internecine geek war

A few more blogs died in the past few weeks. R.I.P "Art Is For Losers" and "Glennalicious." Blogicide is sad. (correction: AIFL is not dead, it just moved)

Thankfully, Miss Deborah Gibson is still blogging, and is in an incredible new movie called ‘Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus’. The confluence of elements in this film is almost too much to bear. I would probably explode if Crystal was fighting Alexis in the water over the carcasses.

I went to the theaters yesterday with the intent to see Star Trek , thinking on a Tuesday night it wouldn't be crowded. It was sold out. So I went to see Wolverine instead, which was good fun. Jackman was good in his role, Wolvie and Sabretooth's dad was hot, but the guys I'm hot for in movies always die within minutes. I LOVED Gambit and of course Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds shines in any movie he's in, but as you know I'm a bit biased. If a Deadpool film is really in the works, I'm all for it.

I'll see Trek soon enough I'm sure. Meanwhile it's been fun observing the internecine geek war between Trek traditionalists, Next Gen Trekkers and the new Reboot Fanatic faction. Nerds everywhere are crying, pulling their own or others' hair out and are generally outraged. Count Lileks in as a Reboot faction member:

Engineering should look like Engineering, with a big throbbing warp core with lights that go up and down and catwalks all around it, because if there aren’t any catwalks there’s nothing from which people can be catapulated, screaming, when the ship is attacked.

Hip citydwellers challenging chicken ordinances. Retailers can't throw enough discounts at customers these days.

Finally, after two years the iris in the front pond has sent up some flowers: