Author: Shiri Sondheimer

September 17, 2014

That to Which Shiri is Listening: 9-17-14

I love my co-workers. They are amazing and we have a lot of fun. That said, we are trapped in a windowless box 12 hours...

September 16, 2014

Let’s Talk Process: Works in Translation

Translation. It wan’t until grad school I considered translation from another language to be a potential reading pitfall. I was writing a paper on...

September 15, 2014

Monday Review: Lock In by John Scalzi

When Luke and I discussed How to Train Your Dragon on the podcast last week, we touched briefly upon the idea of Hiccup and Toothless being...

September 14, 2014

It’s Sunday: Have a Batman Narwhal

That’s my girl.

September 14, 2014

Sentenced: Shiri’s 9-14-14 Edition

Another from The Great First Line Collection, this one the start of All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Mind, it’s a translation from Japanese...

September 13, 2014

That Which Shiri is Reading: 9-13-14

All You Need is Kill, source material for Edge of Tomorrow, which I haven’t seen because Tom Cruise, but heard was very good. Short little...

September 12, 2014

Dispatches From the Last Chance Salon

Community Announcement: Massage Therapy Apocalypse got you down? Mother-in-law a literal harpy? Too many dimensional gate shifts? Work summoning fail at a critical moment? Hex...

September 10, 2014

Your Wednesday Earworm: Get Lucky

Admit it. You love this song. Don’t pretend you don’t because I know you do. Everyone does. I’m lip synching and bouncing on my seat...

September 10, 2014

That To Which Shiri Is Listening: Random Access Memories

Because it’s the end of the summer and the sun roof is open and I don’t give a crap if people see me car dancing....

September 9, 2014

Let’s Talk Process: The Team Up

I am skittish about group projects. I have been since I realized I’m one of those people who will always pick up the slack to make sure...

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]