Granted, sometimes it’s hard to tell whether it’s the protagonist or the reader (i.e., you) who’s been spoon-fed all of the blatant hints so that the “shocking” denouement can be seen from a mile away, but I think in these cases it’s specifically the story’s protagonist (usually the narrator) who’s as dumb as a [...]
Make with the witty, and you could be winny!
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Having connived and blackmailed my way into become his “fount of all comic book knowledge and information” I sat down with Jon X of the After Movie Diner to discuss all six of the films that currently compose Earth 199,999 … Continue reading →
Since I had to go to the doctor anyway to renew my prescriptions, I mentioned to him that I just felt tired all the time. You know what comes next: blood test! The nurse took four vials, some for in-house tests and some for labs they would send to. One of the in-house tests [...]
by Chad Denton Dodo frustrates Stephen by being clueless to an almost surreal degree, hopping out of the TARDIS without hesitation into a jungle and thinking she can just hop on a bus back to London. The Doctor actually agrees … Continue reading →
Take aim at your Monday in the caption contest!
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And after a one-year hiatus, we’re back, hopefully for quite a while this time. A really good premise is both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, it can hook viewers and keep them interested through even the worst acting and the most turbulent suspension of disbelief. Negatively, and maybe outweighing all those [...]
Tell Friday how much it means to you with a caption in the contest.
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– Reheated Tweets for 04-27-2012 thru 05-03-2012 – http://t.co/vlNhAqoa 2012-05-04 Count Dracula's Great Love (El gran amor del Conde Dracula) (1972) http://t.co/DKAkPNZs #Horror 2012-05-04 listening to the score to 'Le Grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noire' by Vladimir Cosma http://t.co/UfhEWuVY 2012-05-04 listening to 'The Wings of Revelation II' by Janos Varga Project http://t.co/SDbzIqND [...]
The bounties of the past need your snark in the caption contest!
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If you were alive on planet Earth in 1993, you probably found yourself face-to-face with the work of Michael Crichton. He was fifty-one by that point, and a multiple New York Times bestselling author with a shelf’s worth of fiction … Continue reading →
by Chad Denton The Doctor and Steven arrive in a place the Doctor quickly figures out is sixteenth century Paris. Right away the Doctor wants to try to meet Charles Preslin, a famous apothecary (sort of the early modern equivalent … Continue reading →
Look the horror of Wednesday right in the eye and say, “I caption you!”
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Here are several mini-reviews of books I’ve recently read and written Goodreads reviews for; most aren’t long enough to comprise a full post here, but in the aggregate, they’re dense enough to choke a horse.
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger — [...]
Well, see, there’s this old pulp paperback cover. And you come up with a caption for it. That’s pretty much all there is to it.
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