Good Show Sir is a blog devoted to “Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers”. As always, “worst” is a matter of opinion. A few are, as advertised, really bad, but more of them are good – or at least, not bad. Here are my opinions on a few of the recently posted covers. Songs of [...]

Near the end of this multi-topic post there’s a wonderful story about a simple act of everyday heroism. That is absolutely awesome!

Here’s a nice collection of Star Wars art. I was inspired to see what else is out there. Here’s the Google images results for “star wars art”. There’s a lot of really good stuff, both silly and fairly serious. It includes some Star Wars crafts like this crocheted Luke and Yoda. I think Yoda by [...]

Fantasy fashion trends. Heroines are starting to wear more sensible shoes these days and their weapons are more compact. Damsels in distress have almost disappeared but cleavage is here to stay. Well thank goodness heroines are wearing more appropriate footwear these days. I feel better about the future of the universe already. Seriously, I’ve never [...]

Crazy cat man? – Neat! Great photo too. World’s Smallest Functional Steam Locomotive Acoustic Forestry – Interesting Mmmmm… cupcakes – I must try some of those. Animal Name Origins

Congratulations and welcome! Not only a new American but a new Okie too. I’ve been reading Sarah’s blog for a year or two now. At first it was a little bit amazing to me that a person from England had found her way to our little “redneck” state and it has been interesting sometimes to [...]

Just the first movement. The beginning is my favorite part.

I was shouting into a vast echo chamber where no one could hear me because they were too busy shouting themselves. — here Many people … are scared of not being “normal”. But nobody is normal. And appearing normal is a lot of work, for no reason. — there If I’m going to have voice [...]

This morning I finished reading William Gibson’s Neuromancer. For quite a while, I had been thinking about reading it but the reviews and descriptions of it made me think that it would probably be not exactly my cup o’ tea. But it’s considered an “important” book so I kept thinking about it. Then Thinkgeek added [...]

Nathan Fillion has found his dream car. That makes me a wee bit sad. It used to be that a hot guy wouldn’t be caught dead in anything but a hot sports car or muscle car. I suppose it is kinda cute and spacey though. By the way, that Ecorazzi site is sort of pretty. [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard about the cat in the garbage bin woman. I first heard about it on the CBS Evening News a few days ago and I thought, “That was mean but is it really worth making an international incident out of it?” There are many cases of animal abuse that are much worse. [...]

Yesterday I mentioned that nearly every sci-fi TV series does a rapid aging episode. Both Warehouse 13 and Haven did it in the same week a while back. Another common sci-fi trope is body swapping. (Or mind transfer) Last night’s episode of Warehouse 13 had Pete’s and Mika’s minds transferred into each other’s bodies. (That’s [...]

There has been a lot of blogging going on about what it means to be adult in response to a NYT article (which I haven’t read) about twenty-somethings’ failure to grow up according to sociologists five criteria: “Sociologists traditionally define the “transition to adulthood” as marked by five milestones: completing school, leaving home, becoming financially [...]

The other day I mentioned that I’ve started following the Dalai Lama on Twitter, entirely out of curiosity. This morning he “tweeted” this: There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings. Wow. That is exactly what I’m always thinking. I don’t intend [...]

Little Black Book – They need to make one of these for the Kindle. And make it lots more steampunky, please. Oddly Specific – Very weird signs. 2010: Living in the Future – A 1972 children’s book. I was in the middle of the future school part of it when Firefox crashed and I haven’t [...]

This is a bit disturbing. Such is the perversity of womankind that if our feet really looked like that, fashion would demand that we somehow force them into flats.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery what about when you take something and bend and twist it and add a bit of your own thing? It must be love. First, a Japanese TV commercial. Something silly: Light Saber Toast. And finally, the ultimate in awesomeness: Nathan Fillion’s steampunk light saber!.

Yesterday I saw this great line, here. “Why should things be easy to understand?” I liked it so much I “tweeted” it. @dustbury responded: “I don’t mind putting a little work into comprehending something, but things can and do get out of hand.” Yeah… I guess that’s true. As with so many things, it depends. [...]

I’m probably going to be talking about Branson all next week. There’s too much to say for just one or two blog posts. I do enjoy Branson but I have one complaint about it. The main tourist area is not pedestrian friendly at all. In fact, you might say it’s downright pedestrian hateful. Highway 76, [...]

My husband went to Branson Missouri on business for two and half days and I got to tag along. I thought it would feel a little strange to be wandering around Branson alone and at first it was but I actually had a lot of fun. It’s nice to have someone to share the fun [...]

I found this recently and I was saving it for the first day of autumn but with all the hot days we’ve been having lately I thought a “fall preview” might be nice. (Hey you! Come back here. This is NOT Vivaldi.) More blogging later this week.

There’s a rule. I’m sure it has a special name or number known to people who keep up with these things. The rule is that household appliances and systems will fail when you need them the most. Today’s high is supposed to be 103°F. We’re turning off the air-conditioning and replacing all the duct-work because [...]

Another new discovery. You find the coolest things on YouTube.

In my head. That’s where my novels are, and the plays, the screenplays, the collected works of me. — here …no actual magic in it at all. Fantasy, with no magic. Or maybe it does have magic. there (That’s one of my all time favorite movies!)

This is going to be fun. Understand, I’m saying this as a person who likes to watch the show from somewhere near the middle. It has nothing to do with my position on any issue. But I must say, this is hilarious. Far Lefty Wal-mart haters who have been telling us we should shop at [...]