Doolittle Raid
Today marks the 69th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the first bombing of the Japanese main islands during World War 2. The raid, planned and lead by Jimmy Doolittle with…
Remembering World War 1
Today marks the 94th Anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War 1, with its Declaration of War on Germany. World War 1 was one of the deadliest conflicts in…
Battle: Los Angeles Rocks!
I went to see Battle: Los Angeles last night. I had heard very little of the film, in fact I had only recently heard about for the first time. Yesterday…
AER MarsCon2011
MarsCon 2011 has come and gone. To start off with, a good time was had by all (and if you didn't have fun, that's your own fault, not mine!). Alexis…
Rest Well, Major Winters
I read about it first on BigPeace last night, and one of my writing partners on LibertySF has also written about this. Major Richard "Dick" Winters has passed away at…
True Grit
Yesterday I committed sacrilege. I went to see the Coen brothers remake of True Grit, one of John Wayne’s most famous films. A lot of people have already tackled the…
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
It's been awhile since I had last seen The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and I was able to steal away the time to do so this week. This has…
Dalek Christmas Carol
I couldn't resist. Merry Christmas.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
On Saturday we (Me and the family) went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This is the third movie in the series. It was also…
Of Jedi Tea Patriots and Beer
Captain's Log, Stardate, oh, wait, that's pajama boy stuff. We made it back to DS9 and Quark’s place. Rocky-wan Viterbo looked quite depressed over the loss of the Millennium Albatross.…