Star Trek Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night

Posted on November 25th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{4.5/5} “The idea of such obvious power, so distasteful to her in the way that it for so long had been applied in Romulan society, seemed to mock her. Though she did not crave leadership, neither did she wish to be deposed. Having risen to the office of praetor, she wished to fashion her government […]

Star Trek Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within

Posted on November 25th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{4.5/5} “Yeah, but after Andor, if I screwed up this alliance, Admiral Akaar would transfer me to maintenance detail in the center of the nearest star, and then put my vaporized atoms on report for dereliction of duty.” Captain Picard is hoping the Talarian Republic will join the expanded Khitomer Alliance. Jono, the human who […]

Lord of Emperors

Posted on November 25th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{5/5} “He is not an old man by any means, but he is sufficiently advanced in years to hear horses and chariots in the night: the distant harbingers of an end to mortal tenure. There is much to do before he hears — as all true and holy Emperors are said to hear — the […]

Burn Notice (season 1)

Posted on November 24th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{5/5} “Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around. Know what it’s like being a spy? Like sitting in your dentist’s reception area twenty-four hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee, and every so often someone tries to kill you.” Michael Weston is on a mission in Nigeria when his contact tells him there’s […]

Movies that have nostalgic value

Posted on November 23rd, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

When I started collecting DVDs, I resolved to only keep movies that I thought were great — ones that I rated 4.5 or 5/5. I managed to keep to that rule, with a couple of exceptions. First, I have the entire Star Trek series — a few of which are 4/5. Second, there are a […]

30 hilarious street posters

Posted on November 21st, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

I found these extremely funny… 30 hilarious street posters you certainly haven’t seen around You might find other funny things on that web site too — it’s called Just something (creative), the magazine for visual addicts.

The IT Crowd: The Internet is Coming

Posted on November 13th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{3.5/5} “Does it ever seem to you that the things that happen to us are sort of strange?” Roy has a girlfriend who’s knowledgeable about comics, Jen swoons over a server at a coffee shop, and Moss is making videos of board game reviews (which no one likes). Douglas thinks Jen is his assistant Joan and […]

Kids React & Teens React

Posted on November 12th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  1 Comment »

These are some videos I came across recently that are produced on a regular basis by the Fine brothers. They have other videos but the two series I thought were the best were Kids React and Teens React. The two series are the same idea with a different age range. The brothers show kids or […]

Thor: The Dark World

Posted on November 10th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

{4.5/5} “You must be truly desperate to come to me for help. What makes you think you can trust me?” Malekith’s race was defeated by Odin’s father but he has been in hibernation, waiting for the day when he can get his hands on a powerful weapon called the Aether. Malekith will take advantage of […]

DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Evening Song”

Posted on November 9th, 2013 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

I went to the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s performance titled “Evening Song,” the start of their 15th anniversary season. I didn’t know any of the pieces, but the choir was splendid as always. There were a couple of pieces for solo clarinet: Rhapsody — Willson Osborne “Prelude” from Ten a Penny Pieces — Clifford Crawley One piece […]