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The Doctor Readies for Another Run
The BBC decided to introduce the Doctor’s newest companion months before any episode actually drops. Check it out. Doctor Who returns this Christmas.
Letting Go of the Right Things
One of my favorite scenes from the final season of Community was the final episode’s last conversation between Annie and Jeff. As always, Jeff is a mess. He’s feeling the frustration of being “the only one left” after watching … Continue reading
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Closing the Door on Downton Abbey
This Sunday sees the final episode of PBS’s Downton Abbey. While the show never quite lived up to its first season promise, it was an enjoyable weekly visit to another time and another place. The episode airing Sunday night is … Continue reading
Bouncing Back with the Agents of SHIELD
It feels like forever-and-a-day ago since the mid-season finale of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. The first half of the season was a great example of accelerated story-telling, with a number of major twists and turns taken in what would take … Continue reading
Speaking Upward
One of the trickiest parts of organizational or institutional life is knowing how to communicate well on different levels or to different audiences. This is especially true when you realize you have strong opinions about the way things “ought to … Continue reading
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On Paying Attention
At the end of the final season of The Newsroom, Jedidiah Purdy and For Common Things get name-dropped. Being a fan of show-runner Aaron Sorkin, I decided to give the book a try. I ordered it from Amazon, only to … Continue reading
“The TARDIS Awakens”
Journey back to a time when the Doctor returned, when Rose met the Doctor, when the Daleks were thought to be extinct. And all to the sound and tempo of Star Wars- The Force Awakens. (Tip of the hat to … Continue reading
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The Doctor, the Detective, and Moffat
Just over a week ago, fans of Doctor Who were handed three bits of information that brought great joy to some but some sadness to others. And because show runner Steven Moffat is involved, Sherlock plays into the conversation a … Continue reading
The Story We are In
At the beginning of the school year, I showed this quick GEICO commercial to our faculty and staff as a way to introduce being in the biblical story. I was in no way calling the Bible a horror story. Instead, … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, on Earth-2 . . .
I mentioned a few weeks ago that one of my early-2016 hopes was to see The Flash take its second season on the (inter-dimensional) road. This preview gives a nice peek at what’s about to happen on The Flash: There’s … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 