took place about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Siberia.
The news will raise concern over the growing swarms of hazardous debris orbiting the Earth, accumulated after more than five decades of human activity in space.
The magnitude of the two large debris clouds from the collision would not be known for at least several weeks, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.
"So far, NASA experts have determined that the risk to the space station is elevated. They estimate the risk to be very small and within acceptable limits," NASA spokesman John Yembrick told AFP.
The International Space Station (ISS) orbits about 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the Earth, far below the point of the collision.
But NASA's Earth observation satellites and the Hubble Space Telescope travel at higher orbits and could be at greater risk of damage.
"NASA's Earth-observing satellites orbit at an altitude of approximately 439 miles (707 kilometers), which is not far from the 491-mile (790 kilometers) altitude of the collision. They are of the highest concern as NASA learns more about the newly-created debris field," Yembrick said.
The debris from the defunct 1,984-pound (900-kilogram) Russian satellite launched in 1993, and its 1,235-pound (560-kilogram) US counterpart could be significant.
"We are looking at around more than 500 pieces of debris," said Navy Lieutenant Charlie Drey, a spokesman with US Strategic Command (STRATCOM).
"Anytime you have something like this happen, there is a concern about other objects that are in orbit. Now that you have all this debris there, it does pose a risk to satellites," he told AFP.
Analysts are plotting the coordinates of each of the debris pieces, which will later be posted on the public website space-track.org.
Drey said STRATCOM's Joint Space Operations Center currently tracks and catalogs over 18,000 man-made objects orbiting the Earth using a worldwide space surveillance network of radar and optical space sensors.
In a statement, Iridium called the crash an "extremely unusual, very low-probability event," adding it has 66 communication satellites in orbit and rejecting any fault for the accident.
With NASA monitoring the fallout from the accident, the US space agency said the launch of its space shuttle Discovery to the ISS due February 22 at the earliest would not be at risk.
"At this time, there is no danger to the scheduled launch," William Jeffs, a NASA spokesman based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told AFP.
Before the latest incident, there were over 300,000 orbital objects measuring between 0.4 and four inches (1 and 10 centimeters) in diameter and "billions" of smaller pieces, according to a 2008 report by an international monitoring group called the Space Security Index.
Travelling at speeds that can reach many thousands of miles (kilometers) per hour, the tiniest debris can damage or destroy a spacecraft.
In 1996, a French spy satellite, Cerise, was hit at about 30,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) per hour by a wheeling fragment left from an exploded Ariane rocket.
In June 1983, the windscreen of the US space shuttle Challenger had to be replaced after it was chipped by a fleck of paint measuring 0.01 of an inch (0.3 millimeters), that impacted at 2.5 miles (four kilometers) per second.
Space junk eventually falls to Earth, where it is usually completely consumed in the fiery heat of friction with the atmosphere. Re-entry can take weeks, months or many years, depending on the magnitude of the object's orbit.
Some 6,000 satellites have been sent into space since the Soviet Union launched the first man-made orbiter, Sputnik 1, in 1957. About 3,000 satellites remain in operation, according to NASA.
Give human beings a chance and they will mess up even the infinite reaches of space.
And...done!
Yes, the recap of This Place is Death is up!
Click Here
Please remember to post comments here at the main blog or at the Purple Hatch, since next week I'll have to reorder the recap posts and any comments there will disappear.
Click Here
Please remember to post comments here at the main blog or at the Purple Hatch, since next week I'll have to reorder the recap posts and any comments there will disappear.
Sorry for the delay...
Hey folks.
Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to watch LOST last night.
I've had a chance to watch it this morning and am working on the recap now. It should be up sometime later this afternoon.
See you at 7PM tonight at TVGasm!
Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to watch LOST last night.
I've had a chance to watch it this morning and am working on the recap now. It should be up sometime later this afternoon.
See you at 7PM tonight at TVGasm!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Topicless Tuesday!
