Archive | September, 2009

Dollhouse – Evolution of Joss Whedon’s Tried and True?

Dollhouse came back this week for its second season, much to the pleasure of Whedonites, Browncoats, and sleeper Actives everywhere. For those of you out of the know, Dollhouse is Joss Whedon’s (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame) newest television creation. After a dismally rated first season, Dollhouse was shockingly renewed. It turns out that [...]

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Dot Dot Dot?

I ran into a slight snag in class Friday. I’ve been afraid of this kind of snafu since I started teaching, and it has only now surfaced. When I was in graduate school, I had a professor who loved him some MLA format. He loved it. He knew it backward and forward and inside and [...]

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Fringe Season 2 – “Go Then. There Are Other Worlds Than These.”

Finally, after too long a wait, Fringe has made its way back to Fox. It has a better night and time (for ratings) than it did last season. Even though Fox cut episode length by a few minutes this season by putting in standard commercial breaks instead of the abbreviated ones I loved last season, [...]

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My First Perk for Being a Blogger: Opera Tickets

Taking a note from Tobold and Syp, I wanted to be extremely forthcoming about this with all you lovely people who take time out of your day to read my blog. Yesterday, I received an email from the Nashville Opera offering me two free tickets to their production of Puccini’s Tosca at the Tennessee Performing [...]

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The Fall 2009 TV Lineup – Beej’s Picks

Between jumping from part-time adjuncting to full-time teaching/administration and planning a wedding in approximately 3 months (under 6 weeks to go and counting!) there seems to be very little time to actually sit in front of my boobtube and bask in the awesomeness that the Fall ‘09 lineup promises. Fortunately, I have a DVR and [...]

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