Muggle no more

This morning I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It took a little over a year for me to complete the series of novels, and I'm so glad I did. I'm fairly particular about the books I read, and am so very glad I took the advice of some friends in reading this series. The writing...the language...the character development... all surpassed my expectations...

The Final Frontier

No...it has less to do with sci-fi and more to do with murder.  "The Final Frontier" is the title of an episode of one of my favorite TV shows, Castle. This particular episode is interesting because it was directed by Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker from TNG), an appearance by Armin Shiverman (Quark from DS9), and has Castle and Beckett investigating a homicide at a sci-fi con from a phaser. Additionally,  the writers include some geek terms like "shiny" and "what the frak." As a fan of both this show and good sci-fi, it was a very enjoyable show.

Post-Emmy congrats

Congrats to Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and Stephen Moffat on their Emmy wins. While winning awards is not why I like Sherlock, it was nice seeing one of the greatest shows on television getting some well-deserved recognition.

Parenting done right

A couple of weeks ago, my kids were over for one of their weekend parenting times. My 8-year old daughter was looking at all the apps on my Galaxy SIII. She loves playing with the apps, especially the soundboards. I have soundboards from Portal 2, Big Bang Theory, Homestar Runner, Star Wars, Firefly/Serenity, and Lord of the Rings. She was looking through it and asked, "Dad, could you add a soundboard for me?" I figured she'd be wanting Barbie or Spongebob, so I asked, "Well, what kind were you wanting?" Her reply: "Star Trek!"
I must be doing something right...

Sherlock News

Well...it's been a few days since the big news regarding Sherlock broke...and all I can say is...WOOHOO! I'll take a few extra months earlier on seeing new episodes...

Superfight

The other night, I was over at an old friend's house, and his 18-year-old asked if I'd like to engage in a new card game he and his brother had purchased called Superfight. I figured, "What the hey," and 6 of us played it.
I must say it was a lot of fun. It's kind of like Apples to Apples with superpowers. The object is for the judge to draw 3 cards. One card says who you are (cowboy, soccer mom, The Doctor) and 2 cards are attributes your character has (can control plants, 10 stories tall, shoots glitter, has rotating gun turret). the other players then choose who there are and a positive attribute to defeat the judge's character. Once each player has chosen their cards, the judge then declares that each player must pass an attribute card either to the right or to the left which would hinder the defeat of the judge's character. The judge then decides which character would most likely defeat his character in a fight.
As a newbie to RPG, and especially card games, I found this game to be very fun and something that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Sherlock "His Last Vow"

Yup...borrowed the DVD for season 3 from a friend...finished watching it Friday night...and rarely have I seen a television episode with more twists and turns! I am pretty sure there are still parts of my mind strewn about my apartment, after my head exploded at the end of the episode! No spoilers...but will tell you to GO WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!