What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide by Jana Riess “At last, a Buffy book as smart as Buffy, the show. Riess has given us the key to understanding the subtle theology of slayage, but her book…
QOTD: Television
Television’s perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the…
More Homely Nattering
The house continues to come together. We need to mount more blinds, but that’s really a two-person job in our two-story entryway, and curiousmay9 is NOT up to it for a while (neither she nor I are allowed on ladders).…
Richard Biggs Dead
He’s the actor who played Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon5 From J. Michael Straczynski executive producer of Babylon-5. From: [email protected] (Jms at B5) I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug to pass along the…
Want a Laugh?
Note to self: Do NOT follow links from theferrett while drinking anything. So I had to wipe down the monitor, but now I don’t have to worry about seeing Van Helsing.
Hello
Why yes, I am still capable of doing more than posting about what’s being said elsewhere. Really. I promise. It’s been a week. Actually, most of it has been reasonably good—there were two whole days in which I didn’t have…
Hello
I’m sitting here in a somewhat less-cluttered sitting room, fresh from a lovely shower, waiting for my man to get home. When he does, we’ll be going back up to the apartment one last time. It’s so nice to have…
I’m More Awake Now :-)
We spent our first night in Castle Caritas last night, and it was lovely. I adore our room. It feels very “grounded” and safe. Katie likes her aqua room. Shelley approves of both but has requested her own personal catwalk…
TV & Kids Revisited
I couldn’t find this accessible to all online, so I’m posting the full article
No, REALLY? I’m SHOCKED, I’m Telling You!
Unequivocal evidence’ media violence has negative impact on children A new report reviews the large body of research that has investigated the ways in which violent media influence behavior. Across all media genres, the authors found that the research consistently…