RIP Briscoe

Jerry Orbach Dies

"It kept on ticking until he took a licking."

Sci-Fi Running a Promo for Red Mars during Earthsea

The promo doesn't show much, just the title and shot of Mars. Still nothing on the Sci-Fi website to promote it. That's the first new piece of evidence I've seen about the project in about year though, so any news is good news.

There Is No Crisis

Paul Krugman: "But since the politics of privatization depend on convincing the public that there is a Social Security crisis, the privatizers have done their best to invent one."

Who Tease

Doctor Who Teaser at the BBC site [sorry, you'll need Real]

It's just a bit of voiceover -- the Doctor saying "Pleased to meet you, Rose ... now run for your life." -- and a zoom into the UK from space to the Tardis dematerialising.