Pebble Watch – review
Please keep in mind I have only had the watch for a few days. But with that: So the Pebble watch, for those that don’t know, was a Kickstarter project to make a watch that connects via Bluetooth to your phone...
I Hate Your Top Ten Lists
The Top Ten Cars, Top Ten Blogging Tips, Top Ten Celebs Who Lick Otters. This is the state of websites these days. This. This reductive, mindless bullshit passing itself off as content is what we’ve come to....
Amelia Cole Merchendise – Lemmy Head Pins
In order to celebrate the Feb 20th release of Amelia Cole issue 6 we decided to make a very short run of our first Amelia Cole merchandise. So, working with Jennifer Cunningham of Jen Hearts Art the Lemmy Head Pin...
eBay cruising
There are days I do searches on eBay for book lots. I don’t know why, I never buy them, but I like looking at them. “Ooooh I can get 107 books for 25 bucks right now. All old SF/F paperbacks....
New Girl – The first true Sitcom Voltron
I was talking to a friend the other day (my The Glory, The Glory podcast co-host Aidan) and realized that New Girl is really something special on modern television. To really dig into why, though, we need to glance...
Game of Heathers
I just realized that Heathers, yes the movie, fits really well into Game of Thrones. Yes, really. Think of it like this: You have Heather Lannister, Heather Baratheon, and Heather Greyjoy and then poor Veronica...
Why is being honest so confusingly rare?
The other day I ordered some cat food from Amazon. It never showed up. So I called FedEx (the carrier used) and Amazon and back and forth and no one knew where it had been lost. So Amazon offered to refund me. They...
Where Else To Find Me
You know I utterly forgot to ever mention this here: I write a new weekly column at Three If By Space. It’s an ongoing look at things in SF/F that either annoy me or make me laugh. Or even just make me think...
Some things are problematic.
Today I am going to let you in on a little secret: Someone not liking the thing you like, and having valid reasons for their dislike, in no way limits your ability to enjoy that same thing. Now, this...
What Ticketmaster fees are used for.
I love going to concerts. I mean music is one of the big highlights of my life, of my every breathing day, so going to go see people play music live is always amazing. Music, music, music. Recently I got tickets to...
Debts imgined.
Had a bit of a run in with medical bills recently. See, months ago I had some blood work done, as part of a whole thing and in-between getting the blood work done and them sending it to the lab my insurance changed...
‘Twas the Night Before A Freelancer’s Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Almost no creatures stirred, but the freelancers light didn’t go out. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, The Freelancer wanted...
Ä TÄLË ÖF MËTÄL ËÄRTH
Gaändylf the Rocking came down and knocked on the door. Bustling noises could be heard inside and Gaändylf waited, if impatiently. His fingers twisted and flexed, a kickass air guitar solo formed, with his...
Gone to the dogs.
I am allergic to cats and dogs. Cats I get over after a few days in the same place with the same cats. Dogs… I don’t know. That’s because I am a totally irrational and fairly complete and...
Jem! I’m gonna hologram forever…
Shameful realization – I’ve never actually dug into the Jem cartoon here. I mean I’ve created a Scale of One to Jem. I’ve talked about the show some but I’ve never really given it the...