A middle-school teacher of mine had patriotic bears all over the place in her classroom. At the same time, she was a relatively sane person.

As long as they keep the historic Leagues, Mars and the 1950s British space program, I’m okay with any changes they make.

The Dragon under Elk Mound awakens.

Does anyone know a Disney Channel movie that’s actually really good? The Ernest Green Story and Twitches come to mind, for me.

Just finished Diana Wynne-Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle, which I liked very much for its characters and plot. Right now, I’m starting Sherman Alexie’s Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist-Fight in Heaven, with high expectations.

Every Power Ranger ever. You can’t breathe in space wearing just a helmet, guys!

Their boogeyman was us. Why not?

Not much to see in Sherman Park, Milwaukee, but this little gem has some of the best coffee (and music) around.

The long story of Timothy Hunter and his development as DC’s Sorcerer Supreme would make a nice TV show.

Torchwood One (London division) vs. the Paternoster gang. This is a fight that must happen.

If anyone knows an onscreen portrayal of Victoria Woodhull, please tell me!

I bet Tor.com will review this movie positively, since for some reason whenever Tor and io9 review movies they’re almost always opposite.

Eric Kripke writing a superhero comic, for Vertigo no less? This I may read.

Bevis Musson and Alex Mitchell do awesome versions of superheroes in different times and places. Go check them out.

That's the same thing.

Well, lots of people were saying "Asian and kickass," making no preferences, so I guess... I'm just an ignorant person.

Which Aladdin adaptation was this? I am curious.

Rinko Kikuchi?

Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio/Zach Wells from Locke & Key:

I don't want everyone to. If they did, the world would end. And the animated musical telling of the Ten Commandments? It's a genuinely good movie, with 3-Dimensional characters, whom you should pay attention to if you ever watch it again.