Dear Buddha*

I’d like a pony and a plastic rocket and a book deal.
*This is a reference to the Serenity captain, Mal, who, having no idea what to do while kneeling at a Buddhist shrine, decides to pray the only way he knows how—by praying like a little kid.

Smoking Whedon Fonda Science Fiction

I just exchanged a few books I don't need for Serenity and Firefly,
which, of course, I do need.
Since Borders was also having a buy 3 DVDs get one free sale, I also
picked up the second X men movie and…..
BARBARELLA!!!!!!!!
Fear me.

the gift…

As some of you will recall, I plowed through Buffy seasons 3 and 4 in
the span of three days while recovering from gallbladder surgery back
in April.
I just finished season 5. (Also watched much Angel in the interim and
a bit of Firefly.) And what I really, really, really want to know is
why the key was so [...]

Helcat's Philcon Schedule

From the “Token Jesus Freak On The Big Question Panel” and “What Part Of Don't Schedule Me For Friday Did You Not Understand?” department:
* Fri 10:00 PM in 304—What We Don't Know (67)
According to some experts, science has solved all the big questions, and all that remains is detail. At least, that's what they said a [...]

Well, that was an interesting trip home.

Flight was delayed and very bumpy once it finally got in the air.
but i'm home safe. And wrote half a novel outline while pitching around at 33K feet.
DFH has cleaned the entire house. *boggle* Best. Boyfriend. Evar!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who made this WFC awesome. It was good seeing old friends, meeting new friends, and hanging [...]

No, I was not drunk last night.

Exhausted, perhaps.
Funny of the day: I can say my name 20 times in 20 contexts, but I think all the hair color changes have caught up with me, as at cons the thing that makes the light bulb go off is always “I'm the artist formerly known as helcat.” I don't think I'll ever escape [...]

Oh, i should note…

K and I went to see Serenity over the weekend.
Now I'm sure I'm not the first to turn this phrase, being a belated Whedon fan, but the experience was sheer Whedonistic joy.
K I got lots of good dialogue afterward. I'm not familiar with firefly, being still stuck in season 5 of Buffy and Season [...]

Faith meets sci-fi, number eight billion and two

There is an extensive section in the back of the Book of Common Prayer called “Historical Documents.”

Fun on the mall

Yesterday we went to the rally in front of the White House, which was really awesome. There were SO many people there. Never did catch up with the groups I wanted to interview, though I had a nice one with Chester County for Peace. Good mix of old and young, surprisingly little race diversity, though. [...]

what's klingon for meme?

That quote shakespeare thing, with apologies to
From Khamlet:
taH pagh taHbe'. DaH mu'tlheghvam vIqelnIS.
quv'a', yabDaq San vaQ cha, pu' je SIQDI'?
pagh, Seng bIQ'a'Hey SuvmeH nuHmey SuqDI',
'ej, Suvmo', rInmoHDI'? Hegh. Qong — Qong neH —
'ej QongDI', tIq 'oy', wa'SanID Daw''e' je
cho'nISbogh porghDaj rInmoHlaH net Har. *
(*To be or not to be, etc. Link here:
http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/shakespeare/star.trek.html )

Another nod for the War of the Worlds movie

I'm not sure if anyone else noticed this, but there is a lot in War of the Worlds that pays homage to John Christopher's books, which were, in graphic form, my introduction to the world of science fiction shortly before I got hooked on Star Blazers. I'm reminded of this because K just read the [...]

The LJ Gom Jabbar

Apparently I posted several comments on LJ anonymously without realizing it and then got this thing saying “Please prove you are human.”
I didn't figure it out until LJ was already convinced I was a spambot.
This was particularly funny because K and I had just listened to the first chapter of Dune on tape.

Neil Gaiman sightings in DC area (sept)

Neil Gaiman's book tour has been announced: Sat. Sept. 24: Washington DC, National Book Festival, DC Sun. Sept 25: Washington DC, Borders Bailey’s Crossroads For the rest, have a look at NeilGaiman.com.
I won't be all quibbly and point out that Bailey's Crossroads is not in DC. This almost makes up for the fact that I [...]