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Haiku Reviews

In Movies, TV on 25 May 2007 with 1 comment

Of the Lost season 3 finale:
Flash-forwards are cool.
Bet Michael’s in the casket.
Worst fake beard ever.
Of the 3rd Pirates installment:
Man, am I confused.
Pirates are complicated.
Just blow stuff up, ‘k?

The Subliminal Reassurances of Procedural Dramas Continue

In TV on 13 April 2007 with 1 comment

A year and a half ago (my, how time flies) I wrote a little ditty about The Subliminal Reassurances of Procedural Dramas. The basic unspoken premise was that CSI and its ilk are all reassuring because they show us that, should we die in an unforeseen yiffing accident, a group of smart, determined people will [...]

Librarians are Hiding Something!

In TV, Technorati on 26 March 2007 with 1 comment

Because Stephen Colbert told me so.
Also interesting fact: As of this moment, a couple hours after the show, Google has zero results for this phrase. Technorati? 16 results. Go real time web.

Colbert Jumps the Shark

In TV on 10 July 2006 with Comments Off

I just wanted to be the first to make a post with these phrases:
Colbert Report.
Amy Sedaris.
Tumble.
Jump the shark.
That is all.

What’s a nice Viper deckhand like you doing in a Tiki Bar like this?

In Geek, Internet, Scifi, TV, Video on 6 June 2006 with Comments Off

Battlestar Galactica may be in-between seasons after one of the most daring cliffhangers in TV history, but that doesn’t mean the characters are just hanging around waiting for Ron to call.
I may be one of the few people out there who’s a member of both the Battlestar Galactica community of nerddom and the Tiki [...]

WWSD? (What Would Swearengen Do?)

In TV on 19 May 2006 with Comments Off

My friends all know that I loves me some Deadwood. The award-winning HBO western is one of my favorite shows ever, and probably only second to Sci Fi’s Battlestar Galactica in my current TV obsessions.
So what a bummer it was to learn that HBO has not yet renewed the cast’s contracts for a fourth [...]

Thanks a lot, Apple

In Apple, Geek, TV, Technology on 12 May 2006 with Comments Off

I’ve used Apple computers since high school. If it wasn’t for the Mac, I probably wouldn’t have wound up working for newspapers, getting into the web, moving to San Francisco, and living the life I have now. I’ve sung the Mac’s praises to friends and family for almost twenty years.
And now I know what, [...]

“It’s So Big!”

In Fun, Geek, Life, Photos, TV on 12 January 2006 with Comments Off

I have to say, hearing my wife come into the living room and say, “Oh my God, it’s so big,” gives me a certain manly geek pride I’ve never quite felt before.
She also told me it was well hung.

The Subliminal Reassurances of Procedural Dramas

In TV on 24 November 2005 with Comments Off

Bones - Don’t worry, if you get killed and all that’s left of you are your bones, a brilliant but socially awkward woman and a vampire with a soul will solve the crime using a combination of 3D imaging and sexual tension.
Cold Case - Don’t worry, if you died a long time ago, a malnourished [...]

Dear Stephen Colbert

In TV on 18 October 2005 with Comments Off

Hey Steve. You know I love you. I really do. Your reports on the Daily Show have been fantastic. The Week in God? Brilliant. And your voices for Harvey Birdman are my favorite part of the show. Hah hah! “Part.”
But, Steve, lemme ask you a question. You know how sometimes, on Saturday Night Live, they [...]