The Hero’s Landscape

Hubby and I were watching a ‘How It Should Have Ended ‘ video for ‘Man of Steel’. I have only seen the first half of the movie before I ended up in labour with number 3 (!), so didn’t understand the joke about breaking villains’ necks. To clear this up for me, we proceeded to…

Pleasantly Surprised by Warcraft

An unusual thing happened this weekend: I went out, without my children. I took my husband to a movie. When I was child-free, there was a word for this kind of shocking activity. I think it was ‘a date’. As a pre-father’s day gift, the movie that we went to see was ‘Warcraft’, based on…

Nerdinator: The Rise of the Geeks

Another post inspired by a bit of catch-up viewing on Netflix. This time, it’s been the later series of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ – a show with just enough relationship entanglements to appeal to general sitcom enthusiasts, and spades of geekdom to draw in people like me. The popularity and appeal of the show has…

A Universe of Gates: Thoughts on ‘Stargate: Universe’

  I’ve just made myfirst blog post for a while on my sister site, http://www.thayerthoughts.wordpress.com. This time, my reflections on Stargate: Universe, and the rest of the Stargate franchise. I might eventually move all my blogging to here, but for now, to view the whole post click here, or read below: Been a while since I’ve…