Well, 3 and 1/2 hours to go and I'm not settled on my topics yet.
Lost fans will want to tune in to hear how Henry Ian Cusick fared in the recently aired Dead Like Me movie though. Dead Desmond. Oh my!
If you have something you'd like to chat about, a night like tonight where I'm topic impaired would be a great night to phone in!
Remember, 7PM EST!
If you haven't already got a membership at NowLive.com, you'll need one if you want to chat. You can listen without a membership, but those without memberships and those with need to use different links. You can also call in without having to sign up, but if you don't use Gizmo there will be long distance charges. Gizmo is a free computer to computer phone software that you can sign up for once you become a member of NowLive.com.
If you have a membership, you can use this link: Click here to listen to the show live.
To listen without a membership, simply return here at 7PM and the widget on the right of the blog will provide a link.
Lost fans will want to tune in to hear how Henry Ian Cusick fared in the recently aired Dead Like Me movie though. Dead Desmond. Oh my!
If you have something you'd like to chat about, a night like tonight where I'm topic impaired would be a great night to phone in!
Remember, 7PM EST!
If you haven't already got a membership at NowLive.com, you'll need one if you want to chat. You can listen without a membership, but those without memberships and those with need to use different links. You can also call in without having to sign up, but if you don't use Gizmo there will be long distance charges. Gizmo is a free computer to computer phone software that you can sign up for once you become a member of NowLive.com.
If you have a membership, you can use this link: Click here to listen to the show live.
To listen without a membership, simply return here at 7PM and the widget on the right of the blog will provide a link.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Songsmith Creations
If you had a chance to listen to this week's radio show, you'll have heard snippets of these. I've posted both my creations for everyone to check out.
Please be kind. I'm recording with a very unsophisticated microphone in my living room with no studio tricks to make me sound like gold. Plus...the pipes are RUSTY!
Direct Download the MP3 I Believe In You.mp3
Direct Download the MP3 August.mp3
Please be kind. I'm recording with a very unsophisticated microphone in my living room with no studio tricks to make me sound like gold. Plus...the pipes are RUSTY!
Direct Download the MP3 I Believe In You.mp3
Direct Download the MP3 August.mp3
Monday, February 02, 2009
Tuesday's Topics
I've settled on some topics for tomorrow night's radio show.
I'll be talking about two comics related television properties, Smallville and the upcoming Iron Man Adventures.
I also want to touch on the Punisher: War Journal movie.
To balance out the comics stuff, I also plan to give you some good reasons to be watching Life on Mars if you haven't already started.
Finally, I will be reviewing Microsoft Research's Songsmith software and playing a couple of clips of songs I created with it.
Of course, if anyone wants to chat about LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, science, science books, comic books or any other topic, I'm more than happy to change tracks and talk about whatever is on the table.
If you haven't already got a membership at NowLive.com, you'll need one if you want to chat. You can listen without a membership, but those without memberships and those with need to use different links. You can also call in without having to sign up, but if you don't use Gizmo there will be long distance charges. Gizmo is a free computer to computer phone software that you can sign up for once you become a member of NowLive.com.
If you have a membership, you can use this link: Click here to listen to the show live.
If you DON'T have a membership, come here to the blog at 7 PM. The widget on the right of the blog that currently has the archived shows will provide a link to the live show at that time.
I'll be talking about two comics related television properties, Smallville and the upcoming Iron Man Adventures.
I also want to touch on the Punisher: War Journal movie.
To balance out the comics stuff, I also plan to give you some good reasons to be watching Life on Mars if you haven't already started.
Finally, I will be reviewing Microsoft Research's Songsmith software and playing a couple of clips of songs I created with it.
Of course, if anyone wants to chat about LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, science, science books, comic books or any other topic, I'm more than happy to change tracks and talk about whatever is on the table.
