Random geeky post

- I saw this on io9.com the other day. They introduced a female Captain America in the Spider-Gwen universe and her origins were laid out in the latest issue. What really caught my eye, though, was the fact that on Earth-65, there's a eye patch wearing Peggy Carter that's basically a stand in for Nick Fury. I totally love this idea. This makes Peggy even more bad ass. I really want to read the Spider-Gwen series now, if only to see more of Eye Patch!Peggy. Ooh, maybe this female Cap will get her own series.

- I'm 95% finished on my first ever Jayne hat. It knitted up pretty quick thanks to the fact that it uses bulky yarn. I love bulky yarn. It's not too thick, but it's thick enough that you can knock out projects in a couple of days. I think I have enough yarn left over to make another hat and I would love to make one for myself. The one that was gifted to me is a bit tight; apparently I have a large noggin. We'll see. I'm knitting a few things for Christmas this year and I don't have a lot of time. A Jayne hat for me will probably have to wait until after the holidays.

- I finished reading Armada, the second book by Ernest Cline. He wrote Ready Player One, which I loved, so I thought Armada would be just as good. Sadly, I was disappointed. Armada is okay, but it doesn't have the same spark as Ready Player One. All of the geek references in Ready Player One made sense within the context of the world. In Armada, all of the geek references seemed tacked on, like it was in Cline's contract that he had to have geeky references so he just threw them in wherever. And he actually explains some of the geeky references! Wha? You shouldn't have to do that. Just reference it and the reader can Google is later if it doesn't make sense.

- The big crossover for The Flash and Arrow is at the end of the month. I think I saw a thing saying that Mark Hamill is back as the Trickster for the crossover. That would rock. Mark Hamill and set up for Legends of Tomorrow? Yes please. :-D I'm so excited for Legends of Tomorrow. Both shows have been busy setting everything up. All of the players are in place. Now we just need to meet Rip Hunter. I still can't help but think of him as a time displaced Rory who was recruited to sort out the timelines. Hmm, maybe there's a fic idea in there...

"You don't get to name things. I'm the Doctor. I do the naming."

This is unrelated to the episode, but we got to talking about Doctor Who at my book club today and somehow ended up on the topic of Tom Baker. I mentioned I had knitted a Fourth Doctor scarf and one of the ladies, who is a big geek like me, said to me, "If you knit me a scarf, I would totally pay you for it." Even when I told her that I couldn't work on the scarf until the new year, she was still very adamant. So I seem to have a commission. If my job falls through, maybe I can knit Fourth Doctor scarves for a living. ;-)

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 9x09, "Sleep No More" )

Oh, and back to my book club. We also talked about how Peter Capaldi's performance has mellowed this season and that got us onto the topic of how the Doctor broke the fourth wall in "Before the Flood". One of the girls thought it was the first time the show had done that, but I had to burst her bubble and I told her about One wishing everyone a "Happy Christmas" during "The Feast of Steven" from "The Daleks' Master Plan" and Four brief address to the audience in "The Face of Evil". I probably sounded like trivia spouting machine. And yes, Twelve's wall breaking was the first time it was done so extensively so the other girl is still right in that regard. Anyway, book club; we don't just talk about books. :-)