the premise reminds me of "Miracle Mile".

Oh good lord. Just what we need — crazy DESTINY-driven interfamilial soap opera. Because that worked so well with Heroes.

Oh heavens yes. Possibly the best episode that the X-Files ever did.

Oh please. You want incomprehensible brushes with the transcendent? GO BACK TO THE 1960'S AND HAVE A NICE STEAMING HOT CUP OF "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY". Kubrick rejects your linear narrative structure and substitutes A WHITE BEDROOM OF WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WHAT THE FUCK I DON'T EVEN.

That's... damn, that's nerdy.

So, um, 'The Blessing' kind of looks a bit, er, labia-and-vagina like. On a giant scale.

Yeah, that lead image is pretty Uncanny Valley, right there.

I'd wager there was a fair bit of post-processing done on them, which may be what gives it that look.

Somehow, this relates to the upcoming BATTLESHIP! movie.

The Alloy Orchestra (which is a few guys with overlap with Mission of Burma and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic) does live performances with a really fabulous industrial sort of soundtrack. Modern, but still appropriate for the original source material.

I remember seeing that when it first started airing and realizing that if I were in the correct age group, I would be ALL OVER THAT SHIT.

Here in the greater Boston area, we are responding as we do to all weather predictions of disaster: LAY IN SUPPLIES FOR FRENCH TOAST AND DYSENTERY. go to the store! buy eggs, bread, milk, and toilet paper. you are now prepared for a bout of FRENCH TOAST AND DYSENTERY.

I am inordinately excited for "Goliath". The fact that I listened to the second book as an audio book read by Alan Cumming made me even fonder of the whole series than I had previously been.

"I've ... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Goatse on fire off the shoulder of 4chan. I've watched tubgirl glittering off the SQUID proxy gateway..."

Wow! So, they're looking at photos from a time when feminism was inching into the mainstream and using a criteria that's smack dab in the pre-feminism era! WOOHOO!

DAMMIT, ANNALEE, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE EARTHQUAKES ON THE WEST COAST.

there are a whole lot of blacksmiths - both professional full-time blacksmiths and weekend hobby blacksmiths - who are still making swords with traditional methods. (Some of them use power hammers, though, these days.)

I think it's part of a larger shift — more and more often, stories have to have a protagonist who has a GREAT DESTINY and a hero's quest that involves coming into one's power based on who you are rather than what you do.

I occasionally respond to "Talk Like A Pirate Day" with "WHERE'S THE FUCKING MONEY? DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR DAUGHTER'S BRAINS ON THE RUG? GET ME THE FUCKING CARGO OFF THIS BOAT."

Icehouse!