Deep Sky Anchor

It is standard practice to approximate dogs as spheres.

Having finally watched all of Babylon 5, I’m finally qualified to hold the opinion that Deep Space Nine is better than Babylon 5. (And it is.)

I’ll even take it a step further: Farscape’s better too! And, possibly even Stargate: SG-1. Though, that wouldn’t be worth getting into a holy war over.  (Note added 14 years later, after watching all the way through Stargate a second time: yes, it would.)
Continue reading “DS9 vs. B5”

Elaine says, “I’m being three dinosaurs!”, meaning that she’s pretending to be a dinosaur and consecutively attacking three different people with her dinosaur skills.

I’ve trained my daughter that apple pie means chocolate chips on top.

It was quite simple. We made apple pie last week. I put chocolate chips on top. So, now, Elaine’s asking to “make apple pie! And put chocolate chips on top!”

The chocolate chips were the best part. Continue reading “Chocolate Chips on Apple Pie”

I’ve completely unpacked my suitcase and put it away for the first time since leaving for college.

Elaine calls apricots “aurora borealises.”

I carry a phaser in one pocket. And a tribble in the other.

I spent my evening sewing tribbles.

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We’ve decided that Miral Paris should be our babysitter. She doesn’t do much else while we’re fighting off Orion thugs and brutes in Star Trek Online.

I finished season 3 of Babylon 5.

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I like it… But, it’s less self-analytical than DS9. The Minbari religion goes largely unquestioned. Whereas, the Bajoran religion was held up against scientific knowledge, and the characters were forced to grapple with questions of what it meant when science did not (or, more interestingly for examining the concept of faith) did agree with their religion. Continue reading “Half of a Polite Conversation”

I strongly suggest that Buffy enlist in Starfleet. By and large, they take much better care of their employees than the Watcher’s Council.