No, actually, it’s not too early to start thinking about the fall TV season. Entertainment Weekly certainly doesn’t think so. (Of course, this is also coming from the guy who has a modded 800GB HD DirecTivo, which is currently at…
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Jane Espenson’s Writing Exercise
I’m doing Script Frenzy this month, which means writing a 20,000-word screenplay in 30 days; and the magic words “quantity, not quality” also appeared in Jane’s “I Guess He Really Can’t Drive” blog post yesterday. So here I am to…
Can’t Stop The Serenity: Silicon Valley
Got plans for Father’s Day (June 17th)? Why not bring dear ol’ dad to a charity screening of Serenity, the 2005 movie based on Joss Whedon’s Firefly? Can’t Stop The Serenity: Silicon Valley benefits Equality Now, a non-profit group working…
Render Unto Caesar
D and I did our income taxes today, and it turns out we owe Uncle Sam about a third less than we thought we were going to. Woo hoo! The bad news is, because we paid so much tax for…
How Buffy Changed My Life
I just entered Dark Horse Comics’ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer is My Life” essay contest, and I don’t expect to win, because my 215 words aren’t really on-topic. But it’s what I felt at the time, so here’s my entry,…
4×4-Letter Reviews
It’s been a while since I reviewed things, so here are four quick capsules for things that, coincidentally, all have four-letter names: SPIN, the Hugo Award-winning novel by Robert Charles Wilson: I stayed up until three or four in the…
“Folks, the show may be over.”
I love watching comedians lose it on stage. Note, however, that it’s only amusing if they’re actually funny to begin with, and something (or, in this case, someone) happens to get the better of them. The frequent crack-ups between John…
Star Trek: House of Representatives
I’m not saying this changes my opinion of our federal government one way or the other, but as a lifelong Trek fan and Chinese-American immigrant, I gotta give it up for my homeboy, Congressman David Wu (D-OR). Represent!