So the official Dollhouse fansite appeared today. I joined - why, I have no idea!

According to TV Shows on DVD , this is now due out on January 6th (the R4 release is out a month earlier according to EzyDVD ) - but the list of extras is what is truly impressive: Bonus Material...4.5: The Untold Story - Untold The Music of Battlestar Galactica "Sine Qua Non" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore and Writer Michael Taylor Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries

Fox have launched their official site for Dollhouse . So, series not cancelled yet? Sorry, the pessimist in me got out again!

Frank Gallagher: If there's one thing I have learned in this life, it's that you never raise your hand to your child - you leave your bollocks unprotected. God I love this programme!

Went up to PAGS for my first game of 40K tonight. Got the usual friendly greeting - which is nice - and an encouraging sign for the long-term. Dave offered battle - 1500 pt Tau vs my Ultramarines....this time) held mine. Result? Victory to me. However, Dave was giving me plenty of advice so I know I wouldn't really have won without that help. Cheers Dave, you're both a scholar and a gentleman

I was about to pour scorn on the news of a 300 sequel and then I see that Frank Miller will write a graphic novel first and then Snyder and Miller do a script and then they'll do the movie. Whew! That team did a fine job of 300 so hopefully they'll do as well again. What will they call it? 1 ?

My daughters are away dancing in competitions this week. I got an "dire emergency" call from my partner to bring over some sequins as a costume had ripped. The instructions were that they were in "the...the second bag was actually full of the contents of the kitty litter tray that I had been emptying the day before and had "lost" when I had to put it down to haul the cat off the budgie's cage. D'oh

Behold, the Yeti crab ! Yes, just as bizarre as its name suggests.

Mascot Bloopers .

CBR has an excellent report [WARNING: enormous spoilers in the link] on the screening of selected Watchmen scenes. Everything I read about that screening continues to raise my hopes. I have just two comments: Two hours 43 minutes - YES! Watchmen Babies - NO! (but funny in context)