Michael K
@mklitsch.bsky.social
Editor, amateur singer, pie-baker, cat lover. Passionate baseball fan, lifelong Phillies fan, SABR member. Three-time cancer survivor (so far…).
Does the Tardis count as a “spacecraft”?
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Does the Tardis count as a “spacecraft”?
Ah! I know I have seen it, but I don’t really remember it. I was disappointed that you did not include Klaatu’s ship.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ah! I know I have seen it, but I don’t really remember it. I was disappointed that you did not include Klaatu’s ship.
What is bottom right from? At first I thought Thunderbirds, but it doesn’t have a number on the side.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What is bottom right from? At first I thought Thunderbirds, but it doesn’t have a number on the side.
Exterminating Angel was also made into an opera, which we heard a few years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Exterminating Angel was also made into an opera, which we heard a few years ago.
Ahem. What about The Fifth Element?
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ahem. What about The Fifth Element?
“It’s… the stuff that dreams are made of.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“It’s… the stuff that dreams are made of.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
Well worth seeing, if only for John Cazale.
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Well worth seeing, if only for John Cazale.
Darn you, Tom, now I have the theme song for The Prisoner going through my head.
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Darn you, Tom, now I have the theme song for The Prisoner going through my head.
Many moons ago, someone on the subway asked me if I was Greg Allman. I quietly disabused her of that notion and was quietly thankful that she had not thought I looked like _Duane_ Allman.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Many moons ago, someone on the subway asked me if I was Greg Allman. I quietly disabused her of that notion and was quietly thankful that she had not thought I looked like _Duane_ Allman.
“And David Vincent knew that the invaders were here.”
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“And David Vincent knew that the invaders were here.”
So wearing the inflatable frog costumes at protests is just enhancing their conspiracy theories?
October 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So wearing the inflatable frog costumes at protests is just enhancing their conspiracy theories?
Just got back from our own No Kings demonstration, and I saw this sign, which I knew you would love.
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just got back from our own No Kings demonstration, and I saw this sign, which I knew you would love.
As you well know, my favorite band of all time.
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As you well know, my favorite band of all time.
Alas, I had no choice in that regard—dragged to the theater to see The Sound of Mucous by my parents at the age of 10.
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Alas, I had no choice in that regard—dragged to the theater to see The Sound of Mucous by my parents at the age of 10.
I would love to see your list (though it’s probably a mental list, and I ain’t psychic). I’ll bet we have a lot of similarities.
September 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I would love to see your list (though it’s probably a mental list, and I ain’t psychic). I’ll bet we have a lot of similarities.
When I read things like this, I “hear” the Chat GPT text in the voice of HAL 9000.
August 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When I read things like this, I “hear” the Chat GPT text in the voice of HAL 9000.
Agreed. Lots of great stories about its making, also.
August 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Agreed. Lots of great stories about its making, also.
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
He apparently already has one IgNobel, in 2020, which he shared with Bolsonairo, Boris Johnson, Modi, López Obrador, Lukashenko, Erdogan, Putin, and a guy from Turkmenistan named Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, for their medical education efforts during COVID. But yes, he needs another of his very own.
August 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
He apparently already has one IgNobel, in 2020, which he shared with Bolsonairo, Boris Johnson, Modi, López Obrador, Lukashenko, Erdogan, Putin, and a guy from Turkmenistan named Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, for their medical education efforts during COVID. But yes, he needs another of his very own.
In 1986, our wedding rehearsal dinner was held at the White Hart Inn in Salisbury, CT, which is modeled after one of the White Hart inns in Hampshire.
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In 1986, our wedding rehearsal dinner was held at the White Hart Inn in Salisbury, CT, which is modeled after one of the White Hart inns in Hampshire.
Funny, there is a scene in The Fifth Element that looks exactly like this. Accident or homage? Who can tell?
August 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Funny, there is a scene in The Fifth Element that looks exactly like this. Accident or homage? Who can tell?
“Fascists are very thin at one end, thick in the middle, and thin again at the other end.”
July 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“Fascists are very thin at one end, thick in the middle, and thin again at the other end.”