Maybe The Universe Has A Sense Of Humor. And Maybe She's A Geek Who's Into...
The head of the University of California at San Diego's robotics laboratory, tasked with creating a lifelike, human seeming robot, is named Javier Movellan. The British science fiction television show...
View ArticleJonah Goldberg's Mom Sure Won't Be Dating Todd Seavey Anytime Soon
It's a safe bet that no one else was watching C-SPAN 2's "Book TV" panel the other day, so consider this a public service announcement to the woman of the world. Don't date Todd Seavey. Ever. If you...
View ArticleThere's Life In The Dead Yet
Friends on the west coast who haven't had a chance to see the premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead tonight, should. I didn't expect to like it. I expected to see the first episode, satisfy myself that...
View ArticleLike Dr. Phil, only awesome!
Craig Ferguson explains Dr. Who to Unitedstatesian viewers: Like Dr. Phil, only awesome! © 2007-2013 by the authors of Popehat. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. Using this feed on...
View ArticleE! Wins Satire Immunity Challenge
Like I keep saying, the writers over at cracked continue to offer insightful political and social satire and commentary disguised by numbered fart-and-boob jokes. But some things are so freakishly...
View Article"Between The Pit Of Man's Fears And The Summit Of His Knowledge"
You unlock this door with the key of imagination: A graphic history of fantasy and science fiction, from the unknown poet behind Beowulf to Vernor Vinge and beyond. I can't do this justice by...
View ArticleSpeaking Of Tendentious Multithousand Page Fantasies Written For An Audience...
HBO's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's Game Of Thrones premiers Sunday. Set your clocks, and your hearts, for this once in a lifetime event Popehat readers. Unlike Ken (who I know is counting the...
View ArticleIn The Year Two Hundred Forty Two Thousand, She's Alive And Well And Fighting...
Until then, I'll miss Elisabeth Sladen, who passed away after a long fight with cancer this morning. Fans of Doctor Who know Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, who accompanied the Doctor in the series' first...
View ArticleThis Moment In Bad Grandparenting Was Brought To You By The Department Of...
There were many ways this old man could have handled his grandson's query about prejudice, a word his grandson was too young to understand. Or even to pronounce. He could have explained, without being...
View ArticleNot Looking Forward To The Dothraki Recipes, Quite Frankly
I have resisted what amounts to a dare by Patrick to geek out in front you all over the progress of the HBO series Game of Thrones, which has had two episodes now. Suffice it to say: I am rereading the...
View ArticleI Was Totally Rockin' On HBO's New "Son Of Man" Series, And Then They Killed...
1) I have read and enjoyed George R. R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire. 2) I hate and despise my fellow man. 3) It logically follows that this made me smile. I Was Totally Rockin' On HBO's New "Son Of...
View ArticleHacking the Golden Balls
Via Bruce Schneier, a refreshing exploitation of the (modified) Prisoner's Dilemma round on the split-or-steal game show Golden Balls. Hacking the Golden Balls © 2007-2013 by the authors of Popehat....
View ArticleCiao, Andy
They may bury him in the earth, And be hopey that his Backer, Keeping reaping Grim at lock and key, Will inspect the barn he built and see His worth, that he was one good cracker. Ciao, Andy ©...
View ArticleThat poster
In case you were wondering, that poster on the wall in the background at the end of this season's premier when Levitt was talking to Houston was an 1899 production by Strobridge Lithographic featuring...
View ArticleDoctor Who: An Appreciation
I stood my ground, there on the lecture platform at the World Science Fiction Convention, and I repeated the heretical words that had sent them into animal hysterics: "Star Wars is adolescent nonsense;...
View ArticleVultures Circle Over Mayberry, But Barney Fife Still Has His Bullet.
Look guys, I voted for Bob Barr because I think John McCain's a RINO, but when you attack Andy Fucking Griffith, you've gone too damned far. "Andy Griffith Throws Away Fifty Years Of Good Faith In...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of The T.V. Attorney And Twitter
I'll confess that I don't watch much television news, but I have run across Greta Van Susteren through the years, principally when she served as an analyst during the O.J. Simpson trial. Since then, it...
View ArticleMaybe The Universe Has A Sense Of Humor. And Maybe She's A Geek Who's Into...
The head of the University of California at San Diego's robotics laboratory, tasked with creating a lifelike, human seeming robot, is named Javier Movellan. The British science fiction television show...
View ArticleJonah Goldberg's Mom Sure Won't Be Dating Todd Seavey Anytime Soon
It's a safe bet that no one else was watching C-SPAN 2's "Book TV" panel the other day, so consider this a public service announcement to the woman of the world. Don't date Todd Seavey. Ever. If you...
View ArticleThere's Life In The Dead Yet
Friends on the west coast who haven't had a chance to see the premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead tonight, should. I didn't expect to like it. I expected to see the first episode, satisfy myself that...
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