Category Archives: arts

return to Sunnydale

So I’m continuing to watch Buffy, beginning season two. Got a partial answer to one of my previous questions at the end of episode “School Hard” when two authority figures said: “What do you suggest? The truth?” “Gangs on PCP … Continue reading

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funnies

The desk where I worked today has two monitors. The boss noticed a cartoon on one of them, and asked, “Where did that come from?” I told him it’s one of many Webtoons that I follow, and referred him to … Continue reading

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flicks picks

Another neat thing about Netflix is that it encourages me to make a list of all those movies that I “always meant to see someday”. My list has 240 entries so far, of which 163 are series: 44 discs of … Continue reading

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fanfix pix

Mary Sue arrives at Hogwarts

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you can’t take the sky from me

Thanks to Netflix I’ve just seen the first episode of Firefly and found it good. Even my housemate (“You’re making me watch American television?”) was won over. It doesn’t hurt at all that one of the cast has the same … Continue reading

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family entertainment

Monday I saw The Return of the King with family. I was a bit surprised that Allegra the vegan was the biggest fan in the bunch, since all that photogenic carnage tended to crowd out the plot somewhat. — Most … Continue reading

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noldo ar perian

I just happened to read this exchange written six years ago: That’s six foot six; Galadriel is man high, which is one of the problems with casting her if there were ever to be a movie. Since the movie doesn’t … Continue reading

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