Archive for October, 2004

Tin Pun Alley

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

Here’s a classic. I was in a conversation with someone recently who didn’t know what hummus is:
Person: (referring to someone else’s statement) I don’t get it, what is hummus?
Me: I don’t know either, but hummus a few bars and I can fake it.

Julia Factorial, I love you!

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

It should be no secret by now that I listen to WPRB quite a bit. In fact, I’m listening to the Sunday morning jazz segment as I write this.
Anyway, WPRB offers a very eclectic mix that changes each semester since it’s a college radio station. The morning classical and late morning jazz shows during the [...]

A strange confluence of events

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004

I am actually watching a sports game on tv. There is also an eclipse tonight. Coincidence? You decide.
Actually, the lunar eclipse may be for the Boston Red Sox, who stand a good chance of breaking the curse tonight which is what I’m hoping to see. The last time I remember seeing the Sox in [...]

TNG 1:2, The Naked Now

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

Nothing earthshattering here. This is still the very early days of TNG, so everyone looks really young and very late-80s, plus the style of incidental music is swiped from the original Star Trek (which gets kinda irritating). Oh, and the plot is also recycled from the original series, too.
In a nutshell, the crew encounters a [...]

TNG 1:1, Encounter at Farpoint

Friday, October 22nd, 2004

In leiu of actual content on my blog, I think I’m going to start a review section. I’ve been toying around with the idea for awhile now of working my way through my The Next Generation dvds and doing a writeup of each episode as I go along. Having watched the first episode tonight, I [...]