If you haven't already got a membership at NowLive.com, you'll need one if you want to chat. You can listen without a membership, but those without memberships and those with need to use different links. You can also call in without having to sign up, but if you don't use Gizmo there will be long distance charges. Gizmo is a free computer to computer phone software that you can sign up for once you become a member of NowLive.com.
If you have a membership, you can use this link: Click here to listen to the show live.
If you DON'T have a membership, come here to the blog at 7 PM. The widget on the right of the blog that currently has the archived shows will provide a link to the live show at that time.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Seven PM Start
The second installment of the radio show with Flipit and I starts at 7 PM tonight.
Click here to join us!
Don't forget, to chat, you need to be a member of NowLive.com and request friendship with Flipit!
Click here to join us!
Don't forget, to chat, you need to be a member of NowLive.com and request friendship with Flipit!
Lost Recap Up
Yup, I stayed up 'till 5:45 AM to get this done. Just in a writing mood, I guess.
Click here to check out this week's recap.
Enjoy!
Oh and remember, please keep comments either here on the main blog or in the Purple Hatch, since when I write next week's recap I'll have to reorder the posts and any comments at the recap proper will be lost.
Click here to check out this week's recap.
Enjoy!
Oh and remember, please keep comments either here on the main blog or in the Purple Hatch, since when I write next week's recap I'll have to reorder the posts and any comments at the recap proper will be lost.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Well, I Tried
I decided to give "The Last Templar" a go, even though it feels like a "DaVinci Code" ripoff. The DaVinci Code novel was passable, but not great, so the idea of ripping that off seemed...silly. But still, I thought I'd give the mini-series a try. Who knows, maybe I'd even read the book if the mini-series was good.
I managed exactly six minutes and thirty seconds.
I knew that the jig might be up when I saw the four guys on horseback, dressed like crusaders no less, in modern day New York. Then I thought "hmm...maybe this could be okay" when they decapitated the cop outside the museum they came to rob. But when all four horses came back out and not one cop fired a shot, despite their headless friend on the ground...
The kicker was the heroine, played by Mira Sorvino, taking a lance from the exhibit, commandeering a horse and giving chase...in a frilly knee length cocktail dress and six inch heels.
I'm sorry, but that's where I have to bail. Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen on television, ever.
I managed exactly six minutes and thirty seconds.
I knew that the jig might be up when I saw the four guys on horseback, dressed like crusaders no less, in modern day New York. Then I thought "hmm...maybe this could be okay" when they decapitated the cop outside the museum they came to rob. But when all four horses came back out and not one cop fired a shot, despite their headless friend on the ground...
The kicker was the heroine, played by Mira Sorvino, taking a lance from the exhibit, commandeering a horse and giving chase...in a frilly knee length cocktail dress and six inch heels.
I'm sorry, but that's where I have to bail. Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen on television, ever.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Welcome LOST Fans
If you've landed here in search of Greybishop's LOST recaps, you've come to the right place. Not only that, but you can listen to past episodes of my radio show and the one I do with Flipit at TVGasm, in the widgets on the right and left of the blog, respectively. Should you want to listen in live, I broadcast my own show Tuesday nights at 7 PM EST and again on Thursday nights at 7 PM EST with Flipit. You need a membership at "NowLive.com" to chat, but you can phone in without one. More details here.
Scroll down a bit and you'll see a list of links on the left of the blog, including links to all of my recaps. If you want to comment, please don't do it at the recap itself, since I often have to reorder things and that means lost comments. Two articles down from here, you'll find a spot to comment and I read 'em all. Better still, join us at the Purple Hatch for a chat. You'll need a membership before you can post, so sign up now!
Now that you're here, I hope you'll take the time to check out the other parts of the blog as well. Below this post you'll find my musings on everything from LOST, Comic books, films, science and more. There are also a number of blogs-within-blogs here, so check out the other links in the list besides just the recaps. Feel free to read any or all of them and post a comment. I do read 'em all!
Once again, welcome!
