Author Archives: Solonor

SciFi wants to shed its geeky image? Um, dudes, you didn’t have one to begin with!

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Solonor

SCI FI Channel to become Syfy This is similar to Tech TV announcing that it was “too techy” and morphing into the inane ramblings of G4. It’s not unexpected. Sci-Fi lost me a loooong time ago. This is just the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants 'n' Whines | 4 Comments

You people don’t understand. I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me!

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Solonor

What follows is a long, spoiler-filled ramble on the Watchmen movie. If you haven’t seen it, yet, then do so. Come back afterward and let me know what you thought. These are mine. Watchmen. Self-appointed, neurotic (sometimes psychotic) guardians of … Continue reading →

Posted in The Big Screen | 3 Comments

Oh noes! The Reds are poisoning the water supply!

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Solonor

One of my favorite web sites these days, io9, has an article called The Version of Watchmen the Studio Wanted. I haven’t seen the movie, yet, but if the fight Zack Snyder put up to make it remain faithful to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Big Screen | 3 Comments

Extermina…glub, glub, glub…

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Solonor

Dalek Found Submerged in Pond The 42-year-old said: “I’d just shifted a tree branch with my foot when I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. “I got the shock of my life when a Dalek … Continue reading →

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Damn you, atheists!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Solonor

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I hope to tell ya…

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Solonor

Posted in Strangeness | 3 Comments

57 Channels and nothin’…ooh, wait, shiny!

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Solonor

Despite all the crap that floats around the outside of Major League Baseball (money, drugs, etc.), I’m still a fan. So, when I discovered the new MLB Network on my cable lineup, I was skeptical but hopeful. So far, I’m … Continue reading →

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Please ignore the previous outburst

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Solonor

It was a bad day, yesterday. Let’s just leave it at that.

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 2 Comments

The most I can say about that is…

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Solonor

I live in the single most fucked up state in the Union. Period. I can’t wait for June.

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything, Rants 'n' Whines | 3 Comments

Meet Marvin the Paranoid PC

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Solonor

Got a new member of the family this week. We Christened him “Marvin” after both the android and the Martian. He joins Baldrick, Voltron, Daria, Mothra and the less-than-inspiringly-named “Paul_PC” in our rag-tag network of electronic friends. Marvin replaced Baldrick … Continue reading →