WisCon, the world’s largest feminist sci-fi/fantasy convention, concluded yesterday. It was their 29th convention and my 1st of any kind. Publishing magnate Peter Burtis of Shadows of Saturn fame asked me to keep an audio journal of my experiences which I did but since that won’t be out for awhile, I’ll give some [...]
I cannot believe the Champions League final yesterday. There’s no point to recap the whole drama. In short, Liverpool came back from three goals down to AC Milan to tie the game at 3-3 and then went on to win in penalties. Full report here:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=183634&cc=5901
First of all, Liverpool’s Champs League success has [...]
I cannot believe the Champions League final yesterday. There’s no point to recap the whole drama. In short, Liverpool came back from three goals down to AC Milan to tie the game at 3-3 and then went on to win in penalties. Full report here:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=183634&cc=5901
First of all, Liverpool’s Champs League success has [...]
Oh, I almost forgot:
(4/26/05) – I know Spurs will go 1-1-1 in these games to finish with 52 points and in 9th place which gets them nothing, nor should it.
Guess how it ended? Tottenham – 52 pts. and 9th place. Oh, and nothing to show for it.
Their last three results were:
(W) Tottenham [...]
Here’s another something I take exception to regarding Star Wars:
http://movies.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=191342
Aside from the political teases, “Sith” is pretty much what you’d expect from this increasingly tired series. Perhaps it was inevitable that once Han Solo disappeared, so would the fun of “Star Wars.”
First, I object to calling Star Wars “increasingly tired.” The Bradys go to [...]
The Kalevala is picking up speed again, first with Lemminkainen’s decision to wage war on North Farm and how Jack Frost stops him (the character of Jack Frost might be a bit of a stretch for the translator since I don’t think the text means that exact figure from Norse mythology but, hey, it’s fun), [...]
This quote from an MSN article on the final episode of Star Wars (linked here) I find completely perplexing:
In the last two movies, Lucas put too much focus on delivering the big Industrial Light and Magic action scenes to the attention-deficit kiddies instead of a well-crafted story for those of us who are his real [...]
Sadly, the European soccer season draws to a close in the coming weeks.
Chelsea has to be one of the biggest surprises, for me at least. With Mourinho and a cast of thousands coming to Stamford Bridge this season I expected them to take more time to gel. When you think about what the [...]
Well, the Kalevala ground to a halt for me. There’s a big chunk dealing with Ilmarinen’s wedding that goes on for a number of chapters. It’s lay after lay after lay about married life for the bride-to-be with advice like “be nice to your mother-in-law even when she treats you like dirt” and [...]
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning [...]