Category: Reading

Strange but apparently true: stealth aircraft are so effective at avoiding radar, bats fly into them.  I like bats, so I wasn’t thrilled to learn this.  The aircraft also deflect sonar, which makes it almost impossible to take a Polaroid picture of one.  Those types of cameras use a form of sonar to auto-focus, which […]

In the Laserblast episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, much is made of the fact that Leonard Maltin gave the movie 2 ½ stars in his movie guide.  Mike and the bots go on to list some of the films they are appalled to learn received the same rating from the critic: A Fish Called […]

I am a huge fan of Rifftrax and Mystery Science Theatre 3000.  One aspect of Rifftrax I especially like is they often have additional riffers beyond their legacy group of three guys formerly of MST3K.  They don’t have many female riffers, but the ones they do use on a regular basis are phenomenal: Bridget Nelson, […]