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This weekend is scheduled to be gorgeous, but the rain and storms are predicted to return on Monday, so I'm going to enjoy the peace and sunshine while it lasts. It's Father's Day weekend, so the roads are clogged with campers and RVs as men celebrate their fathers and fatherhood by grilling steaks by the lake and getting absolutely shitfaced on cheap beer. Whee! Such are the rituals of men. No fools we, Roomie and I are staying home and making tacos, and maybe later tonight, we'll make some popcorn and finally get around to watching How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Or maybe an episode of Star Trek: Discovery.
Speaking of which, Anson Mount and Shazad Latif are coming to Dragoncon. Hell, yes! Finally, hot men to happily perv over. I don't perv at them; I'n no crass ogre, but while they're signing my glossy and making small talk, I have no shame in getting an eyeful of square jaws and chiseled cheeks and soft, brown eyes. Anson Mount is just flat hot, and I would ride his authoritative yet compassionate and loyal Pike like a well-balanced pogo stick. Shazad Latif actually does little for me as Lt. Tyler, but show me a headshot, and I need a fainting couch.
So, that's three tables to visit while I'm at the Walk of Fame. If I'm lucky, maybe I can get them all on Friday morning/afternoon and not have to brave the sweating crush on Saturday or Sunday.
I finished The First Crusade: A New History by Thomas Asbridge. It was short, as history books go, but it's an excellent introductory volume for someone interested in the Crusades, and its enthusiastic, engaging style leavens what could be a weighty, bitter subject. I would've liked to know more about some of the principals involved--Raymond of Toulouse, Bohemond, and Godfrey of Bouillion, for instance--but I suspect that if he had provided more detail, the book would've been derailed from its intended purpose, which was a brief exploration of the First Crusade and how it contributed to the modern conflict between Christianity and Islam. That being so, I would be delighted if he were to turn his hand, proverbial pen at the ready, to a more comprehensive study of either the siege of Antioch or the one at Jerusalem itself.
Speaking of which, Anson Mount and Shazad Latif are coming to Dragoncon. Hell, yes! Finally, hot men to happily perv over. I don't perv at them; I'n no crass ogre, but while they're signing my glossy and making small talk, I have no shame in getting an eyeful of square jaws and chiseled cheeks and soft, brown eyes. Anson Mount is just flat hot, and I would ride his authoritative yet compassionate and loyal Pike like a well-balanced pogo stick. Shazad Latif actually does little for me as Lt. Tyler, but show me a headshot, and I need a fainting couch.
So, that's three tables to visit while I'm at the Walk of Fame. If I'm lucky, maybe I can get them all on Friday morning/afternoon and not have to brave the sweating crush on Saturday or Sunday.
I finished The First Crusade: A New History by Thomas Asbridge. It was short, as history books go, but it's an excellent introductory volume for someone interested in the Crusades, and its enthusiastic, engaging style leavens what could be a weighty, bitter subject. I would've liked to know more about some of the principals involved--Raymond of Toulouse, Bohemond, and Godfrey of Bouillion, for instance--but I suspect that if he had provided more detail, the book would've been derailed from its intended purpose, which was a brief exploration of the First Crusade and how it contributed to the modern conflict between Christianity and Islam. That being so, I would be delighted if he were to turn his hand, proverbial pen at the ready, to a more comprehensive study of either the siege of Antioch or the one at Jerusalem itself.
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