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Walk This Way
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 I-don’t-know-how-many … 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 … Continue reading Betts and Barney–A Detective Story
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
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
Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop in My Place
This morning I woke up and there was no water coming out of the tap. To make sure that it was not just my apartment, I went down to the vacant third floor apartment and found that it too had no water.When I went out for my morning walk there were Philadelphia Water Department workers … Continue reading Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop in My Place
How America Got Its Name
Some time in elementary school, I guess, one of my teachers told the story that went something like this:A fellow named Amerigo Vespucci drew a map of the known world which included the newly discovered continents of the New World. Someone began referring to those new continents as Amerigo's land, and the Latinized version of … Continue reading How America Got Its Name