Pen-Elayne on the Web

Retro Session

Summer always seems like a great time for escapism. People vacation to beat the heat or just get away from their jobs (=grin=) or because, hey, the kids don't have school. And however badly things are going in the country (which reminds me, here's Krugman's latest, NYT-reg-free as is my wont), folks of all political proclivities do seem to enjoy retreating into fantasy or nostalgia. Whilst everyone who's anyone appears to be at San Diego (read Neil and Wil and Mark in the Top Six, or scroll down the sidebar to the Pulse and Newsarama message boards for updates from there), others blog about movies (like Betsy Devine on the Pirates of the Caribbean - love that poster! - or Emma Goldman on that movie and a few others (I particularly loved the Charlie's Angels observations). And if you're looking to recapture the sad, sad days of your youth with the electronic babysitter, you could do far worse than Retromedia (via Brooke Biggs).