Threat. Security. Two more man-tastic words can not be imagined.
Full Story »Your Ideal Space Career: A Flowchart
Just the thing for anyone still harboring hopes of becoming an astronaut, NASA researcher, or just meeting aliens!
Full Story »Smallville: Prophecy
Please imagine right here an image of your humble narrator, teary eyed with her jaw dropped open. Then imagine her cursing the name of Lois Lane using some very choice words.
Full Story »The Vampire Diaries: The Sun Also Rises
We’ve reached this season’s penultimate episode. This means, of course, that the stakes (no pun intended) are high and the blood’s going to fly, but as bad as it gets, the finale will take that and multiple it by something and then gleefully toss it into our faces.
Full Story »Chuck vs Agent X
OMG! Who is Agent X? Remember when they introduced this person two episodes ago and then had a filler episode? Yeah, okay. Laura Palmer’s dad shows up to steal Bacula’s laptop in order to find out about Agent X. Why should we care?
Full Story »Hope of The Gods, Or Who Gives a Nordic Heck About Thor?
Frankly- even though I have the cups from 7/11- I don’t. When Iron Man came out I was all about it. Iron Man was always one of my favorite Marvel characters. The blend between asshole and super-scientist that is Tony Stark just clicked for me. Even though it is a bit formulaic and similar to [...]
Full Story »Worst Moms Ever
There were times when I thought my mom was the worst mother in the universe (granted, at the same times, she probably thought I was the worst daughter in the world). But, after a few days of silent treatment, we’d watch something that reminded us how much we loved each other – like Aliens or Terminator 2 – and would wind up crying and apologizing.
Full Story »Books: Fuzzy Nation
Initially, Fuzzy Nation has the feel of a lot of books I’ve read. The little guy takes on the big, super power, super rich and therefore super-evil Zarathustra Corporation. Only this story is set on a planet far, far away in the not too distant future.
Full Story »Best. Mother. Ever.
Mother’s day is coming. And in the man grotto, we can name only one man as Best. Mother. Ever.
Full Story »All Hail the Carl’s Jr. Turkey Burger Commercial
Not much distracts a man from world building/saving tasks as hunger. Okay, hunger and pretty ladies in tiny clothing.
Full Story »Peter Dinklage is Hot
There is absolutely no purpose to this post other than me publicly ogling Peter Dinklage. I’ve had a crush on him since I first saw him in The Station Agent, and that crush has been renewed with Game of Thrones.
Full Story »Appetites: Not Your Mother’s Cookbook
When you look at the Appetites app, it looks less like something out of Star Trek, and more like something out of Harry Potter. I imagine that the pages of Hagrid’s cookbooks have a similar aesthetic; however, I’m sure Appetites could have made his treacle fudge, rock cakes, and bath buns slightly more edible.
Full Story »Videogame Flashback: Halo
If you look back at games that are iconic to their console, Halo stands out as a game that not only made the Xbox what it is today but continues to be a big revenue earner for Microsoft. Putting that aside, this is a game can be considered one of the best First Person Shooters of all time and a superb example of how you create and maintain a successful franchise in branding, marketing and game development.
Full Story »Stargate Universe: Blockade
I appreciate the writing that’s gone into these last episodes. It’s been tight, with a great long term arc that doesn’t skimp on the small stuff. The sense of wonder and danger, the human element, the spaces between black and white, all of these are why I dig science fiction.
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Grotto Workshop: Character Designs – The World Needs Heroes part 1
On the digital drawing board: Character designs for Eric Esquivel’s “The World Needs Heroes” (working title). Related Stuff:
Full Story »A Trip to Oz – Sakuracon 2011
It is 3am and the room is full of people laughing hysterically as they watch Commander Riker and Jesus Christ act out some outrageously bad “A-Team” based erotic fanfiction. We’ve been in our seats for over two hours, we’ve heard about Harry Potter going on a heavy-metal inspired trip through the cosmos, we’ve witnessed the S&M inspired downfall of the Care Bears and we aren’t done yet.
Full Story »Game Of Thrones: Lord Snow
I see a pattern forming. Each of the first three episodes of this series have covered about one tenth of the novel. I say this because I predict that there will be a very critical scene between Daenerys and Viserys in either episode five or six (I’m thinking five), and I wonder if it will fall short of its intended mark.
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