So Say We All

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I Scene VAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of The FutureThe best...

Kings

It’s got Ian McShane being imperious and conniving. It’s gorgeous, and the story is Shakespearean. Well, technically it’s Biblical, which might get annoying. I feel I can let it go a little farther though because it is essentially an...

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts: Can’t Lose!

O Frabjous Day! Friday Night Lights has been renewed for a third season in a unique deal with DirecTV. Apparently, the head of DirecTV is just a big fan of the show and was willing to shell out whatever it took just to make sure they kept making it, regardless of...

The Aftermath

Writers in Hollywood returned to work today, ending a three and a half month strike that pretty much brought the television industry to a halt, replacing everything interesting about TV with reality shows where people take lie detector tests in front of their friends...

Spoiler Alert!

A book hits the shelves at 12:01 tonight. It’s about a boy who goes to school to become a wizard. I’m told it’s the seventh, and last, in a series of books that have been rather popular among the clannish sort that read such things. Perhaps...