I Guess That Would Be a Pre-Existing Condition

You know that thing where bright lights make you sneeze? Well, either you do or you don't. It happens to me all the time, and it turns out there's a name for it: the photic sneeze reflex. (Via My Elves Are Different, which also lists some other interesting reflexes.)

I watched the Terminator show last night (I am not sure I will ever remember the actual name, even if it stays on for years). I will watch it again tonight. I'm not sure about it, but it had its moments. I thought Summer Glau was great (I actually cheered for her when she delivered the immortal "Come with me if you want to live" line), but the woman playing Sarah Connor isn't doing much for me. My Sarah Connor is buff, crazy (and not-teenaged) Linda Hamilton from T2; I can't picture this woman doing hundreds of pullups in the mental hospital. The kid is eh. I wonder if Dean Winters will show up again; I like him as an actor, but I'm not sure why he's there. I liked the bank not-robbery, with the time machine; it was an interesting twist. But I didn't so much like the dodging-and-outrunning-every-bullet-ever-fired phenomenon.

Check these out: Swordspoint/Fall of the Kings/Privilege of the Sword shirts for the Ellen Kushner fan in your household. I'm getting the green.

That's only three, but it'll have to do.