So one of the trailers for the to-be-released-imminently rebooted Star Trek movie starts with an adolescent Kirk sending a (presumably stolen) Corvette Sting Ray over a cliff, and very nearly following it. A colleague stopped by this afternoon to mostly-jokingly ask if I was planning to dress up in character to go to the movie. … Read more
I’ve suspected for some time that when most folks say they’re into ’80s music, they don’t mean what I mean whey I say I’m into ’80s music. I’ve simply refused to ever leave the ’80s. I’d guess two thirds of my iPod is either stuff I was listening to then, or stuff from then that … Read more
We’ve kind of had our hands full this week, so I haven’t had much to say about the imminent H1N1/swine-bird-human hybrid/Type A influenza pandemic. A few thoughts: By now it should be clear to everyone that the mortality rate in Mexico is not a reliable indicator for this virus’s effects elsewhere. I don’t know exactly … Read more