Sunday 10th May, 2015

Not a lot to mention this week. I attended the third York Social this weekend – but won’t be making it to the next Sheffield one at the end of June. I saw Big Game today, and that was actually, dare I say it, more fun than Age of Ultron. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Avengers stuff but Big Game was a nice 90 minutes (ish) of PG-13 action-adventure and the tone was exactly right for my entertainment needs this evening.

Of course, I need to mention my first post for The Finishing School (direct link to post here: [External Link]) went up on Wednesday. It’s about time that someone pointed out that martial arts don’t have to be the centre of your world to be enjoyable, and that it’s okay to have other interests, don’t you think? So, I did. I’m due to do another post for them soon, too, and hope to get it sorted for the first week in June, so expect me to bang on about The Finishing School in about three weeks!

Sunday 27th May, 2012

Well, you may have noticed the Strong Women: Perverted By Choice post go up on Wednesday. (And if not, why not?) As I’ve seen The Avengers (Avengers Assemble, here) recently, I rely heavily on it for examples so avoid the post if you don’t want to know what happens. Not that I deliberately set out to spoil things but, you know, examples of character strength here.

It’s another one of those weeks with not much to show for it. I’ve done a bit on The Gens, which suggests that big idea is back up and running and otherwise been waiting to hear back from attempts at short story rehoming.

On the good side, there should be a few non-site-diary updates over the next month. I’ve got some notes for another language-orientated post and, in a fortnight, Rosie comes home. So, expect to see a shuffle around with Finn’s page and a new page for Rosie soon! (To avoid jinxing their meeting, I won’t be putting it up until at least a week after Rosie’s come home.)

Strong Women: Perverted By Choice

WARNING: I’m using the Avengers film as a running example in this post so there will be spoilers. This is not a review and I’m not attempting to comment on how well I think the team of creators responsible for it did. It’s just the most recent example of “strength” I’ve seen.

Anyway, it’s safe to say that the speculative fiction post code – divide the genres and subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror … Continue reading