Analog.. who knew?
I have been reading, buying and collecting the Analog SF “pulp magazine” for decades. They are the ones usually in discount piles along with romance novels and other low value…
Souffle Tradition
In honour of Doctor Who in general, Jenna Coleman (the actress portraying various Oswald characters) in specific, we decided to try and make a souffle on Christmas Day in 2013.…
Canadian SF
It is rare these days to discover a new author (even if they themselves have been around for some time), and even moreso if they are or were Canadian. From…
The Expanse – Season 4
Season 4 of The Expanse, a television series based on the works of James S. A. Corey (the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) released all…
library indexing
We started work on indexing the library. We are trying out various processes on other collections to find the best method before we look to the science library (the largest).…
David Weber’s Harrington series
From Baen.com: FIRST NEW HONOR HARRINGTON NOVEL IN FIVE YEARS! New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling phenomenon David Weber delivers book #19 in the multiple…
Science Fiction
Wow. It’s been over a year since the last post on Science Fiction. I wonder why that is? Too busy perhaps? This past year saw a lot of reading. I…
Christmas Day
A wonderful Christmas Day after a very windy night. Still a good +8C today. We started off the day with making a Cheese Souffle, with thanks to Oswin Oswald in…
Photo flashback – 1996
In 1996, I was on the way back from Edmonton Alberta attending the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada General Assembly, and headed south through Calgary and into a small town…
Babylon5 – Season two complete
In the last three weeks, we finished watching the last episode of Season 2. Another great season with a lot of good story lines and a great desire to carry…
Babylon 5 – Season 1 complete
In the 12 days since February 6th, we have managed to polish off the remainder of Season 1, another 22-6 or 16 episodes. Episodes 18, 19 , 20 and 22…
Babylon 5 – a classic
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5 Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski. The pilot episode was broadcast on February 22, 1993 in the…
the Hobbit – desolation of smaug
The Hobbit 2 aka The Desolation of Smaug – was released just over a week ago but we did manage to find the time to sit in the 2 hour…
Christmas Day Who?
From http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-4/bbcs-xmas-trailer-reveals-new-footage-time-doctor The BBC has released a brand new trailer featuring its Christmas programs line-up along with some new teasing bits from Doctor Who. “The Time of the Doctor”—which will…
New to Dr. Who?
Have you never seen a single episode of Dr. Who? If so this list of seven great episodes may help you, from revision3.com In no patricular order (info from imdb.com)…