GB
Scroll down a bit and you'll see a list of links on the left of the blog, including links to all of my recaps. If you want to comment, please don't do it at the recap itself, since I often have to reorder things and that means lost comments. Two articles down from here, you'll find a spot to comment and I read 'em all. Better still, join us at the Purple Hatch for a chat. You'll need a membership before you can post, so sign up now!
Now that you're here, I hope you'll take the time to check out the other parts of the blog as well. Below this post you'll find my musings on everything from LOST, Comic books, films, science and more. There are also a number of blogs-within-blogs here, so check out the other links in the list besides just the recaps. Feel free to read any or all of them and post a comment. I do read 'em all!
Once again, welcome!
GB
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Reading Through Tears
I spent my Saturday evening reading. Part of my gig at Suite101.com is to review a science book each week. I'm actually a few books ahead, but that just means I have time to write some other articles before the deadline for the science book review.
It also means that I needed to start a new book, so I did. My choice tonight was "Alex & Me" by Irene Pepperberg. Thanks to Lady-in-Gray for the heads up on this one. I wasn't even aware of it until she mentioned it.
While I have written a formal review at Suite101.com, I also wanted to pass along my initial impressions and some personal observations that don't fit into an article elsewhere.
First of all, if you aren't aware, Alex was an amazing African Grey parrot that Pepperberg and her graduate students worked with for three decades, teaching him to recognize colours, shapes and eventually even higher math concepts like zero and other amazing feats.
Alex made the rounds on talk shows and news programs and was the darling of a new school of thought in the world of animal intelligence. He was loved and he died almost two decades before he should have. Given some of what he achieved in his last few years, it is difficult to imagine the limits of what he might have achieved had he lived.
Pepperberg writes a very personal memoir about the scientific journey that she and Alex shared for most of her adult life and all of his.
The book opens in the days following Alex's untimely death. Pepperberg shares her thoughts and state of mind from those mournful days and a selection of the thousands of letters and e-mails of condolence that she received in the days and weeks after Alex died. Anyone who can get through this part of the book without misting up simply doesn't have a heart. Alex clearly touched a lot of hearts, some in the most extraordinary ways.
The bulk of the book is devoted to a chronological description of Alex as he developed the ability to share his intellect and personality with the world. I was often astonished and constantly impressed. I also laughed, a lot.
The final chapter comes full circle, back to the last day Pepperberg shared with Alex and their final, almost mundane farewell. Well, mundane to Pepperberg, amazing when you realize that this is an exchange between a parrot and a human and there is little doubt that Alex understood not only the concept of a farewell but of the future, meaning he grasped the concept of time.
"Be good. I love you."
"I love you too."
"You'll be in tomorrow?"
"Yes, I'll be in tomorrow."
And with that, Dr. Pepperberg left for a normal night at home. The next morning she received incredible news that her research was going to receive more funding than ever from a new source. She was ecstatic. The very next e-mail she got was from a colleague who sadly told her that one of her African Greys had been found dead in its cage. Shortly after it was confirmed that Alex, the most amazing bird in history, was indeed dead.
I finished the book and indeed wrote most of this little article through eyes full of streaming tears.
I'm not prone to great demonstrations of emotion. It's not my thing. This touched me in an even deeper way than the original news did when I first heard and passed along the news here at the blog. I am not weeping at the loss of a pet or even a friend, although that is a part of the sadness. My sadness is much more than that.
Alex represented a fundamental shift in scientific thinking. Before him (and a few others like Koko the signing gorilla and Washoe the signing chimp who also passed away recently) animals were viewed as little more than automata, robots functioning solely on a stimulus/response instinct and nothing more. Alex and his compatriots changed that, forever. He also changed the way that science views learning in a more general sense. Much of Pepperberg's work will resonate on long after she is gone in research into autism and other disorders.
