I’ve been on a bit of a non-fiction reading streak lately. I recently finished Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach. I like it, bu ... View all

Roger Ebert recently posted something on his blog regarding his impending demise. In his post, his repairs to the standard secular bromide about how d ... View all

Well since these senior sendoffs traditionally end up sounding like award ceremony acceptance speeches, I would like to begin mine by first thanking t ... View all

What do Michael Lington, Fleetwood Mac, Santana and The Grateful Dead have in common? The answer is mega-Platinum producer, Keith Olsen. Keith has pro ... View all

Sitting...at my dining room table.Considering...sitting outside on the back porch but with all the rain we've had over the weekend, I imagine it's pre ... View all

Like most nerds, I crave the latest and highest tech. But do I really need it?A new blog called Last Year's Model is a reminder to us all that, no ... View all

Hello to my regular readers and to you who just stopped by. I am taking suggestions regarding the background color on the blog. Is the darker backgrou ... View all

I've always had some kind of magazine subscription. I've been through a lot of them: Time, Newsweek, Atlantic Monthly, Us Weekly, Mental_Floss, Horn B ... View all

*"Eggtown's" received some of the strongest negative reviews on The Fuselage since the beginning of season three. Much of the dissatisfaction origina ... View all

After seeing Bride Wars, it makes some measure of sense that Anne Hathaway would mount such a spirited defense of her role in it. Hathaway is, in fact ... View all

Phewwww! I just took a huge “to do” off my list. Every child that I need to buy Christmas presents for has been scratched off my list. I profited f ... View all

Some disturbing news. I was at a bar on Friday night, and one of the patrons paid GOOD MONEY to play the song "Mambo Number Five" not once, but TWICE. ... View all