I haven't posted in a long time. What's gotten me out of retirement is Superman Returns. Most reviews I've seen of the movie have been lukewarm.

I, however, found the movie to be quite good. The story was good and the characterization was good, as well. There were not lots of actions scenes, but they were done well. This was really a movie about Superman and Lois and Superman and Lex. I thought Brandon Routh was well cast as both Clark Kent and Superman. Give me a character-based movie over an action movie any day. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.

I definitely recommend people see this movie, and on a big screen, too.

Now Playing: The WhoCast Episode 9

You're Salu Digby, Violet!


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Now Playing: Bob Dylan. Live At The Gaslight 1962

You scored as Storyteller. You're more inclined toward the role playing side of the equation and less interested in numbers or experience points. You're quick to compromise if you can help move the story forward, and get bored when the game slows down for a long planning session. You want to play out a story that moves like it's orchestrated by a skilled novelist or film director. </td> Storyteller 75% Specialist 67% Power Gamer 42% Tactician 17% Casual Gamer 8% Butt-Kicker 8% Method Actor 0% Law's Game Style created with QuizFarm.com

Over the last week or so, I've been getting into listening to podcasts. I am currently following fourteen podcasts: nine on gaming, two on comics, one political, one on Doctor Who, and one on Tolkien.

My gaming podcasts : All Games Considered, Have Games, Will Travel, Pulp Gamer, Roll 2d6, RPG Showcase, and The Round Table are all primarily review and commentary podcasts. OgreCave Audio Report is an industry news podcast. Radio Free KODT is readings of stories from Knights of the Dinner Table.

My comics podcasts: Collected Comics Library is about collections of comics, in particular, the DC Archives series. The Golden Age of Comic Books is, of course, about the golden age.

My political podcast is Progressive Point of View, a daily 2 minute editorial from the editor of The Progressive.

My Doctor Who podcast is called PodcastWho.

My Tolkien podcast is called Lord of the Rings Radio.

I'd recommend checking these out.

You are the First Doctor: Irascible, brusque, and
occasionally condescending and rude. You do not
suffer fools gladly, nor do you harbor any
false modesty about your capabilities. You have
a sharp tongue, though you're first-class
company when you're in a good mood.


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1990-2005.

I finally got my final Dylan bootleg yesterday and finished updating the chronological playlist last night. The playlist now has 1,008 songs, 2.8 days of music, and takes up 5.60 GB (only 140 MB short of an entire 6 GB iPod mini).

On the reading front, I acquired all of Virgin's Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures series and have begun reading them.

On the viewing front, I picked up the three Batman: The Animated Series box sets, which have all eighty-five episodes of that show. I also picked up the first Superman: The Animated Series box set.

I figure I will occasionally update this blog. Just assume I'm listening to Doctor Who and Dylan and reading Doctor Who. I will mention items that don't match this pattern.

Now Playing: Howard Shore. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Pictures have been posted on the BBC website showing the Tenth Doctor's costume!

I'm not sure when I'll be updating this blog. Delicious Library has taken away my major reason for starting this blog, to have somewhere where I'm keeping track of when I purchase items and when I read/listen/etc. them.

If I feel like posting again, I will. But if not, then I won't.

In accordance with age-old tradition I watched 1776 on Monday morning.

I pressed forward with reading The Scarlet Empress and am now almost three-quarters of the way through. I still like it quite a bit, it's a fun quest story.

I also went to see the fireworks near OMSI with gretchin, Sven, Seeger, and Jackie. An excellent show. I don't think I've ever been so close to the launch point. We were right next to the pyrotechnics barge.

Last night, gretchin and I watched "Dalek" and "The Longest Game," the sixth and seventh episodes from the new season of Doctor Who.

I didn't do a lot yesterday. It was very relaxing.

I did finish Unregenerate! It was great. I didn't guess who the villains were and Sylvester does a great crazy Doctor.

I started reading The Scarlet Empress by Paul Magrs, the next EDA, yesterday. I'm now over a sixth of the way through. The font size is smaller than normal, so it will take longer to read. This is the first appearance in a novel by Iris Wildthymme. I'm interested to see if her characterization is any different than in the audio adventures. I definitely hear Katy Manning doing her lines, so that's a good sign.

I listened to the "Love and Theft" remaster yesterday and was amazed at how much better it sounded than the original. So much crisper and cleaner.