The seventh inning of a playoff game last night will stand as one of the strangest runs of events in the annals. Source: Wild North - The New Yorker
Author: Mark Ladouceur
Baseball is stranger than fiction
Fiction for all that it frees the writer to bend the world to our will can still seem a step too far beyond reality when we create a certain situation or a character. It would be hard to believe that someone could get to the queen's bedroom if Michael Fagan hadn't done it. Or that… Continue reading Baseball is stranger than fiction
The Barren Field
So, my problem recently is that every now and then I get it into my head, “Hey, I should write a Whatever entry about something,” and then I go through the list of things out there to write about, and by and large the emotion I feel about them is “oh, Jesus, like I give a single shit about that right now.”
And it feels great! I am bathed in enjoyable lassitude about pretty much everything right about now. I don’t imagine it will last — it never does, I’m a cranky bastard — but for the moment? It’s kind of lovely. I think I will appreciate it while it lasts.
Scene from a walk in the woods
Ex Machina: reflections on the movie
I saw Ex Machina on Friday, after waiting a while for it to be in wide enough release in my home town. Before getting to the spoilers, and there will be some , I wanted to say that I really enjoyed Ex Machina. It was the kind of science fiction that's a nice alternative to… Continue reading Ex Machina: reflections on the movie
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary revisited
What a pleasant surprise to find out that an old, favourite Star Trek game is coming back through gog.com. It's funny to realize that almost as much time has passed between this game's release and now as the 25 years between Star Trek's premiere and the game's release in 1992. I played the hell out of Star Trek:… Continue reading Star Trek: 25th Anniversary revisited
The Battle of Christmas Present
In the closing hours of the last day of the long, bloody, soul-wracking 2014 Christmas shopping season, hours before Boxing Day month begins, I must remind every consumer, all of us, to do their duty to the utmost. You must remain strong, resolute, and sharp-eyed for that last item on your list. You must keep your… Continue reading The Battle of Christmas Present
Biowaring
After just emerging from my self-induced Mass Effect trilogy fugue state (in which I played through all three again), I'm now in the middle of installing Dragon Age: Inquisition on the trusty old PS3. Actually now I'm done the prologue. Fantasy RPGs aren't my thing as much as SF-themed ones, but Bioware usually comes through… Continue reading Biowaring
Radiant review
Finished Karina Sumner-Smith’s first novel, Radiant, and enjoyed it. The setting is something I haven’t seen before. It’s post apocalyptic on one literal level, but then has a city that floats above the ruins. Powered by magic, it’s a collection of floating towers around a central spire. Sumner-Smith’s description through the book makes it a… Continue reading Radiant review
Aspiring singer, Sarah Boutcher
This is my best friend's daughter, Sarah Boutcher, performing Thinking Out Loud, by Ed Sheeran, and also Sia's Chandelier. It's amazing to see how good she's become. I wish her all the best as she pursues her passion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_fHDkUazKg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cuL_Iu3-8
Dispatches from Obscurity 