by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 23, 2015 | About Writing
For those of you who may not have seen season three of this show be warned; there may be SPOILERS! Let me say right up front that I think this show is terrific and that Maslany simply brilliant. Kudos to the Emmys’ for finally figuring out how to get her a well deserved nomination. But….. I think this season was weaker then seasons 1 or 2 and I think that was due to a couple of things. One was the focusing more on Allison then the other clones. While Maslany’s...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 10, 2015 | TV & Movies
Yeah, I’m late to the party. What can I say? I’ve become spoiled with streaming and none of the streaming services — Hulu Plus/Netflix — I had downloaded to my XBox were showing Orphan Black when ever I went to look for it. I don’t want to wait for physical discs to arrive at the house so I kept putting off watching the show. Then XBox Live offered a free month of Amazon Prime. I knew Amazon had the series because I watched the pilot over at my friend, Mike...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 4, 2015 | Game/Writing
Major game neepery is about to ensue so if you’re not into Mass Effect this may seem like I’ve begun speaking in tongues. So I had this fantasy about the DLC I’d loved to have played. I had fun with the Citadel DLC, but thought there were a number of missed opportunities. And I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the Shepard clone. (Mostly while I’m stuck on an elliptical machine for 40 minutes. It’s good to let your mind wander.) Anyway, my Shepard...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 3, 2015 | General
I’ve been pondering and honestly trying to understand the rightwing freak out over the marriage equality ruling. What is it that is so alarming, unnatural, perverse about two people who love each other being married? They’re always talking about god’s law as revealed in nature — well there are gay animals too so obviously if their god is omniscient then gay critters and people are all in the plan, right? Then I remembered a conversation I had a few years back with my...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 2, 2015 | General
One month ago my workhorse of a vehicle, my Mercedes diesel GL SUV up and died in the middle of Yale Blvd. down in Albuquerque. I had just dropped off friends at the airport (thank heaven it didn’t happen on I25 or during my drive back from L.A. with my cats on board.) I called Triple A and got towed to the Mercedes dealership. The provided me with a loaner and I headed home thinking this would be simple. It was anything but. For three weeks the techs were baffled. They kept hooking...
