Monthly Archives: May 2010

Interesting season finale to NCIS last night, with Papa Walton, I mean Papa Gibbs at risk. I think I see how it will conclude. After all, if there’s an armed guard in Abby’s lab then Gibbs probably has someone (possibly … Continue reading →

This is going to be a very long post, and it consists of a combination of ramblings, musings and observations, but it’s all about Lost, so it’s all behind the cut. First off, I thought it was an excellent idea … Continue reading →

Shows are wrapping up left and right for the season. For some reason I thought last night was going to be the (series) finale of FlashForward, too, but I guess there’s one more episode left. I can’t say I was … Continue reading →

When I saw this scene at the end of this week’s NCIS, I was immediately reminded of Taylor (Charlton Heston) riding up the beach near the end of Planet of the Apes. The only thing missing was the Statue of … Continue reading →

Finished reading Corduroy Mansions to my wife last night. A book Douglas Adams might have described as “mostly harmless.” Light, frothy entertainment. We’re going to switch gears and read Avoid Boring People by James Watson (of Watson and Crick, discoverers … Continue reading →

My Storytellers Unplugged essay this month is about translators: Lost in Translation. A lot of the essay consists of an interview I conducted with Tullio Dobner, who has been translating Stephen King’s novels for many years and also translated The Stephen … Continue reading →

NBC doesn’t impinge on my eyeballs very often. In fact, I think I’m telling the truth when I say that the only NBC shows I watch are Law & Order (the mothership) and Law & Order: SVU. Well, it looks … Continue reading →

In the fall of 1967, the building that was at the time called the Civic Center in Pittsburgh hosted its first hockey game. The combatants that night were the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens. Over four decades later, on … Continue reading →

I received an interesting proposal via e-mail yesterday, a chance to be in front of a TV camera for the first time. At least, I’m pretty sure it’s the first time. First time the camera will be aimed deliberately at … Continue reading →

I started Broken by Karin Slaughter this weekend. I read the first two or three of her Grant County books, but I’ve missed some, so I have to catch up with past events. Fortunately, Slaughter does a very good job … Continue reading →