Quick review: I just came back from seeing STID. Without spoiling: Benedict Cumberbatch is a great actor. He has the range to portray villains: nasty villains, noble villains, tragic villains. He could be Sherlock Holmes, the Doctor, Moriarity, the Master, or Richard III. But he's not the villain for this film. That, plus plot holes you could…
I'm still at home, babying my feet, through Thursday. Maybe I'll be able to go back to work on Friday. I have much to be grateful for: medical insurance, the ability to take time off from work. Right now, it's little hard to work the gratitude muscle. It took me four months to heal the last time…
This morning, I discovered a new large blister on my foot. Fortunately, I had an appointment with my podiatrist this evening. I bandaged the wound as best I could and made it through the day. The podiatrist said I'd done a good job of bandaging. That's the good news. The bad news is that in addition to…
I’ve had some medical problems recently. As a result, I’ve only got partial vision in my left eye.
It’s been a couple of years since I last posted about my fantasy role-playing game, Argothald. That game has been a part of my life for about 35 years, including a 20-year hiatus. If I’m to use this blog to document what’s important to me, I should check in on Argothald once in a while.
I'm behind the curve on this one, I know. With all the talk of Bioshock Infinite, I thought I'd give the original Bioshock a try. As someone who tolerates FPS for the story, I was pleased overall. The story was as impressive as the Bioshock Infinite reviews (referring back to this game) had made it out to…
This year we had five at the seder. This is about what I expected, since Erev Pesach fell on a Monday night.
I finished the campaign on casual difficulty. My thoughts: - My general opinion of HotS (which I'll just call SC2 part 2) is the same as of part 1: The game was entertaining enough, but too many cut scenes that went on for too darn long, and scenario load times that were seriously too long. - For…
I wasn't feeling well. I probably shouldn't have gone. But was I feeling a powerful case of cabin fever, and it was a chance to get another interview for the biography. So I went to Lunacon. this past Saturday. I'm glad I did, though I paid for it the next day. To my pleasant surprise, it was…
Edit: In the four years since I wrote this post, I've offered its link to many folks who expressed an interest in Classic Doctor Who. Over time, this post became a bit obsolete: The current Doctor Who series has increased its references to the classic series; previously "lost" serials have been recovered and are worth including. In…