Yeah, they are in dire straits right now. I miss it because it was one of those rare places where you could find just about anything ever made. It was like a Library of Alexandria devoted to film.

Scarecrow Video in Seattle has been the go-to place for obscurity for years, and is in danger of closing now. A variety of forces have been causing difficulty for it over the years. The big one, of course, is the disruption caused by Netflix and Red Box. A less-well-known, but still powerful force has been tolling…

The thing about nuclear power is that, for better or for worse, the cat's out of the bag, and it ain't going back in. I was in Germany back in '05, and there was a big kerfuffle in Saxony about a proposed site for a storage facility for nuclear waste. Now, it's all well and good to say "we don't want to do nuclear…

Y'know, if I were SHIELD, I'd keep Longshot around for any time you need a probability-defying last-ditch effort, since he's basically an infinite-improbability drive in human form.

The Texas Board of Curriculum. Seriously, it's why all of our history textbooks are filled with jingoistic claptrap.

I think part of it is that many subscribe to the notion that "Natural = Good" and "Artificial = Bad", which is completely off-base. Earthquakes are natural, but are most certainly not bad. As far as GMOs go, there is little to no evidence that they contribute to health problems; however, the business practices…

All I know is my gut says "maybe."

Behold, the ghost of renowned ghost hunter and psychic, Peter James!

Sandrobeast does not cry. He pummels his foes.

Also, why nothing from the Misfits?

Here's another good spooky song.

As I say, the exception that proves the rule. Any other Starfleet admiral would have gotten themselves killed by their own incompetence with the same result.

Greek myth is pretty much tales of assholes fighting bastards.

Making peace with mortality isn't so much a lie as it is an attitude. Meaning exists where you find it, and if you don't find some meaning in mortality, bully for you.

This guy would be the exception that proves the rule.

Some episodes work better than others, to be sure, and it really is a show that tends to work better in viewing situations that include at least one additional like-minded viewer. There are some episodes that are great, and then there are others where the movie in question is just plain boring to the point the…

To say that Lost is overrated would be a mistake. I think it is actually quite accurately rated at this point overall as a middling show that did some things very well, and other things extremely poorly. Let's run it down.

Oh to be a fly on the wall during the planning meetings for this show...

A few things:

Jeremiah Johnson.