It’s Almost Here…

Yep, Opening Day is just around the corner. It is the true first day of spring. And once again my veins are filled with the promise of baseball. I bleed blue, not the pale, washed out Dodger Blue of this town, but the deep, rich and vibrant Cubbie Blue. And I see the world through […]

Sure, One More for the Road

There are some pretty good reasons I’m not a journalist. Which worked out OK this time, since Keith Law at ESPN.com said what I’ve been thinking, probably better than I could.
Let’s say I went out onto the street with a loaded gun and just started firing randomly. Would it be OK? What if I emptied […]

To a long lost friend

Happy Birthday, Kyra

You are kyriffic, and you are missed. May you be happy and safe wherever you are.

Panic at the uh…computer

What else can go wrong? OK I know you’re not supposed to say that - but I’ve not been saying it, and things keep going wrong, so what the hell, why not.
Was able to get out and hike today. Rich, Dave and I hiked out to Parker Mesa Overlook. Of course, the overlook wasn’t very […]

Two Week Collapse

Bad bad bad bad cephyn. Seriously, my stressful work situation has really bullied me into submission. I’ve been a bad everything lately. My efforts to cook most dinners at home was thwarted this past week - I just didn’t have the energy. So I’ve been a bad money-manager. I’ve been a bad son, didn’t call […]

A Week…Two Weeks…of Mondays

I swear, nothing is going right for me at work. And really through no fault of my own. I have multiple individuals who owe me items, but I have no authority to compel them to do it. And so, I get none of it. And yet, I’m the one who gets blamed. I can only […]

Why 300 was a Surprise Success

Well I have my theories. But really my title is referring to Neal Stephenson’s recent commentary in the NYT. For those of you who may not know, Mr. Stephenson is a very popular sci-fi author, one of the New Guard - and perhaps a founding member. He singlehandedly revitalized and revolutionized cyberpunk (in my opinion) […]

Missing the Point Entirely

Just recently I railed against the History Channel’s mediocre representaton of the early middle ages, and I think with good reason. The show was meant to be educational and a true history of the time. It failed in those respects, and deserves to be called on it.
However there are times when there is also good […]

The Irony Channel

You know, when “History” is in the name of a channel, you’d expect them to get the history right above all else. Sadly, that isn’t what happened. Me being the medieval history dork that I am, I was pretty excited to see their Dark Ages special. I had high hopes - I hoped they’d work […]

Website Shoutout

I’ve thrown a couple shououts before (Centauri Dreams and Comics Curmudgeon) and I’m just going to continue to do so, just because I like sites. I usually have no actual contact with the creators of these sites, and today’s is no exception. To these people, I pretty much don’t exist, and that’s OK! Hopefully I […]