“Trek” is a weird word
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August 2006
This is a list of archived entries published in August 2006.
A Game of Thrones
Like most people, I use the same restroom at work every day. It becomes a refuge where you are safe from the demands of middle management, or that guy in the cube next to you who’s been talking loudly to his realtor for the last hour and yet your supervisor doesn’t seem to notice, but [...]
Astonishing stories
I finally got around to reading McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories last week. I’d read the first volume, McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasure of Thrilling Tales. Both books begin with a well-written defense of genre fiction by Michael Chabon (of Kavalier & Clay fame). Chabon argues that the “revelatory short story” and literary fiction as a [...]
Singer answers the Lois pregnancy question
Newsarama managed to
Hellboy Qees
On the subject of Hellboy, I picked up the adorable new Hellboy Qee figures this week. There’s one of Hellboy (with a wee pistol) and his aquatic pal Abe Sapien. Very cute. They come with optional keychains, but I’ve just got mine standing on my desk at work.
Hellboy 2 lives
Even the most casual reader of this blog probably knows I’m a big fan of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. The comic is one of the best out there, and the film, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, is my favorite comic book film.
So it was with great pleasure that I read that Hellboy 2, whose future [...]
Heath Ledger IS the Joker
From Batman Sequel Title & Casting Confirmed!:
As a follow up to last year’s blockbuster Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight, written by Jonathan Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan. [...]