Category Archives: Entertainment

It’s a good time of year for birthdays: today is Ray Harryhausen’s birthday!  If you don’t know who Ray Harryhausen is, you should be ashamed of yourself — he’s the undisputed master of special effects. Harryhausen pioneered the use of … Continue reading →

I’m out of town for a few days, and likely posting light, but I had to put in a short “happy birthday” to actor Bruce Davison! Davison, who has a distinguished air about him that screams, “upper echelon”, is often … Continue reading →

I couldn’t let June 1 go by without acknowledging the birthday of one of the coolest character actors around: Brian Cox! Brian has had  a remarkable career and done many roles, including but not limited to: Agamemnon in Troy, the … Continue reading →

Tonight the wife and I finally got around to watching the season finale of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, which we had DVR’ed while out on the honeymoon.  It was actually a quite nice episode, and introduced a few nice twists I … Continue reading →

Just a short note: I’ve been rather preoccupied with classes and other academic responsibilities and haven’t had much time to work on detailed physics blog posts.  This will hopefully change this week, as I’ve got a few ideas in the … Continue reading →

I just finished watching Terminator and Dollhouse and just felt compelled to write a short comment.  Both shows were really good tonight, in their own way. Terminator resolved a number of huge plot threads and the same time it opened … Continue reading →