Things I Can Do Without (Belated) for 7-25-2019
Hi, reading several. It's been a less busy week now that both the ISF shows I'm in have opened. Find out how to go see them here if you're living…
On Fandom
The release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which I haven't seen and am feeling little-to-no temptation to see, got me thinking about my relationship with the things I claim…
You’re Not Making A Sequel To That, Are You?
Word around the campfire is that Netflix, home of some excellent original shows like Orange Is the New Black* and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is planning to give us the sequel to Full House.…
My Favorite Nimoy Performances on Star Trek
I noticed in the aftermath of Leonard Nimoy's death that a few in my Twitter-orbit went out and screened "Spock's Brain" as part of their mourning process. While I'm not…
My 10 Favorite Songs From The Muppet Show
It's hard to pick. There were so many memorable tunes. But these are the ten songs I recall most fondly from The Muppet Show. As is often true of my lists,…
The Stories We Told After Adolf Eichmann’s Capture
Six days from now we'll have reached the 44th anniversary of the Mossad's capture of SS Lt. Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who'd been hiding in Argentina since the end of World…
Summer of Long Knives Holiday Buying Guide
Here you'll find a list of gifts perfect for someone who's already bought, read, stolen, or otherwise wrangled a copy of Summer of Long Knives. (Of course, if you haven't read Summer, I…
Best of the Year So Far
Best Movie Seen In Theaters: None. I hadn't realized until just now that I haven't been in a movie theater since I caught Skyfall with my mom and Venice last December. I…
Influences: To Know Kommissar Rolf Wundt, Check Out Tibbs, Burakov, and Rockford
The protagonist of Summer of Long Knives doesn't have a historical counterpart. He's a product of imagination inspired by three different detectives from film and television. The first is Virgil Tibbs from In…
Enlightened, Farewell.
Because I don't have HBO, I was just starting to catch up with the show on iTunes. I'm in the middle of the first season, and it depresses me to…