(It’s only a model…) When the Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, reached from the shining bosom of the water with the legendary sword Excalibur in her grasp, I said to myself, “Arthur, one of these days, this is going to come back to bite you in the butt.” [...]

So this isn’t “next week” as promised. Sorry. As it is wont to do, real life interfered. But you know what? That’s probably for the best. Because last week, I’d watched only the first season of Dexter, the one based on the book. This week, I’m already halfway through the second season of Dexter, the [...]

This just in: video and printed words are different media! Which means that what is purportedly the “same” story tends to change in scope and sometimes plot when transferred from one to the other. Why am I thinking about this now? Because I’m a huge fan of Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted [...]