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Walk This Way
View fullsize I spent an enjoyable afternoon with my friend Paula at the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Young Frankenstein.It was fun and I enjoyed it, but I mostly smiled my way through the first act, as almost all the jokes and business were the same as in the movie, which I must have seen … Continue reading Walk This Way
Betts and Barney–A Detective Story
It all started when Cindy Behney referred to Helen Fortna as our aunt. Helen wasn’t Donna’s and my aunt, but just how was she related to us? I had no idea, and neither did my sister. This and most of the photos are details taken from the group Zellers clan picture featured in a previous … Continue reading Betts and Barney–A Detective Story
Carol Channing Sets the Scene
Carol Channing died today, something that I didn’t think could possibly happen in my lifetime. Of course, that’s hyperbole, but it seems justified because Channing was famous for playing those larger than life characters like Dolly Levi and Lorelei Lee.I feel a special affinity to Ms. Channing because in 1966 during my Junior year in … Continue reading Carol Channing Sets the Scene
Memories 2006
On December 24, 2006, I sat my parents in front of a camcorder and asked them to do some reminiscing about how they met, etc. I was a bit disappointed in the results, although part of the problem was that I had not done my homework (a common failing of mine) and didn’t have a … Continue reading Memories 2006
Moving My Plex Media Server To a Mac Mini
Over the Thanksgiving weekend I moved my Plex Media Server from my iMac to a Mac mini, and it was an almost painless process. Actually the process was painless, the problem was that I had not done enough homework. Let me explain.I had been thinking of moving Plex off the iMac for some time because … Continue reading Moving My Plex Media Server To a Mac Mini
Dramatizing Asimov’s Foundation
View fullsize The front cover of my copy of Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy which I got from the Science Fiction Book Club when I was 13 For years several different producers, writers, and directors have attempted to bring Isaac Asimov's sprawling Foundation series to the TV screen, and all those efforts have faltered, so … Continue reading Dramatizing Asimov’s Foundation
My First Pet Rabbit—A Tale of Betrayal
I'm not exactly sure just when to date this, other than it had to be sometime before 1957. My best guess is either 1955 or '56, so I would have been six or seven. And I'm not sure where I got the white rabbit, but I probably won it as a prize at the Easter … Continue reading My First Pet Rabbit—A Tale of Betrayal
Bruce Bartlett On the Republican Party
Bruce Bartlett served in both the Reagan and Senior Bush administrations, but he has since renounced the Republican Party, although he does not consider himself a Democrat. Today he let loose with a tweetstorm about the current state of the GOP and the president, and I thought I'd gather the tweets together and post them … Continue reading Bruce Bartlett On the Republican Party
Joe Bonafiglia
Joe Bonafiglia died on June 6, though I didn't find out about it until nine days later when Barb sent me a somewhat cryptic note on Facebook. I was completely taken aback by the news.He was only 55. Joe Bonafiglia The thought that he might die before me was something that had never entered my … Continue reading Joe Bonafiglia