Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 31, 2012

The Virago is not a sports fan, generally speaking. In fact, the only time she ever cares about sports is the Olympics. It's supposed to celebrate the best of humanity, to show that nations can come together in a spirit of peaceful competition and inspire the rest of the world...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 31, 2012

The Virago is not a sports fan, generally speaking. In fact, the only time she ever cares about sports is the Olympics. It's supposed to celebrate the best of humanity, to show that nations can come together in a spirit of peaceful competition and inspire the rest of the world...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 30, 2012

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its 2012 Summer Under the Stars program with an all-day celebration of John Wayne on August 1, which will thrill some classic movies fans and irritate others. John Wayne has always been a polarizing figure – people either love him or hate him. Younger women,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 30, 2012

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its 2012 Summer Under the Stars program with an all-day celebration of John Wayne on August 1, which will thrill some classic movies fans and irritate others. John Wayne has always been a polarizing figure – people either love him or hate him. Younger women,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 30, 2012

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its 2012 Summer Under the Stars program with an all-day celebration of John Wayne on August 1, which will thrill some classic movies fans and irritate others. John Wayne has always been a polarizing figure – people either love him or hate him. Younger women,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 19, 2012

The collectible series LEGO minifigures have been a huge hit ever since LEGO released the first wave a few years back. Series 8 has already been announced for September, and once again we'll be getting some fun new citizens to populate our LEGO worlds. For wave 9 and beyond, most...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 19, 2012

The collectible series LEGO minifigures have been a huge hit ever since LEGO released the first wave a few years back. Series 8 has already been announced for September, and once again we'll be getting some fun new citizens to populate our LEGO worlds. For wave 9 and beyond, most...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 19, 2012

The collectible series LEGO minifigures have been a huge hit ever since LEGO released the first wave a few years back. Series 8 has already been announced for September, and once again we'll be getting some fun new citizens to populate our LEGO worlds. For wave 9 and beyond, most...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 13, 2012

My LEGO club has a big show tomorrow, and I have been building for hours almost every day for weeks to get ready. Like most AFOLs, I go through periods of intense productivity divided by times when other parts of my life take over and I build nothing at all....   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 13, 2012

My LEGO club has a big show tomorrow, and I have been building for hours almost every day for weeks to get ready. Like most AFOLs, I go through periods of intense productivity divided by times when other parts of my life take over and I build nothing at all....   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 13, 2012

My LEGO club has a big show tomorrow, and I have been building for hours almost every day for weeks to get ready. Like most AFOLs, I go through periods of intense productivity divided by times when other parts of my life take over and I build nothing at all....   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 23, 2012

The great Westerns strike a balance between the opposing experiences that define life on the frontier; they understand that the thrill of adventure comes hand in hand with the very real threat of death. Cowboys and cavalry fire their guns and gallop across the open land like eternal mythic heroes,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 23, 2012

The great Westerns strike a balance between the opposing experiences that define life on the frontier; they understand that the thrill of adventure comes hand in hand with the very real threat of death. Cowboys and cavalry fire their guns and gallop across the open land like eternal mythic heroes,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 23, 2012

The great Westerns strike a balance between the opposing experiences that define life on the frontier; they understand that the thrill of adventure comes hand in hand with the very real threat of death. Cowboys and cavalry fire their guns and gallop across the open land like eternal mythic heroes,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 18, 2012

2012 is turning out to be a banner year for LEGO themes, with LORD OF THE RINGS and SUPER HEROES already taking shelves by storm and several new series of the hot minifigure line making their debuts. Still, the best new line for the AFOL crowd might well be MONSTER...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 18, 2012

2012 is turning out to be a banner year for LEGO themes, with LORD OF THE RINGS and SUPER HEROES already taking shelves by storm and several new series of the hot minifigure line making their debuts. Still, the best new line for the AFOL crowd might well be MONSTER...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 18, 2012

2012 is turning out to be a banner year for LEGO themes, with LORD OF THE RINGS and SUPER HEROES already taking shelves by storm and several new series of the hot minifigure line making their debuts. Still, the best new line for the AFOL crowd might well be MONSTER...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 11, 2012

Norman Crews’ first official tour of duty as an off-world laboratory inspector had, unfortunately, proved to be a shining example of unmitigated boredom and routine. Norman, who was himself rather fond of regularity, had actually been surprised at how dull the work had been; he had   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 8, 2012

Orson Welles’ tense post-war thriller, The Stranger (1946), is not as famous as his most iconic films, but as an example of Wellesian noir it stands up very well against The Lady from Shanghai (1947) and Touch of Evil (1958), and it shares with both of them a delirious sense...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 8, 2012

Orson Welles’ tense post-war thriller, The Stranger (1946), is not as famous as his most iconic films, but as an example of Wellesian noir it stands up very well against The Lady from Shanghai (1947) and Touch of Evil (1958), and it shares with both of them a delirious sense...   read more