Finished reading WWdN:ix for October

I just finished reading WWdN:ix for October. I enjoyed three of the posts immensely:

October 18 (the squadron of benevolent butterflies)

I loved this post about his Geek in Review article, The Real Revenge of the Nerds (I'll give you the same warning he put on this: "though be warned: there's a hiney at the bottom of the page right now, which is probably not safe for work, so approach with caution.")

October 27 (TNG Review: Where No One Has Gone Before) and
October 30 (Where One More Has Gone Before)

I liked Wil's review of this episode of ST:TNG (though I don't watch the show anymore due to time constraints, I do think I'm going to set up a TiVo wishlist for this one so I can see it again).

I also liked the link to Diane Duane's post regarding the episode. Good reading.

I've now been reading and commenting on Wil longer than I planned. I've decided to continue reading his blog, and might even comment on it infrequently, but I'm now looking for input for another famous person's blog to read for a few weeks.

Any thoughts/suggestions? I'm open to most any famous person with an interesting blog.

WWdN (a quick review): Breezing through another week of October

Well, life's been keeping me busy, and I've hardly had time to read Wil lately, but here's a quick recap on thoughts triggered by specific entries:

October 11, 2006 (Introducing the Geek in Review)

Ah, yes, gaming! The ultimate geek "getaway weekend"!

I remember those days fondly.

Whiling away the hours, excercising the little gray cells solving puzzles, avoiding traps, raiding hoards, and otherwise defeating evil, be it D&D, Champions, Star Traveller, whaterver. Them were the days!

October 16, 2006 (pattern recognition)

I don't recall William Gibson's Neuromancer as well as I'd like, but what I remember most was (a) I loved it, and (b) it may quite possibly been the first "cyberpunk" book I ever read (at least, the first that flew under that flag).

Put another way, more fond memories, and this from "a kid" nearly half my age (acutally, at the time of the first movie I saw him in (1986's Stand By Me) he was about 14 and I was 30.)

October 18, 2006 (The Absolute Sandman)

Now Neil Gaiman's Sandman I do remember (and remember well!)

That was a damned fine comic book.

I don't buy comics anymore, though (in fact I still have a few I'd love to find buyers for — any takers?) because it got way to costly (in terms of $$$ & HH:MM:SS).

I also doubt I can get it through Inter-Library Loan, but watch: that will not stop me from trying!

WWdN:ix (Oct 10, "on the occasion of star trek's fortieth anniversary, some belated comments")

I was ten when ST:TOS (Star Trek: The Original Series) ran. Supposedly, you carry "the way the world looks to you when you're ten" away with you (for the rest of your life) as the way the world should look. Well, ST:TOS was, for me, the way television was supposed to look: striving to entertain, yet making you think at the same time. Shows have come a long way since then, but still too many of them don't even make the effort in this regard.

I just read Wil's October 10th offering, and thoroughly enjoyed it. This boy can really write well, something I haven't mentioned here before in so many words (and a terrible oversight that is, too!)

I enjoyed the way he wrapped up the post, but for me this quote really hit home:

As Battlestar Galactica shows us today, science fiction has a long tradition of holding up a mirror to our modern world, and reflecting it back to us in a way that doesn't beat us over the head with a message, but makes that message easy enough to find for those who want to see it. In the 1960s, Star Trek did this better than any other show except maybe the Twilight Zone, and it did it during an incredibly turbulent time when it was risky even acknowledge that mirror existed, much less hold it up. For that, alone, it deserves all the attention and accolade its been given in the last forty years.

If you're not reading WWdN:ix yet, you ought to give it a go.

Oh yeah, I will say this about the "in a way that doesn't beat us over the head with a message" part of the post—obviously, Wil can't be talking about Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.

Oh, and it's election day. So if you haven't voted yet, let me urge you to do that first, then go read WWdN:ix; I'd have you do it the other way around, but I'm afraid (1) you'll get sucked in and not get around to voting at all, and (2) that I'll get accused of trying to influence you to vote a certain way—which is not the case at all . . . you get to make your own mistakes!

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WWdN:ix (Oct 9, "Another TNG review for TV Squad: The Last Outpost")

Just read the October 9th post at WWdN:ix. A very entertaining entry this time. But then, I'm always entertained when somebody starts paraphrasing The Princess Bride. Wil's take on the Ferengi is dead on.

For anyone keeping track, yes, I did skip a post (or two?) that I felt didn't need anyone commenting on. (Of course, the same could be said for any of the posts at WWdN:ix, or any other blog for that matter. Whatever. I'm enjoying myself and perhaps someone gets something out of my ramblings. Or not!)

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WWdN:ix (October 6th, moods for moderns)

I just read Wil's October 6th offering (moods for moderns) at WWdN:ix.

Though I cannot even begin to pretend I understand the title of the post, I liked Wil's thinking in this one. Now I just need to figure out how to get Barbara Hall to see it (perhaps it isn't too late for a fitting conclusion to Joan of Arcadia!)

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