During the usual Saturday-after-payday shopping, I was wandering through Costco, checking out the DVD shelf, and, Lo-And-Behold, out in plain sight, three days before official release, was a fresh case of “The Incredible Hulk” 3-disc special edition DVDs for reasonably cheap. So, of course, I grabbed one. Far be it from me to pass up […]

As many of you know, I haven’t had cable service for a couple of years; it got too expensive for my viewing habits and level of service to justify. We’ve been subsisting on a set of rabbit ears and a big DVD collection ever since. Now, in February ’09, the government’s mandated that conventional analog […]

It took the kids less than a week to bring back some sort of flu-resembling virii which had me sidelined most of the weekend. I spent Saturday and Sunday resting in order to conserve my strength and let my body repair itself. Two solid days, mostly crashed on the couch with the baby (who was […]

From my hotel this week, I have an excellent view of all the active runways at National Airport. And the Amtrak line. And the metro. And the G-W Parkway. And some sailboats and stuff on the Potomac. It’d be like big vehicle heaven if I were a five year old boy; it’s still pretty cool […]

I have a small fondness for Rocky Horror, but yeah, I’ve mostly outgrown it; Spaced pretty much nailed the limited shelf life of it’s appeal. Still, the original version is a camp classic that any “hip”, “with-it” student of pop culture ought to be at least passingly familiar with. I say “original version”, because apparently […]

some random thoughts for a Wednesday: ♦ – I discoverd this week that one member of the US House represents approximately 693,000 people. That’s a LOT of people for one congressman to answer to. For purposes of scale, consider the imperfect comparison to the UK House of Commons, were each MP (were they distributed by […]

Happy Independence Day, everybody. Looks like a quiet one around here, though if the rain holds out, we’ll try to catch the fireworks at the fairgrounds this evening. In the meantime, I’m going to just enjoy the fact that the week’s over, and my weekend is an extra day long. And since it’s Friday, here’s […]

To start with a program note (cue the “announcement!” song from Boy Scout summer camp), I seem to have misplaced my mobile phone; I only realized I didn’t have it this morning, but thinking back, I haven’t used it since Friday evening – it’s probably in the car I’m not using, but in any case, […]

Mary had a great time with the sleepover…pizza, innocent (thank god) nine-year old girl gossip about boys, and staying up way too late. And, since it’s our house, I DM’d a session of Faery’s Tale (a very rules-light pen & paper RPG aimed at younger kids) for the girls, who had lots of fun pretending […]

Scientific American published an article back in May about the healing powers of blogging, or more specifically, writing about thoughts and feelings in general. The article discusses how writing is not only useful as a stress management tool, but has also been linked to positive physiological affects, like improved memory and immune system boosts. I […]