In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the Crown prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. Franchises are often very fragile things - do it right, and you end up with muc...

TV this week: Battlestar Galactica: "Home: Part 1" - I'm to the point that if an episode has Baltar in it, I kind of wish it would end immediately. The character makes me squirm. Fortunately, he's only in one scene. I wonder if the new Boomer will survive very long in that crowd of hostile humans? T...

I’m not what you would call a “Doctor Who fan,” but we’ve been watching all of the recent series on our Roku Netflix box lately. There are a lot of pretty cheesy episodes, but I’ve generally enjoyed most of them. However, the other night we watched an episode entitled &...

I'm going to Vividcon! And, in celebration, I have vid recs. But first, a VVC-related comment and poll: Last time, I realized that being completely and utterly unable to initiate conversations with strangers is a bit of a handicap at a con. (Yes, I should have known that going in, and in fact I did,...

Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis, Shane Richie, Keith Chegwin, Bobby Davro, Bradley Walsh. What do they all have in common? Their very mention triggers a feeling of drowning in depression? They’re cheap, tacky, polyester-suited, out dated Bognor Regis seafront entertainers? They are people who should...

I agree: "motion comics" are not comics. It's a form of animation. That doesn't make it inferior or anything, it's just not comics. Best story from NYCC: Daniel Dae Kim, better known as Jin off of "Lost", also attending the New York Comic Convention this weekend, in his capacity of being in "Lost," ...

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Nerd Prom did not disappoint. The first thing I saw when I got the Jacob Javits Center to pick up my tickets was a couple of Imperial Stormtroopers standing by the line and having their pictures taken with other attendees, all in the shadow of a giant He-Man statue. Nerd Prom, baby. It is on! The fi...

I have two confessions today. One is that I went shopping this morning for pants that I can wear to cocktail parties Monday in NYC. I didn’t find any because I’m TOO SHORT. Kohls is having some great clearance sales and I tried on an embarrassing number of pants but they all were too lon...

I have been in somewhat of a depressive funk since getting hurt. Not being able to do normal tasks in the course of your day due to extreme pain can get most frustrating. Although I do have a nice collection of narcotics and muscle relaxers to help me out, I have never been one who feels comfortable...