The Trial of Terra, pt. II

And under a brutal cross examination by Jump City District Attorney Jack McCoy, Terra admits on the stand that she slept with Slade.

Teen Titans Fun With Photoshop

The People of Jump City vs. Tara Markov



...so I have a bizarre sense of humor.

Pull List -- Week of March 5, 2006

Not much on this week's pull list.

New Releases - 3/8/06
Teen Titans #33
Firestorm #23

Currently Reading (Comics)
Firestorm #15

Currently Reading (Literature)
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen

Currently Watching on DVD
Andromeda, Season 2
Lost, Season 1

And I'm still finishing up watching all the Winter Olympics stuff I DVR'd. I was too busy to watch it when the Olympics were going on, but since I have some time now I've been going through it slowly. Unfortunately, some of the coverage got deleted before I could watch it - I'm really, really annoyed that I missed nearly all of the speed skating competitions. Grrr.

New Doctor Who

The new Doctor Who series is set to premiere on The SciFi Channel, starting on March 17. I've already seen the episodes (courtesy of bit torrent - the series came out last year in the UK), and I can tell you that the new series is excellent. For all of you guys who spent a large chunk of the 1980s staying up late on the weekend to watch the original Doctor Who on PBS, this series will be a real treat.

Check out SciFi's page on the new series:
Doctor Who on SciFi

Also check out the BBC's website for information on the second season, which is slated to start sometime in the spring (including Anthony Steward Head guesting in one episode, as well as an appearance by former companions Sarah Jane Smith and K-9. Oh yeah, and the Cybermen):
Doctor Who - BBC Homepage

And while we're at it, two other great Doctor Who sites to mention:

Up to date information on Doctor Who both new and old:
Doctor Who News - Outpost Gallifrey

And for those who miss the old days of the original series, did you know that they are making audio dramas starring many of the original cast members in NEW adventures? Including spinoffs focusing on some of the more popular characters (Sarah Jane Smith, Romana & Leela, UNIT, not to mention Dalek and Cybermen serials)? Check these out:
Big Finish: The Doctor Who Audio Adventures

What, I still have a blog?

Wow. I just realized that this blog is still active. Just about all I've actually done with this account is to use it to leave comments on other people's blogs.

So what am I up to right now?

At the moment, my wife is running for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in the Democratic Primary. The primary vote is on March 21, 2006. If you live in Cook County (the City of Chicago and near suburbs) and are planning on voting in the Democratic Primary, please consider a vote for my wife. Please Punch #82 - Help Put A Fan on the Bench.

For more information, visit:
Siobhanforjudge.Org

We thank you for your support.

(If I get her elected this time, then I won't have to be working on yet another campaign in two years time...)

Hwæt! The Blog Begins

So, here it is. I've been wanting to do this for some time, get some things off my chest, and just generally shout at the virtual ether knowing full well that most people won't give a damn and even fewer will actually read whatever it is I'll end up posting here.

This is actually my second attempt at starting a blog. The first ended in complete failure because Blogger couldn't get past my ISP's firewall in order to upload my blog to my website. I tried fiddling with the settings, couldn't get it to work, ended up just deleting the damn thing and created a new one, and then let Blogger host it. I suppose this means I should get around to posting a link to this from my regular web site. Yet another thing I need to get to.

So, here are the basics: Male, just turned 40 (egad!), married for (almost) 13 years with three great children (one girl and a pair of twin boys), living in Chicago, IL. Interests include science fiction & fantasy, literature, classical music, history, traveling. Big, long-time anime/manga fan. Also a big fan of the British SF series Doctor Who (I'll probably touch on these issues at some point or another, so be forewarned.) Current book I am reading is Berserker Blue Death, by Fred Saberhagen. Favorite composer, at the moment probably Aaron Copland; favorite musical group, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (of course!). Favorite place to visit: just about anywhere west of the Mississippi River, especially around the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Politically, I like to describe myself as a pragmatic libertarian, which basically means that I think meat inspectors are a good idea (among other things). I am virulantly anti-marxist, and pretty much think that Stalin and Mao were two of the three most evil men of the 20th Century (the third, of course, being Hitler). And to give you a better idea of where I am in the socio-political scheme of things, here are some other beliefs of mine:

• A woman should have the right to an abortion but the god damn good sense not to do it.
• John Wayne Gacy, Timothy McVeigh, and Ted Bundy all got exactly the punishment they deserved.
• Lee Harvey Oswald was a nutcase who acted alone.
• You have the right to be stupid. Smoking dope is stupid. Drinking yourself into the gutter is stupid. Jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge is stupid.
• Don't expect me to have to pay for your stupidity. You are responsible for the consequences of your actions. Deal with it.
• Anyone who started smoking after about 1975 and now wants to sue a tobacco company because they are dieing of cancer should have their lawsuit laughed out of court. Ditto anyone trying to sue McDonalds because they got fat from eating their food.
• Mumia is guilty.
• Castro is a dictator. Cuba is a totalitarian state.
• Kenneth Lay is guilty.
• The only group of people it is perfectly OK to be prejudiced or to discriminate against are Green Bay Packers fans.
• O.J. is guilty, guilty, guilty, GUILTY!

Bloody hell, time to go to bed. More rants later.