I write in hope. I’m experimenting with using Google Docs as I would a localized office tools package, and I’ve discovered an unwelcome drawback. I have a four-column spreadsheet. I need to insert data into a new row in the middle of the data, but only in columns three and four. All goes well when …
My friend Ryan wrote a wonderful feature article about the show’s finale for the local paper. Did the show explain all the mysteries it introduced and answer all the questions it raised? No. And the sci-fi nerd within me is feeling wounded. The morning after, I’d already compiled a list of significant loose ends. But …
Doc Jensen has been writing about the show for a long long time; most of the EW links I’ve been posting for this season go to his essays. Here’s his day-after recap, after the initial one I linked to below. Here’s how he explains the Sideways world: We had learned from Christian that the castaways …
Back here I noted that it was Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) blocking the Democrats’ attempt to raise the liability cap on damages as a result of oil spills from the laughably-small $75M it is now to a more reasonable $10B. Today it was James Inhofe, (R-OK), saying . . .that putting oil companies on the line …
Major media reactions to the finale of “Lost”: David Bianculli of Fresh Air NPR’s Monkey See blog WaPo’s Celebritology blog NYT’s Television column
The island continues (maybe it should be capitalized: The Island continues). SPOILERS! SPOILERS! My initial takeaway from the revelation that the Sideways universe was Jack’s dying vision (or hallucination, if you prefer) was “Oh, come ON!” Then I stopped reacting emotionally and started thinking about it. For the entire series the theme has been structured …
Blurb: The battle lines are drawn as Locke puts his plan into action, which could finally liberate him from the island. Ryan Alan Sepinwall EW‘s “Totally Lost” page, which appears to plan a “flood the zone” concept. Some interesting news: According to the producers, the Season 6 DVD to be released in August will “address …
I’ll grant that working 5,000 feet underwater is extraordinarily difficult. I’ll grant that there is no federal National Underwater and Marine Agency run by Dirk Pitt. Nor are there companies immediately capable of fighting oil spills under the ocean as there are companies capable of fighting land-based oil fires like Boots and Coots. Having said …
I have no idea how definitive this timeline of the events we’ve seen in “Lost” is, but I applaud the effort by the Houston Chronicle’s TV writer. Hat tip: Kuff.
As was widely anticipated, Republican Charles Djou won tonight’s special election to the US House seat in Hawai’i District One. The seat was vacated by former Rep. Neil Abercrombie in February in order for him to begin his campaign for Governor this fall. With two candidates splitting the usually strong Democratic vote in the district …