Monthly Archives: October 2009

Stargate Universe – Air, Part 3

I’m watching the second episode of Stargate Universe as I write this.  I’m not exactly excited by it.  Again, I’m going to hide this behind a “read more” link… if you’re not reading this on the front page of my blog, and you don’t want spoilers, stop reading now.

Champions Online

I started playing Champions Online over the weekend (curse you, Shamus!) and of course I had to go with a dual-sword-wielding hero.  He does technically have super-strength, but he rarely uses it as a weapon.  Some of you know me as “Heron”; some of you know me as “Heron Blademaster”, and that’s this hero’s name… Read More »

Leave Out All the Rest

The other day I mentioned Linkin Park’s Leave Out All the Rest being the closing credits song in the Twilight movie. The DVD also contained a recording of a live performance of that song.  Turns out, Linkin Park sucks at singing.  The lead singer can’t stay on key.  He ended the song on the wrong… Read More »

Sanctuary

While I watched the premiere of Stargate: Universe, SyFy played commercials for a show called Sanctuary, which stars Stargate SG-1’s Amanda Tapping.  The trouble is, in Stargate SG-1, she’s a blonde American, whereas in Sanctuary, she’s a brown-haired Brit.  There’s nothing wrong with that, but the first episode of Sanctuary was disorienting.  After a few… Read More »

Twilight

Yes, I mean that Twilight.  The movie based on the books by Stephenie Meyer.  It’s been sitting in our Netflix queue for months now, always getting pushed back in favor of other more interesting things (like my ongoing re-watch of Star Trek: Deep Space 9).  Somehow it made it to the top, though, and arrived… Read More »