by Mel | Mar 24, 2016 | Life, Random thoughts
Easters that fall early in the year always throw me out. It feels like it was just Christmas and suddenly, bam, Easter which means the year is well underway. Gah! Anyway, I hope you have a relaxing long weekend with people you love if you get a long weekend for...
by Mel | Jan 14, 2016 | Fave things, Life
This week it seems a fitting topic to talk about a favourite movie starring the now sadly gone David Bowie (cancer sucks). I was a fantasy reading teen in the mid eighties (and a fantasy reading kid before then) and there really weren’t a lot of non-animated...
by Mel | Dec 30, 2015 | Fave things
So, it’s New Year’s Eve Eve (is that a thing?). Tomorrow will be my annual book/reading wrap up but I thought I’d give a shout out to some of the other things that have kept me entertained during the year. These are in no particular order, just stuff...
by Mel | Dec 23, 2015 | Random thoughts, Square eyes
So on Saturday I took myself off to see The Force Awakens, feeling, like most people who were fans of the original three and were burned by the second three, somewhat worried about whether it would be good. I’m not going to give anything away other than to say I...
by Mel | Oct 7, 2015 | Bookworm, Square eyes
So on Friday I went to see The Martian. I was really looking forward to the movie because I loved the book. Plus Matt Damon. The book is on the harder side of SF and sometimes for me, all the endless explanations of every single detail of the science (or the weapons...
