“Psych”, which airs on the USA Network, is a show about a hyper-observant police consultant who uses his skill to pass himself off as a psychic. The gimmick gets tiring, but the interplay between the characters is sometimes amusing. Anyways, Susan and I were watching one of the latest episodes (“If You’re So Smart, Then [...] » Read more

You may have heard that there’s a Simpsons movie coming out soon. As part of the marketing scheme, they’re temporarily rebranding a dozen 7-Elevens as Kwik-E-Marts, 11 in the States and one in Canada. As an erstwhile convenience store resident, and moderate 7-Eleven delinquent during high school, Apu’s naturally one of my favourite characters. (Best [...] » Read more

Just finished The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell – you may know her better as the voice of Violet in the Incredibles. It’s a good read. In her essay on Al Gore’s nerdiness, she references an anonymous commentator on slashdot. Furthermore, geeks tend to be focused on very narrow fields of [...] » Read more

TV ramblings are in order today, because recent reality has been pretty dull. With the demise of Buffy there’s really not much on TV that I regularly watch anymore. I still can’t tolerate reality shows and dislike most sitcoms, and don’t have the patience to follow a story arc from episode to episode. This [...] » Read more

Watching food porn by Nigella Lawson: “I don’t think there’s any bad way of eating fried chicken or indeed any fried food, but I have to say that I love this cold, and although cold fried food might sound disgusting to some people, I think cold fried chicken is just the most fabulous picnic [...] » Read more

Sorry Mimi, but having taped and fastforwarded through it at high speed, I’m compelled to disagree: Prospero’s Books is just a nauseatingly bad movie. Just to balance the negative comment: Cathy Rogers interviewed on slashdot today – she’s such a (intelligent! insightful! quintessentially British!) babe. Her show Full Metal Challenge rocks too. [...] » Read more

Iron Chef episode with Kobe in the octopus battle (one of the better episodes, despite my dislike of Chef “My Hat Is 3 Feet Tall” Kobe): during tasting, token fluffhead actress blurts “This really reminds me of my childhood”. Uh, what? Ridiculously fresh octopus, marinated in sparkling wine, mixed with prawns, wrapped [...] » Read more

I haven’t been commenting on popular media for a while, but I’ll make a point now of saying: tonight’s showing of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the Greatest. Episode. Ever. Obsnark: Okay, so Sarah Michelle Gellar does have pretty terrible singing skills. That’s fine: it makes her more human, less of an unapproachable [...] » Read more

Didi mau! Didi mau! –Bart, The Simpsons: “Skinner’s Sense Of Snow” (Episode #CABF06) Having just seen that on TV and finally understanding what Manh Ha was chuckling about at Christmas, it hit home how much I miss having old friends around. [...] » Read more