09/02/2018
I make no claims to being even a vaguely competent cooker of rice, when I was growing up we’d just boil it in a lot of water and then strain it. Then after learning of the absorption method I’d haphazardly give that a go, usually with okay results but it was tedious (I’m writing about cooking rice, yes I understand the definition of tedious) or just plain lazy.
27/01/2018
I picked up a copy of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet on a whim, I had a gift certificate to use and I decided to buy some science fiction books that I hadn’t heard of before. Kind of looking at it like the gift voucher was a bonus so I should use it to try something I wouldn’t normally buy. In the book store there was a card written by the staff suggesting this one with the assurance that if you love Star Trek and Firefly you’ll love this.
15/01/2018
Straight off the bat I warn you that this is a spoiler laden musing around what fanboy changes I would have made to Star Wars The Last Jedi (I forget which episode number we’re up to now). I also want to warn that whilst I grew up on Star Wars (the original trilogy, yes I’m THAT old) it’s not really my universe. I liked Star Wars The Last Jedi, I didn’t love it, but I certainly didn’t hate it. The viewing experience definitely dipped more in the positive side of things and whilst I know people hated the humour I found myself laughing several times. I also begrudgingly enjoyed the Porg and I hope that Chewbacca has seen the light and crossed over to a plant based diet.
26/12/2017
And so begins another hopeful list of films that I’m looking forward to in the coming year, a tradition around these parts as well as my round up of movies from the year. I’m holding off on that list because there are still two films that I’m endeavouring to see before year end (Blade Runner and The Last Jedi) and without them my list seems pretty slim.
22/12/2017
I was asked over on Twitter what drew me to Star Trek art and since it’s been a few years now there are probably enough who don’t know my story for it to be worthwhile writing about.
