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I’m not a big Star Trek fan but I did really like TNG in the 90s. I had a group of friends I’d watch it with each week and learned a lot more than I ever could imagine about Star Trek lore from them. It’ll be a couple of weeks before I’ll get a chance [...]

Dom DeLuise died last night. He was so great in Blazing Saddles and other movies but I always loved him best as a guest on those 70s talk shows and game shows when I was a kid. He was so full of sweetness and silliness and always seemed completely bemused at the chaos he created. [...]

When I first saw this video, I couldn’t help thinking how much this slow loris reminds me of Scout the Wonder Cat. But then I started to realize that perhaps the resemblance was much, much closer to home. That’s right. Yours truly loves a good tickle herself.

And all of this tickling talk made me think [...]

I confess I’ve been a little slow to go all iPhone app crazy. I have UrbanSpoon and another app that keeps track of my gym workouts. And like all writing geeks, I have several dictionary apps. But when I saw this on SlateV.com, I knew this was an app I could use. From our friends [...]

I’m hooked on a Canadian TV series called Slings and Arrows. It’s about the dramas and comedies, around of a Shakespeare Festival in the fictional New Burbage. The artistic director is deranged, the lead actress (and his former lover) is selfish and fickle and sleeping with an 18-year old, the managing director is sleeping with [...]

It’s the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. We see destruction and war in the news. We hear politicians on both sides twist the state of the country to their own agenda. But what’s it like to be a 20-something living in Baghdad? Check out three webisodes from Hometown Baghdad and find out. [...]

Salon’s Video Dog posted Medieval Help Desk yesterday and had me rolling! In medieval times, a help desk agent makes a house call to help the user of a new form of technology…the book. I think the best part is when the user laments the extra time needed to turn the page when a scroll [...]

Today was the big game! I was at a friends, all decked out in my Peyton Manning jersey, cursing and cheering and eating. Great fun! (Thanks, IdaRose and Neil!) A few of thoughts:
- Touchdown on the game’s kickoff? Two back-to-back fumbles? It wasn’t a pretty game, but oh how I love that the Peyton [...]

I loved Garpenfargle which shows an afternoon in the life of Hobbes, a rascally pooch who tries to do the right thing. Alas, he can’t overcome his doggie nature when his human does the silliest thing and leaves him alone for the afternoon. Yes, we all know where this is going, but some very clever [...]

Wholphin is a DVD magazine of short films. You subscribe to it just like a print magazine, and Vol. 2 is now available. It’s a great concept. Think of it as a literary journal equivalent for videos. There’s also web-only content on their website. Vol. 1 was great. One of my favorite videos was a [...]