Well, maybe not. But close. I’ve been listening to the Eureka podcast and have been consistently impressed. Despite playing a dumb guy for a living (or, rather, someone with a lot of common sense and not a lot of book-learning), he has a broad knowledge of trivia, and can frequently go into some depth on [...]

I’m pretty pleased with Heroes, although it is easily one of the most derivative things I’ve ever seen. It’s not always fair to say, “Oh, that’s just X-Men,” because the X-Men mythos is pretty damn broad, and it’s certainly not as though the idea of a mutant-powered genetically different subset of the population began with [...]

Dinner consisted mostly of Fakin’ Bacon smoked tempeh (if you don’t know what tempeh is, google it—or, come to think of it, don’t; you’re better off not knowing) with some quasi-fresh chow fun type noodles, along with some obvious seasonings—hoisin, tamari, peanut butter, garlic, miso, rice vinegar.

Tasty; I ate a lot more than I should [...]

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Feels a lot like The Usual Suspects; characters ranging from somewhat likeable to totally unsympathetic, heist action, etc. As a single episode, it wasn’t all that strong. However, the reason it didn’t feel strong is that a lot of threads were left dangling; the success of the show will depend on how well they’re taken [...]

I should really get around to making a tea cozy at some point. But I can say with a high degree of confidence that it won’t be this tea cozy.

Craftzine.com blog: A Closer Look – Craft-Tea Tea Cozy

Mmm. I’ve felt bad about Skeet Ulrich, ever since I caused Miracles to be canceled by enjoying it. (Nick’s law, you may recall, dictates that shows I like have to be canceled within two seasons—we consider it to be no longer in effect following the insane success of Lost, but it was fully active back [...]