With New Orleans changing their team name to something very, very silly, the Hornets name may not be gone for good. The Charlotte Bobcats are looking into bring the Hornet name back to North Carolina.

"According to a CBSSports.com report, the Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of claiming the name that resided in the city with the Charlotte Hornets from 1988-2002.

The name traveled to New Orleans when the franchise relocated, but recently became available when the Crescent City's NBA team ditched the Hornets moniker for the more apropos Pelicans."

And, yes, I hope they can bring the old name back.

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"STAR TREK VOYAGER" RETROSPECT - (4.23) "Living Witness"

I wrote this ARTICLE about the "STAR TREK VOYAGER" Season Four episode called (4.23) "Living Witness".

Nightmare In Tedium

Neil Gaiman channels Stephen Thompson

(Which is never a good thing)

On more than one occasion, the writer Harlan Ellsion insisted his name be removed from a movie or television program and replaced with that of Cordwainer Bird in place of his own. He did it when he believed his script had been butchered: changed to the point where the on-screen result would in some way make him look bad. It was his way of "flipping the bird" at those who had ruined his work and, more, of protecting his own reputation as a screen-writer.

If Neil Gaiman doesn't have a pseudonym for similar circumstances, he should get one — and apply it retroactively to his sophomore entry as a screen-writer for Doctor Who.

"Nightmare in Silver" isn't the worst episode of this year's often-dreadful half-series (far from it) but it isn't very good, either.

It is almost inconceivable that the the writer of "The Doctor's Wife" (not to mention of the Sandman graphic novels) could have handed in a script as dramatically disjointed, as illogical and as frankly boring, as that which showed up on our television screens this past weekend. And surely, it wasn't Neil Gaiman who closed the episode with the appalling spectacle of the Doctor almost literally drooling as he ponders the sight of Clara in a skirt just "a little bit too tight".

A nightmare in silver? More like pewter, or even tin. Spoilers and snark, as usual.

Here is a GALLERY featuring images from the FX series, "THE AMERICANS". Created by Joe Weisberg, the series stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.

Patterns of abuse

(I know, this is coming awfully late; I've got "Nightmare in Silver" queued up now. Hopefully, that will result in both a more timely and a more positive response. But for now ...)

I know a lot of you enjoyed "The Crimson Horror" and, in comparison to the previous week's travesty, you had every right to.

Nevertheless, what you enjoyed was still pretty lousy television and I guarantee that, unless you make a real study of it, you won't remember a damned thing about it a year from now.

Don't believe me?

Read "Carry On Up the Tardis!" to find out why it was the idea of "The Crimson Horror" you liked, and not the show itself.

As usual, both plot- and fun-spoilers abound, so enter at your own risk.

Yep, suck on that mess, LeBron.

In game 1 of the Knicks series against the Pacers. And it is a classic flop.



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TOP FIVE FAVORITE "MAD MEN" (SEASON FIVE) EPISODES

Here is a LIST of my top five (5) favorite episodes from Season Five of "MAD MEN". Created by Matthew Weiner, the series stars Jon Hamm.

Tonight marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Zooropa tour - the U2 era that made me a fan and will always remain my favourite. :) Just wish I could have been there! Slightly terrifying to realise that when I first got into the band, the tour was only 6 years ago, which means I've been on this train for 14 years now... where has all that time gone?!

Sadly it wouldn't let me upload Desire to my DM account, but here is the encore speech and Ultra Violet from the opening night...



Amazing times. So, so envious of anyone who got to see this tour in person!

Crikey, Sir Alex Ferguson retires:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22447018