Arr, 'tis some announcements of publications, tis is!

It be my pleasure to announce to ye brave souls that the third issue of Fantastique Unfettered be available at many fine, fine outlets. It be deserving if a bit of your hard earned or plundered coin, seeing as it be filled with stories of the fabulous, poems of surpassing beauty, interviews with people that be pleasing to pirates, and a wee little story from me own fine keyboard, that be one of me personal favorites, a story that be filled with dragons.

And if all this not be enough for ye, another wee post about that lady of fantastic words, Edith Nesbit, be up at Tor.com awaiting your pleasure and perusal.

And now I must be off for a bit, though the theme of the day do be making me itch to say a few uncomplimentary words about that evil being once naming itself the Sci Fi Channel, but thar be some hunting and plundering ahead for me this morning, and like any proper pirate, me hair must be fixed first.

Ringer

I just caught up with the first episode of Ringer, the new Sarah Michelle Geller vehicle, and am enthralled with all of the mysteries, including:

1) Why did Bridget's Narcotics/Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor keep his shirt on throughout the episode, and how can we, as an audience, change this later?

2) Who, precisely, was responsible for the atrocity of the greenscreening effects?

3) Is anyone, and by anyone I mean the film editors, aware that Sarah Michelle Geller's body double not exactly her height?

4) Does NOBODY remember to use lifejackets and floatation devices anymore?

5) On a related note, why does the Chrome browser think that "floatation" isn't a word? You worry me, Chrome browser. Are you hoping everyone will drown?

6) Why did anyone think it was a good idea to film any part of this show a) inside a natural history museum, b) with a large whale blocking much of the cast in one shot?

7) Seriously, only two people in that event went out to look at the stuffed elephants? After all that camera attention was placed on the whale? You shock me, show, you shock me. (And they didn't even really pay attention to the elephants.)

8) Does anyone actually give opera concerts in natural history museums?

Apart from the whale, the bit on the ocean (which had nothing to do with the whale) and the surprisingly awful greenscreening, Ringer was enjoyable enough - rough, but with at least some potential. Maybe less money spent on spectacular dresses and fake homes in the Hamptons, and more money spent on the camera. Just a thought.