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by Laeril
Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:04 am
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: DS9 - Soldiers of the Empire
Replies: 35
Views: 3278

Re: DS9 - Soldiers of the Empire

Am I the only one who thinks "How Martok Got His Groove Back" would have made a great alternate title for this episode?
by Laeril
Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What video games are you playing?
Replies: 424
Views: 56826

Re: What video games are you playing?

Been playing LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online) a lot. Mainly working the current festival.

Also, we now live in a reality where Mario and Sephiroth are in the same video game.


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by Laeril
Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:03 am
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: TNG - Half a Life
Replies: 98
Views: 9512

Re: TNG - Half a Life

Not gonna lie, I'm rather jealous that you got to have your grandma around for such a good chunk of your life, Chuck. I had my maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather die within days of each other while I was still a bun in the oven. My paternal grandmother died when I was seven. My maternal g...
by Laeril
Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: TOS - Who Mourns for Adonais?
Replies: 147
Views: 13317

Re: TOS - Who Mourns for Adonais?

I spent decades thinking this episode was titled "Who Mourns for Adonis". Same. I'm also disappointed in Kirk for using violence to resolve a situation he could have easily solved with seduction. Apollo swings both ways, as any scholar will tell you. True facts. Also, Kirk should be glad that he wa...
by Laeril
Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown
Replies: 5
Views: 340

Re: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown

My mom was so happy watching both the launch and the splashdown. She's about as young as a person can be to have watched the Apollo 11 moon landing and remember it well, and she was in college when the Challenger disaster happened. She's always been a big fan of NASA and was really sad when the spac...
by Laeril
Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: 'Kanye West announces he is running for president in the 2020 US election'
Replies: 11
Views: 852

Re: 'Kanye West announces he is running for president in the 2020 US election'

[url]https://apnews.com/c4645f9e0c206471414b8c1dd7d5ab49[/url] Hoo, boy. You can make all the "haunted by Harriet Tubman's ghost" jokes you want, but that doesn't change the fact that these statements were made by a man who's clearly not mentally stable. And mental illness is no laughing matter. Tru...
by Laeril
Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:05 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: Book: Jurassic Park
Replies: 42
Views: 3993

Re: Book: Jurassic Park

I read the book at age 10 or thereabouts (I was reading 5th grade level books in the 1st grade, so reading above my demographic was nothing new for me). I saw it on the family bookshelf and thought "Hey, the movie was scary but cool, the book must be even better!" I don't remember much about the mor...
by Laeril
Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the last book you've read?
Replies: 119
Views: 57472

Re: What's the last book you've read?

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways To Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen.
by Laeril
Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:07 am
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: When did you discover Chuck's SF Debris show and how?
Replies: 60
Views: 6861

Re: When did you discover Chuck's SF Debris show and how?

I think I stumbled across this show via Linkara. Somewhere in the Blip days.
by Laeril
Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:48 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: TOS: Patterns of Force
Replies: 185
Views: 13078

Re: TOS: Patterns of Force

Trying to reignite the "glory days" of a past civilization is far from being a new phenomenon. It's probably been around since there were past civilizations for people to look back on. Just look at Renaissance faires. It's not an automatic bad idea to look to the past for inspiration. I think it jus...