I don’t have a particular thesis for today. My mind is swimming with all kinds of random stuff, and none of it is coalescing into one coherent point. But, it still needs to get out, so I’m going to take the shotgun approach and try getting out some thoughts on a handful of things; and […]

♦ Bret Alexander – Gentleman East: In a lot of ways, this one is probably the best of the half-dozen or so Badlees side projects that came out during the great post-UTDH hiatus, even if it’s not my favorite (that would probably be Perfect Smile). The foundation of what makes(made?) the Badlees great was the […]

All the of the fall pollen and mold are all coming over to my sinus cavities to visit this week; They’re not exactly the callers I’d prefer. Maybe a few tunes off the hard drive will improve the mood. Maybe: 100,000 Years – KISS Down By The River (live) – Phish Hell Hole – Spinal […]

Last Friday morning while taking care of a few errands, I stopped at Target to check out the electronics clearance rack, where over the years I’ve found many great deals on video games and computer storage media. While poking around amongst the marked down ipad cases and wii shovelware, I found one of these: This […]

…a joke was lost:

I kind of wanted to just leave yesterday be, but in the end, I figured that it was probably best to counter all of the blindly patriotic tackiness and/or resurgences of anger from so many other people with my little piece of ten years after. Where I was when things went down doesn’t really matter. […]

A couple of weeks back, I learned with some sadness that my regular Monday night RPG session was coming to an end, due to both GM work schedules and the encroaching profitability of Magic: The Gathering tournaments. However, within the last 72 hours, I have managed to find myself invited two join TWO different intermittent […]

for she is mighty. To any reading in eastern PA, stay safe.

I don’t pay a lot of attention to celebrity gossip, but I do occasionally listen to top 40 radio in the car to get a sense of “what the kids are listening to” (and it amuses me somewhat to hear my oldest daughter choke and gag on songs that her trend-chasing friends are obsessed with…she […]

So, I think, in the end, a long weekend was most of what I needed. Mostly. As you might have figured, the last few weeks have been pretty stressful. Too many reasons to list at this point, really, and honestly, I just want to get past them. I think I’m mostly done with them, now […]