Not to mention violation of the laws of physics as established by present scientific understanding and rules established by previous incarnations of Star Trek. Did Eric Bana's appearance before the U.S.S. Intrepid change the foundations of warp engineering.

It was a fun, exciting film featuring some familiar…

There should be severe and public punishment for "the abuses of the few," not "paid administrative leave until this blows over."

I have a Tivoli Model One radio. Great sound, but a pain in the ass to change the station. That's okay, though. I only ever listen to one frequency: my local NPR station. My eclectic taste in music has been shaped by the musical features on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as shows like World Cafe…

Meant to say "traipses across ..."

There's a character in Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga that would translate well to a new Star Trek series. She's a high-ranking detective, finely honed senses and all-access pass, who trounces across the star-spanning civilization to unravel a deep mystery. Imagine this character in the Federation, traveling among…

I'm totally making a joke. Any sci fi sex romp from the eighties starring Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, and Jeff Goldblum is not meant to be seriously compared to the sci fi darling of the 2013 indie film circuit.

You know what the best thing is about Kinja? Everyone gets a blog! Start working those phones, bub! Let's see if you can do better.

Putting the book in my queue now. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

One if his lesser-known novels is "Man Plus" about a man given a modified body to survive on Mars. It was my earliest exposure to what I call "intrusive biology" sci fi.

I think you've got "Species" confused with "Earth Girls Are Easy."

She's still pretty hot, but boring on Facebook. I've got other friends who make me laugh and make me think. Facebook, actually, is a godsend for people prone to long-distance obsessions. It leaves less to the imagination.

I liked this premise better when it was called "Species."

You're supposed to suck on a brick of Weetabix or maybe nibble on some digestive biscuits.

A condominium across from the Dallas, Texas, art museum is wreaking similar havoc. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/art…

Heh. I once said loudly, on a recent trip to London, that the best thing about the UK is how everyone speaks American with a cute English accent.

You could consider a temperate climate like coastal Northern California. Fifties and sixties all year long. I lived on the Gulf of Alaska and it was kind of the same idea except thirties to fifties and some of the shittiest storms on the continent.

Dammit! Stop making sense!

I met this girl at camp, and we exchanged addresses and phone numbers. I
lived in Virginia, and she lived in Indiana. It was fifty cents a minute to call outbof state long distance, so we write letters instead. Twice a day, I would walk a mile to the post office (I didn't have a car), work the combination on the post…

It's okay to make fun of Hitler, but it's like making a rape joke or a racist joke. The material has to be really, really nuanced or the joke flops. The Taylor Swift meme works, as does this.

Instead, he sends the puny humans into battle with the Kryptonians? I'll have to watch again to evaluate the well-thought-outtedness of this plan. You may be right.