Best Episodes of Season 1 The X Files

Added on November 24th, 2006

Just finished Season 1 of the X – Files. Love the show, it’s great. But just like with all shows there are some not so good episodes. Yes all shows! And don’t come with BSG, because it has Black Market. Anyway, back to the X – Files and the episodes that I thought were the best.

“Pilot”, the first episode was great. Couldn’t really think of a better way to start of the series. “Ice”, quite a scary episode compared to the rest, but that’s what makes it so good. An excellent high tension thriller episode. The Toombs story arch, two episodes, quite creepy as well, with some excellent moments.

“Fire”, is one of those episodes that I find hilarious and other people wonder what exactly I find funny in there. Well for one, the lady from Scotland Yard with her over top accent, and let’s not forget the guy from Fantastic Four, Human Torch being in it.

The finale, “The Erlenmeyer Flask” is one of those typical season final episodes, that builds up the suspense, and leaves the viewer wonder, “what’s going to happen now?” with the X – Files at FBI being closed, and Mulder and Scully being re-assigned to different jobs?

X-Files Season 2

Added on November 23rd, 2006

The X - Files Season 2

Picked up The X – Files Season 2 box set today. Wasn’t as cheap as the first one, but at this point I don’t really care, as long as I can watch some more excellent episodes of X – Files. Having said that there have been some episodes which I haven’t enjoyed that much in Season 1. I still have four more episodes of X – Files to go in Season 1, so expect a list of my favourite Season 1 episodes along with some commentary of what I think of the show, very soon.

As a side note I’d like to mention that World 8 in the New Super Mario for DS, is very hard, and to a degree annoying because you can only save the game either after beating a tower or a castle level, or of course buying an entrance to one of those mushroom places. And neither of those are an option to me right now in World 8.

My Top 10 Girl Geeks

Added on November 22nd, 2006

As usual I was looking at my various news feeds while at work, and noticed something interesting, CNET’s Top 10 Girl Geeks. So I decide to have a look and see what they’ve got there. The list is as follows:

  1. Ada Byron (World’s First Programmer)
  2. Val Tereshkova (Went To Space)
  3. Grace Hopper (Found Computer “Bug”)
  4. Darly Hannah (Eco-friendly Geek Icon)
  5. Rosalind Franklin (Chemist)
  6. Mary Shelley (Wrote Frankenstein)
  7. Lisa Simpson (Future President)
  8. Marie Curie (Plutonium In Her Pockets)
  9. Aleks Krotoski (Very Chic Geek)
  10. Paris Hilton (Famous Girl Gamer)

So what do I think of the list? While I may agree with some of the choices, I really really don’t agree with others, and some of the reasons and/or descriptions of these is just plan wrong. Take Marie Curie for example, she died 1934 and Plutonium was first isolated and produced in the year 1941. Daryl Hannah, hardly a geek, so no idea why she is on this list. Mary Shelley, debatable, personally I wouldn’t put her in a Top 10 because there are more deserving ladies. Won’t even say anything about Paris Hilton, I really wonder what the person who was making this list was smoking.

So what does my Top 10 look like? Well, it’s quite different. Quite a few new faces too. So without further ado, I present you my Top 10 Girl Geeks:

Val Tereshkova Marie Curie

  1. Valentina Tereshkova.
  2. Marie Curie.

Rosalind Franklin Hedy Lamarr

  1. Rosalind Franklin.
  2. Hedy Lamarr.

Cynthia Breazeal Fiorella Terenzi

  1. Cynthia Breazeal.
  2. Fiorella Terenzi.

Dana Scully Samatha Carter

  1. Dana Scully.
  2. Samantha Carter.

Morgan Webb Eve Astrid Andersson

  1. Morgan Webb.
  2. Eve Astrid Andersson.

Well, that’s my list Top 10 Girl Geeks. If you are going to, or already have posted your list, then be sure to let me now, and I’ll mention your list here as well.

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