Category: Movies

• Careful Which Aliens You Tote Around On Your Bike

• Power Pop Wednesday: Liz Phair and Hermione and Women Who Rock

  As a lover of early ’90s alternative rock, it’s practically illegal for me to NOT like Liz Phair. Oh, Liz, with your girl-I-would-date looks and WAY-out-of-my-league fantastically filthy mind, you…

• Your Midweek Dose of Perspective: We Are All Dust On a Mudball, And Still We Persevere

  Saw this video time-lapse of images from the International Space Station today and just had to share, because nothing reminds you of both your own insignificance and the sheer awesomeness…

• It’s Halloween, Kids … Scary Stuff! Mwuahahahaha … BOO!

  True story: As a kid, I was unnaturally obsessed with monsters. I would read or buy anything I could get my hands on that involved the classic characters, especially Dracula,…

• In Our Time of National Crisis, the Best Advice I Can Give Without Being Mean

• It’s My Birthday, So You Get the Presents (Spoiler – It’s FREE EBOOKS!)

  Hi, yes … that fateful day has arrived. Today I turn 45. Given the new realities of the lifespan of healthy humans (and the fact that genetics are working in…

• Today’s Funky Friday Brought to You by The Roots and … Elvis Costello? (A Rumination on Genre Busting)

  OK, lemme ‘splain. Anyone who’s read this blog … you know – ever – has a pretty good idea that I’m an Elvis Costello fan from way back, and there’s…

• The Monorail – Getting from Here to There the Science Fiction Way

  One of the early criticisms of Immaculate Deception (from a friend and former newspaper colleague who had not yet read the book, incidentally) was that there would be no way…

• When You Think You Have It Bad, Be Glad You’re Not In a Job Interview for the End of the World

  In other horrible sci-fi-themed office pranks, we present the end of everything you know taking place while you’re applying for a job you’re probably going to hate anyway.

• For the Love of the Mix Tape

  Some of you might actually be old enough to remember making good, old-fashioned mix tapes (if you do you’ll know the significance of the picture above). Maybe. But since I…