Lancer Kind

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New AND Improved: Tell Lancer how wrong he is, now BIGGER and FRONT ROW

21 February, 2010 (13:09) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

Until today, I never really understood products that were “New AND Improved.”  I mean, doesn’t it have to be one or the other: New something-something, or Improved something something? But now I understand: spinning any improvement as “new” (like a new feature), or anything that is New has to be an Improvement (like Vista over […]

Avatar Meets Gaia

21 January, 2010 (18:12) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

I went to Avatar last weekend and let me just cut to the chase: I loved it. I was practically hoping out of my seat in agony for the main characters, gasping when ex-marine Jake leaped over cliffs, and wishing the bad guys would just this once, stop being so damn bad. I absolutely love […]

Alternative Science Fiction

10 November, 2009 (22:25) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

I’m not in love with the term “alternative” but it works for me when I think about music–a different sound than what is usual for the mainstream media.  Of course many a smart-aleck will say, “If the alternative music genre goes too mainstream, what do you call it then?”  I call it evolution! You see, […]

A New Guard?

26 October, 2009 (23:29) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

No one likes to see a changing of the guard. The old guard certainly doesn’t. Today, someone younger (she was 22) told me “I never saw Star Wars, but I’ve seen Twilight.” <insert my horrified expression here> This travesty is becoming more common. Star Wars is over 30 years old which is twice the age […]

It sucks to be a clone

29 August, 2009 (01:08) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

Bobo Fett, Clones, and child support.