Traffic Musings

Apparently I am no longer interesting to Russia. Most of my audience (such as I have an audience) comes from "Unknown Region" (go anonymizers!) followed by the United States. Then, weirdly enough, I have a small Ukraine audience followed by an even smaller UK audience. From there, it's clearly accidental views from Poland, Brazil, Quatar, Thailand, Austria, and Australia. Trippy.

Obligatory August Post

Where does the time go?

Let's see, what kind of nonsense shall I post for August?

Got on a kick of trashy fantasy and found myself re-watching Ladyhawke with Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer. I can't help but love that movie despite the rough acting. Makes me wonder how it would fare with a remake (better effects, better soundtrack, higher production values). Was chatting with a friend and we started speculating how that could go down. Peter Jackson would, of course, be the ideal director. Interestingly, Steven Amell, of "Arrow", was put forward for the hero's role and I really like that idea. Made me think Melissa Benoist (sp?) of "Supergirl" would be an interesting Isobel/Ladyhawke. Not entirely sure who to cast as Phillipe Gaston ("The Mouse"). It would have to be someone young, witty, and charming.

My alternate suggestion instead of Amell might be Chris Helmsworth. I could see him pull that off.



I'm back to a bit of a dry spell for reading material. I have a book on order, but don't have high expectations for it. All my other favorite authors are sort of between releases. Sigh.

Yeah, I guess that's it for August. Whee.

Obligatory July Post

Guess I don't have a lot of time left in July, do I?

What to say? Hm... I finally got on the Stranger Things bandwagon (a couple of years late). Damn that's a brilliant show! Both seasons were fantastic!

Read "Paradox Bound" by Peter Clines. I've grown disenchanted with time travel stories over the years, but this one was a damn fun read. Clines is easily one of my favorite authors these days.

And I think I'm ending July by catching a cold. Headache and body ache has started my Tuesday. I think I may take a sick day. Ugh.

June is almost gone? Huh

Well shit. Time sure flies!

What to say about June...

• I saw Deadpool 2. Rocked! I almost passed out laughing in parts. I'm 73% certain that alcohol had nothing to do with why some of those scenes were so funny to me.
• Read and finished Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. Brilliant fantasy novel! Takes the whole "adventuring party" trope in the best possible direction.
• Read and finished Brief Cases by Jim Butcher. God, I miss the Dresden Files books!
• Worked too much. My brain is a cooked mess. This new job is brutal in some ways.
• Probably drank to much. Meh.

Odds and Ends

• I'm about 2/3 through Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Great stuff!
• I'm looking at an awful lot of unpainted miniatures on a table. Sigh.
• Recently visited York in north England. That was a damn fun town! They have a bit of a Harry Potter fetish thing going on that's a bit weird, though.
• Related: I think I need to cut back on the beer consumption.
• Gonna be a weird year.

Avengers: Infinity War

Just saw it.

Wow. Just... wow.

I can't review it. Honestly, saying anything spoils it. Much asskickery. Much... wow. Deeply fucked ending. Nice post-credits teaser.

Review: Titaner Bolt Pen

Remember how I said I'd never back Kickstaters again? Remember how that was an utter lie? Yeah, that hasn't changed.

So I backed another titanium bolt-action pen, this time by Titaner, a titanium product merchant. The Titaner Bolt Pen is currently fighting with the GP 1945 for my favorite pen. A sturdy, solid, well-constructed pen of titanium (duh), the Titaner Bolt Pen has a unique bolt-action deployment that can be done one-handed by just twisting the cap. On the other end of the pen is a nice, unobtrusive glass-breaker for those "God, I really want to break some glass" moments that everyone has in their lives and, interestingly-enough, there's a little spike-pin tool hidden in the pen that can be used to release SIM cards from phones (or, I suppose, poke things like you might with a tiny pin).

Best of all, the Titaner Bolt Pen can take a variety of refills, from Fisher Space Pen refills to Scheider refills or what-have-you.

I have to say, I'm kinda leaning toward the Titaner Bolt Pen as my current favorite. The GP 1945 is an awesome pen, but I really do like the option of Fisher Space Pen refills.

Oh well. I can always carry both pens!