Gerald So
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Watching NCIS "Stranger in a Strange Land"

's first crush was . A nod to ?

21 hours ago
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1 day ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

@grammargirl Thanks.

1 day ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

Is a human with a mask or a jaguar in a human costume?

If he's a man, why does he roar like a big cat?

1 day ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai
Quantum Leap mole speculation

I don't know that the writers went this way, but I'd make the mole someone we've never heard of, a worker on the project but none of the main characters. That would fit the "no one we would ever suspect" profile.

1 day ago
Gerald So
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Looking into a Blogger content warning

To limit future , I've added the following to my site : "Nothing glorifying crime or violence. Nothing graphic, gratuitous, or that otherwise may be warned by or violate 's content policy. Make your points with and other techniques so your work can be read without barriers."

Full guidelines: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/gu

1 day ago
Gerald So
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@grammargirl If I mean "until and including," can I just use "through"?

1 day ago
Gerald So
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Also, I like and very much, but how can the list not mention , who was on 18 seasons, six more than Murder, She Wrote's entire run?

1 day ago
Gerald So
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This and list calls too many characters , IMO: ew.com/tv/greatest-tv-movie-de Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, for example, are wealthy amateurs at best.

1 day ago
Gerald So
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Looking into a Blogger content warning

notified me they placed one of my blog posts behind a , but I can't see which post. The most recent ones come up w/o a warning. Have a look and let me know where you run into a warning. Thanks: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/

1 day ago
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1 day ago
Gerald So
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Discussing Star Trek Picard

I know you can infer the story time from the end of to Season 3 of was peaceful between the Federation and the Dominion, but only has depicted that time, so there's virtually no evidence of it, and shapeshifters are being used only to give a boost for its final season. It doesn't feel an organic evolution of .

2 days ago
Gerald So
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Discussing Star Trek Picard

My fave is and I continue to feel the rest of the franchise sells DS9 short. DS9 did bold serialized storytelling to depict the Dominion War and its resolution and goes, "Yup, Changelings are back trying to crumble the Federation. DS9's final arc was kind of for nought."

2 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai
Discussing Star Trek Picard

I don't like how has pulled in characters and storylines from and . It kind of indicates the show can't stand alone. A good show can nod to its spinoffs while remaining its own show. Also if Picard is meant to have different tone and stand apart from , why did it bring back almost all the TNG crew for Season 3? Again, it kind of gives the impression the show has no better stories of its own.

2 days ago
Gerald So
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(): "a small theatrical role usually performed by a well-known actor and often limited to a single scene"

The word "cameo" has become misused for full guest appearances where the guest appears in multiple scenes throughout an episode.

2 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

I prefer to think any could have a full series, that they don't only exist as in the world of a more celebrated character.

3 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

It's hard for me to enjoy favorite coming back only to be killed off so the main character can escape/survive. It painfully reminds me these are lesser characters used as serving the main show and whomever the show is mainly about.

3 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

Nitpicking you can say wasn't injured playing ; he was injured celebrating a win.

It's too much to ask people not to celebrate.

4 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

You can always explain away far-out gripes with "I was too upset to make logical complaints."

When you're most upset is when you need to be most careful what you say and how you say it, so you don't make yourself look bad.

4 days ago
Gerald So
sogerald@masto.ai

I also don't understand the gripe that shouldn't have been injured playing for anyone but his MLB team. Diaz getting injured playing baseball is more acceptable to me than athletes getting injured at hobbies far outside the sports they're under contract to play. ' motorcycle crash comes to mind.

4 days ago