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{4.5/5} “A wise man told me that policing is about positively affecting one person at a time for the better.” Blue Bloods season 5, aired in 2014-15 Frank Reagan is the Police Commissioner in New York City. His father Henry is retired as was also Police Commissioner. His sons Danny and Jamie are cops,and his […]
{4.5/5} Dead Like Me: Life After Death, aired in 2009 Rube has passed on, and the grim reapers have a new boss. Instead of post-it notes they now have cell phones. George has gotten better at both of her jobs. Meanwhile Joy has written a book and helps grieving families, and Reggie is learning to […]
{4.5/5} Dead Like Me season 2, aired in 2004 George and her friends all struggle with their existence after death as reapers. George tries being a bad girl at work for a day, Roxy becomes a police officer, Mason drinks all the time, and Daisy is trying out religion. Even Rube takes a couple of […]
{4/5} “I was raised to be charming, not sincere.” Into the Woods, released in 2014 The baker and his wife discover that the reason they can’t have a child is because the witch who lives next door has cursed the baker. But the witch will lift the curse if they find four items by the […]
{4.5/5} Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder, published in 2005 Teven Coronal is divided into manifolds, where reality has been constructed according to people’s tastes. In Westerhaven manifold Livia is stunned to receive a visit from one of the founders, who asks her to investigate something that should be impossible in Raven, a next-door manifold. […]
{4.5/5} Star Trek: The Next Generation — The Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang, published in 2014 Data has left Starfleet and is living with his daughter Lal on Orion Prime — he inherited a casino there from his father Dr. Soong. Then Lal is kidnapped by someone he never expected to see again — Moriarty. […]
My friend James has rebooted his blog. On it he’s focusing on 3 things: how to fix some broken pop culture, what he liked this week, and writing tips. Here’s his fix for The Wheel of Time, in which he suggests it be condensed from 14 books to 3: The Wheel of Time Trilogy
There’s a controversy in this year’s Hugo award nominations that seems unprecedented. Because a small number of people generally nominate, and anyone who purchases a $40 Worldcon membership can nominate, that leads to the ease with which the system can be overthrown. In other words, a group of people working together can get books they […]
On this list under “best of the best” and “honourable mentions” I’m only going to mention movies I’ve seen more than once. More than once usually means 2 or 3 times — even the Star Trek movies, which I’ve seen more than any others, I’ve probably seen no more than 7 or 8 times. Then […]
These days I don’t often watch a bad movie all the way to the end, but there was a time when I did. I’m sure I’ve seen other terrible movies in my life, but these are the ones that stick out in my mind as being shockingly horrible. Worst of the Worst The Man Who […]