The secret to the “601” will be known to anyone who has seen the still-brilliant 1971 film The Andromeda Strain. (Do not, repeat, NOT attempt to watch the horrifyingly bad made-for-TV remake!) When the scientists studying an extra-terrestrial organism ask[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those of my readers from overseas (or Americans who attended public school anytime from about 1988 forward), the 13th Amendment to the constitution abolished slavery. That’s the theory, at least. And there endeth the political lesson. Please open your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apart from a brief stint in the now-defunct B. Dalton Bookseller chain (I promise that I didn’t assist their demise!), most of my early working career was as an office temporary. Few things can compare with the horrors of being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always wondered about this. I spent two years in a Catholic school, when I was but a pup, and the different orders of nuns and priests made me wonder if there was any order to be had in any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m posting this from warm, sunny Greenbank, Queensland, Australia, while my friends back in the U.S. are still struggling with some of the coldest weather in several decades. I’ve experienced visiting some friends along the New Hampshire/Vermont border who thought[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t care who you think you are… you just don’t mess around with Da Claus! Our Christmas triptych ends with my revealing why they’re going to have to revise the ending of the film Vice, now in theaters (enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With this sort of logic, you can see why America has such a strong self-defensive posture. It’s a happy coincidence that the motion picture Vice is now in theaters. YouTube, as always, has the trailer; you can see the magnificent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five years ago, on New Year’s Eve, I faced quadruple bypass heart surgery. (No worries — I caught the surgical crew before they had their end-of-year party.) I wasn’t really concerned that I wouldn’t get through it, but I reached[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are just some things that have to be obeyed… such as the requirement of having cocoa in winter (or fall, or spring, or even summer, if you’re a die-hard like myself). My choice — and I hasten to add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you hadn’t noticed, there are a lot of puns in this web comic! Today, you get to see Caedmon abusing a homograph, which is a word that is spelled the same but, when pronounced differently, has two meanings.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
