tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post1438963746871704799..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (16-22/06/14)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42007852367642116142014-06-28T13:53:56.103-03:002014-06-28T13:53:56.103-03:00To cope, my siblings and I had devised a game, a k...To cope, my siblings and I had devised a game, a kind of pool, that got us points (and nickels!) for guessing before hand what clichés would crop up at family gatherings, from old arguments to the same damn questions we were always asked, etc.<br /><br />Today, of course, I have nothing to do with the extended family. I've long ago accepted that you don't choose family members, you can only choose friends, and that's where I find the real comfort of what people call "family".Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-84278080042923183172014-06-28T13:22:52.039-03:002014-06-28T13:22:52.039-03:00The scene where Forte sits and futilely tries to m...The scene where Forte sits and futilely tries to make conversation in a room full of people silently watching a ball game who haven't seen each other in months or years is frighteningly on-point.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16998607198933651152014-06-22T21:53:39.098-03:002014-06-22T21:53:39.098-03:00Obviously, that wasn't a dig at Nebraskans, bu...Obviously, that wasn't a dig at Nebraskans, but rather at "people". As an improv player who is (and I'm not going to call this a positive) "always on", and an over-educated one at that, I find most (so-called) normal people, impossibly tedious.<br /><br />I've felt like Will Forte's character many times. At family Christmas parties for example.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88400035765139636842014-06-22T21:37:31.369-03:002014-06-22T21:37:31.369-03:00Re: Nebraska
"The people are real - dull and...Re: Nebraska<br /><br />"The people are real - dull and inexpressive - and the family relationships are too - bitter and corrosive, yet not without affection."<br /><br />Siskoid, I am wounded that you did not draw upon a singular source of expertise on all things Nebraskan amongst your regular readership for consultation on this review. No one's as "dull and inexpressive" as I am! Remember my push for Justice League Nebraska? But that's okay, I presently accept your future apologies.Jeremy Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398438801903631183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-34073636386574931162014-06-22T17:16:22.895-03:002014-06-22T17:16:22.895-03:00Also Escape Velocity, and briefly in Trading Futur...Also Escape Velocity, and briefly in Trading Futures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-51588872680826950952014-06-22T15:44:15.609-03:002014-06-22T15:44:15.609-03:00I believe he's also in the Eight Doctor book T...I believe he's also in the Eight Doctor book Time Zero.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-38655052406264441452014-06-22T15:35:57.622-03:002014-06-22T15:35:57.622-03:00The Control plot resurfaces in a Fifth Doctor book...The Control plot resurfaces in a Fifth Doctor book King Of Terror but as far as I'm aware the conspiracy is never revisited. James Ashelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921809149099140714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-3305999613338924932014-06-22T13:53:06.612-03:002014-06-22T13:53:06.612-03:00The books sets up Control, yes, but also a greater...The books sets up Control, yes, but also a greater conspiracy at the heart of UNIT that isn't really resolved within its pages.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-17654809589233650112014-06-22T13:49:22.491-03:002014-06-22T13:49:22.491-03:00Not that I've read The Devil Goblins from Nept...Not that I've read The Devil Goblins from Neptune, but I think it features the first appearance of Control, a CIA operative, who came back in several later PDAs. Is this perhaps the set-up you're thinking of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com