I'd heard about Pratchett for years, but didn't actually read any of his stuff until about 2 years ago.  A friend had me start with "Going Postal".  I found it slightly hard to read only because I was kicking myself the whole time for not reading Pratchett earlier.  After Going Postal I started at the beginning.  I…

Firefly:finest tv show ever
The summer before Firefly came out I happened to get a tv guide with the fall preview. No idea where it came from, I certainly don't buy tv guide, but one bored afternoon I flipped through it. When I read the description for Firefly I thought "well, that's either going to be really cool…