Alex, to me, is science personified, or perhaps more accurately parrotified. Alex learned but in the learning he taught. While Pepperberg continues to work with other remarkable African Greys, losing Alex is almost like losing a Newton or an Einstein.
He had so much more to teach us.
I have to go hug my cats now.
It also means that I needed to start a new book, so I did. My choice tonight was "Alex & Me" by Irene Pepperberg. Thanks to Lady-in-Gray for the heads up on this one. I wasn't even aware of it until she mentioned it.
While I have written a formal review at Suite101.com, I also wanted to pass along my initial impressions and some personal observations that don't fit into an article elsewhere.
First of all, if you aren't aware, Alex was an amazing African Grey parrot that Pepperberg and her graduate students worked with for three decades, teaching him to recognize colours, shapes and eventually even higher math concepts like zero and other amazing feats.
Alex made the rounds on talk shows and news programs and was the darling of a new school of thought in the world of animal intelligence. He was loved and he died almost two decades before he should have. Given some of what he achieved in his last few years, it is difficult to imagine the limits of what he might have achieved had he lived.
Pepperberg writes a very personal memoir about the scientific journey that she and Alex shared for most of her adult life and all of his.
The book opens in the days following Alex's untimely death. Pepperberg shares her thoughts and state of mind from those mournful days and a selection of the thousands of letters and e-mails of condolence that she received in the days and weeks after Alex died. Anyone who can get through this part of the book without misting up simply doesn't have a heart. Alex clearly touched a lot of hearts, some in the most extraordinary ways.
The bulk of the book is devoted to a chronological description of Alex as he developed the ability to share his intellect and personality with the world. I was often astonished and constantly impressed. I also laughed, a lot.
The final chapter comes full circle, back to the last day Pepperberg shared with Alex and their final, almost mundane farewell. Well, mundane to Pepperberg, amazing when you realize that this is an exchange between a parrot and a human and there is little doubt that Alex understood not only the concept of a farewell but of the future, meaning he grasped the concept of time.
"Be good. I love you."
"I love you too."
"You'll be in tomorrow?"
"Yes, I'll be in tomorrow."
And with that, Dr. Pepperberg left for a normal night at home. The next morning she received incredible news that her research was going to receive more funding than ever from a new source. She was ecstatic. The very next e-mail she got was from a colleague who sadly told her that one of her African Greys had been found dead in its cage. Shortly after it was confirmed that Alex, the most amazing bird in history, was indeed dead.
I finished the book and indeed wrote most of this little article through eyes full of streaming tears.
I'm not prone to great demonstrations of emotion. It's not my thing. This touched me in an even deeper way than the original news did when I first heard and passed along the news here at the blog. I am not weeping at the loss of a pet or even a friend, although that is a part of the sadness. My sadness is much more than that.
Alex represented a fundamental shift in scientific thinking. Before him (and a few others like Koko the signing gorilla and Washoe the signing chimp who also passed away recently) animals were viewed as little more than automata, robots functioning solely on a stimulus/response instinct and nothing more. Alex and his compatriots changed that, forever. He also changed the way that science views learning in a more general sense. Much of Pepperberg's work will resonate on long after she is gone in research into autism and other disorders.
Alex, to me, is science personified, or perhaps more accurately parrotified. Alex learned but in the learning he taught. While Pepperberg continues to work with other remarkable African Greys, losing Alex is almost like losing a Newton or an Einstein.
He had so much more to teach us.
I have to go hug my cats now.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
LOST Recap, Episode 01
Hey folks!
I've just finished the recap for episode 01. I will normally have the show recapped before the radio show at TVGasm.com on Thursday nights, but the double episode and the prep work for the show slowed me down this week. I'll have the recap for episode 02 tomorrow.
Enjoy and please comment here so that the comments are easy to find!
Click Here for the Recap
I've just finished the recap for episode 01. I will normally have the show recapped before the radio show at TVGasm.com on Thursday nights, but the double episode and the prep work for the show slowed me down this week. I'll have the recap for episode 02 tomorrow.
