Spontaneous ∂erivation

This is better dithered on the Kindle, but even here you can see one of Saturn’s tiny (relative to its size, anyways…) moons.

Things I want very much: Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy blog as a Kindle blog. Although considering that Discover Magazine’s holder is currently suing Amazon for creating a digital book reader that can download reading materials from the net, that’s probably not going to happen.

Heroes, Season 1, was nominated for the following awards with cute names (and nominated for many more awards not covered here):

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Masi Oka

Golden Globes

• Best TV Drama Series
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Masi Oka

Hugo Awards

• Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Saturn Awards

• Best Network Television Series
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: Greg Grunberg
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: Masi Oka
• Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series: Hayden Panettiere
• Best Television Series on DVD

Spaceys

• Favorite TV Show
• Favorite TV Show Character: Hiro, played by Masi Oka

No word on Season 2.

And with the… interestingness of Season 3, I suspect we’ll see at least one nomination: Fugly Worst TV Show. Doesn’t mean the show deserves the award, just that it may get successfully nominated. Um. Yes, I’m aware that’s not really logic.

(Note on spelling: the plural of Emmy is apparently Emmys, not Emmies. I did the same for the Fugly, but apparently the plural of Fugly is Fuglies, not Fuglys.

Go figure. I decided to go with rule 1, since Emmy is a proper noun and so is Fugly.)