The Week in Entertainment

DVD: Big Hero Six - I loved it. It was touching and funny, and well deserved the Oscar it won. And the little cartoon that comes with it, "Feast," is funny as heck.

TV:Modern Family - amusing though not special. The Middle - very nice final scene with Brick and Sue. Very nice. Selma, Lord, Selma - the events of that summer through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl.

Read: Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear. Steampunk that starts off very light and builds to a full-on adventure climax, this terrific novel features a representative mix of POC, LBGT, and women characters - you have to read the author's note about Marshal Bass Reeves including a feisty, terrifically engaging protagonist with a terrific narrative voice. Grave Matters, a sequel to Night Owls, just as good and possibly better.