Original Mickey Mouse Character Enters Public Domain in 2024
As a grad student in the 1990s, I chose to focus my dissertation on the years 1920-1950, on the theory that works published during that time period would fall out of copyright during the prime of my...
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I voiced Jack Rollins, writer of the popular holiday songs “Frosty the Snowman” and “Here Comes Peter Cottontail,” in another “Whispers of the Past” documentary focused on Scottdale, Pa.
View ArticleApocalypse Rising #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 1) Sisko...
Rewatching ST:DS9 Worf and O’Brien want to search for overdue Sisko and Dax, but Kira invokes the Defiant’s standing orders to guard the station. When the captain’s damaged runabout turns up, we learn...
View ArticleThe Ship #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 2) Sisko defends his claim...
Rewatching ST:DS9 The Ship On a mineral survey of a planet that just happens to look like Southern California, O’Brien trades playful barbs with crewman Muniz. Unlike most episodes where the leads have...
View ArticleLooking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season...
Rewatching ST:DS9 Outside the O’Briens’ quarters, Quark catches Bashir eavesdropping on raised voices. (It’s actually Miles and Kira fighting.) Dax and Worf are happily bickering over opera when he is...
View ArticleNor the Battle to the Strong #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 4)...
Rewatching ST:DS9 On an assignment to write a profile on Bashir, budding writer Jake tags along to a medical conference, and nothing really surprising happens. Their casual, character-based banter is...
View ArticleThe Assignment #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 5) Keiko is not...
Rewatching ST:DS9 On a bustling morning in Quark’s, Rom sours his brother’s good mood by ordering human cuisine — O’Brien’s favorite breakfast. Bashir commiserates after he accidentally killed the...
View ArticleCrying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
I’ve felt a bit like this guy the last few times I’ve been to in-person academic conferences. I certainly enjoy the panels and the keynotes and seeing the poster presentations, but in between sessions...
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