OVERNIGHT LINK (note the singular) ITEM: The Onion has become so much better than Saturday Night Live at video humor: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’ Well, that’s probably it for the day. I have work to do. ..bruce w..
AFTERNOON LINKS! Yes, there are actual afternoon links! ITEM: Maybe it’s because he paid all his taxes — actor Kal Penn (of the “House” TV series and the “Harold and Kumar” movies) joins the White House staff. ITEM: President Obama visits Baghdad. Good for him, and I mean that in all sincerity. My son Jon […]
MORNING LINKS — a few updates of interest. MAJOR ITEM (bumped from overnight links): My co-blogger Bruce Henderson applies his intelligence background to the forthcoming North Korean launch and whether Japan will intercept it. Go read the article. ITEM: Hope and No Change: there’s a group that wants to repeal the 22nd Amendment so that […]
OVERNIGHT LINKS (and don’t go waiting for any updates, either) ITEM: Headline of the week: “Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale.” ITEM: Economic common sense from … Germany? ITEM: There is some justice in the world, after all: “Vindictive people make less money.” ITEM: On the other hand, this explains a lot: […]
Does the phrase “going to Hell in a handbasket” mean anything to you? I’m starting this post on Tuesday evening, with “American Idol” on the background. I can hardly keep up with the gaffes, mendacity, and sheer idiocy coming from the Obama Administration and the Democratic Congress on a daily basis. And trust me when […]
I scan the web so that you don’t have to . . . Let’s see . . . the North Koreans . . . the Chinese . . . and now the Russians. Who’s going to be the next to challenge the new Obama Administration? Maybe Iran? And how will the Obama Administration respond? Oh, […]
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!” — John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) American Poet For your viewing, with a tip o’ the hat to Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy: The singer/composer/video editor is Marian Call, who has an entire album (“Got To Fly”) in tribute […]
Synchronicity strikes again. Even as the Senate moves towards passing what may be the single worst and most disasterous piece of legislation in our generation, I happened to turn on TCM this evening and found the 1959 film version of “Li’l Abner” (itself based on the 1956 Broadway musical). Just a few minutes ago, a […]
Ricardo Montalban, one of the most distinctive and evocative voices from my childhood and early adulthood, died yesterday at age 88. No one could say “soft Corinthian leather” with quite the same intonation: And, of course, he earned geek/SF immortality with his role in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”, still the best of […]
I ran across this some months back and just found a link to it again. Some how appropriate for New Year’s Day (though it might have been more appropriate for New Year’s Eve): The time it took to put this together is a bit staggering. But impressive. ..bruce w..