Enjoy and please comment here so that the comments are easy to find!
Click Here for the Recap
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Radio Broadcasts
So, Flipit and I have now finished our first broadcast and it was lots of fun!
I hope those that listened enjoyed it and those that didn't have the chance to listen live will check out the show using the box on the left of the blog.
On Tuesday, I'll be doing my own show at 7 PM EST and I hope everyone will join me. I plan to talk (as always) comic book movies a bit and if you are a fan of the show Wonderfalls I'd love to hear from you!
Tune in at NowLive.com, using this link.
You can phone in or chat, but in order to chat, you need to request friendship with me and be approved. Please do this before Tuesday to avoid being shut out of the chat.
If you have a membership at NowLive.com and want to call, you can use Gizmo for free but you can also phone in from a regular phone (long distance will apply) whether you're a member or not. Just click the link above and click the "Call Show" button to get the instructions.
Talk to you Tuesday!
GB
I hope those that listened enjoyed it and those that didn't have the chance to listen live will check out the show using the box on the left of the blog.
On Tuesday, I'll be doing my own show at 7 PM EST and I hope everyone will join me. I plan to talk (as always) comic book movies a bit and if you are a fan of the show Wonderfalls I'd love to hear from you!
Tune in at NowLive.com, using this link.
You can phone in or chat, but in order to chat, you need to request friendship with me and be approved. Please do this before Tuesday to avoid being shut out of the chat.
If you have a membership at NowLive.com and want to call, you can use Gizmo for free but you can also phone in from a regular phone (long distance will apply) whether you're a member or not. Just click the link above and click the "Call Show" button to get the instructions.
Talk to you Tuesday!
GB
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Welcome LOST Fans
Well, there's only one more day until LOST returns for the first episode of the second to last season. Only 34 more episodes and then...well...something.
Two seasons aren't much time to tie up all the loose ends and inevitably there will be some ends left untied. There's just too many questions and not enough time to answer them.
I won't be recapping at TVGasm this season, but I will still be recapping. I'll post them here and you're all welcome to comment on them as they come up. If you enjoy what you read, I recommend visiting the Purple Hatch, which is the discussion forum that has grown up around here. The people are friendly and serious about being fans of the show.
There are also lively discussions of every other topic under the sun, so you aren't limited to just talking LOST.
It is a private forum with a password and rules that members need to follow, so please check those out before requesting your password.
E-mail gettheaddy@yahoo.ca for your password and join us in the Purple Hatch!
Two seasons aren't much time to tie up all the loose ends and inevitably there will be some ends left untied. There's just too many questions and not enough time to answer them.
I won't be recapping at TVGasm this season, but I will still be recapping. I'll post them here and you're all welcome to comment on them as they come up. If you enjoy what you read, I recommend visiting the Purple Hatch, which is the discussion forum that has grown up around here. The people are friendly and serious about being fans of the show.
There are also lively discussions of every other topic under the sun, so you aren't limited to just talking LOST.
It is a private forum with a password and rules that members need to follow, so please check those out before requesting your password.
E-mail gettheaddy@yahoo.ca for your password and join us in the Purple Hatch!
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Another Suite101.com Project
Along with my science book features and my comic books on film project, I've started another diversion at Suite101.com for everyone to enjoy.
I'm doing "Best 5" and "Worst 5" episode articles for each season of Star Trek in each of its 6 incarnations. Here are links to what I've done so far. Enjoy!
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Best of Season 1Best of Season 2Best of Season 3Best of Season 4Best of Season 5Best of Season 6Best of Season 7
I'm doing "Best 5" and "Worst 5" episode articles for each season of Star Trek in each of its 6 incarnations. Here are links to what I've done so far. Enjoy!
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Best of Season 1Best of Season 2Best of Season 3Best of Season 4Best of Season 5Best of Season 6Best of Season 7
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
