OM Flippin’ G! Zabar’s Coffee!!!

I wrote a much longer review, but my computer barfed on me and I lost it. Okay. Technically, I forgot to save my work, and then the battery was almost dead. And then it was dead. I’m old enough to know better. I know. Still, I’d like to think that it’s the computer’s fault. It’s […]

Larry the Horrible Time Traveler

This guy that I know pretty well wrote this book, and he decided to self-publish it as an ebook before he could decide on a good nom-de-plume. Oh well. It’s an adventure story filled with all the subtextual angst a guy going through an amicable divorce can channel into a frivolous science fictional outing. If […]

Repeater – Repeater

Silly me. I thought I’d write a music review. I’ve got 10 minutes before I need to scoot out for work, so let’s not expect any real depth or insight. Instead, a short anecdote. Once upon a time I was in college. Let’s call this time the 90s, when only terribly privileged people had cell-phones […]

Partly Robot Finally Watches the Watchmen

Fifteen years ago I was absolutely 1000% certain there was no way anyone could possibly make a movie that would do Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel justice. I still had that attitude five years ago. Also, I was not in charge of the remote at that point in my life. Last week, I […]

My Dream From Last Night

I had a dream that I had overslept by an hour and was desperately trying to make my body move and get out of bed so I could get to work. I awoke from this panic dream and craned my neck to see the clock radio to see that I actually had an hour to […]

First Monday Morning of 2015

Today started off on a down note, with the alarm actually going off for the first time this year. Very disappointing not to have the luxury of staying in bed until 9:30, and instead rejoin the work-a-day world. But, the silver lining is that I was awoken from a disturbing dream about harpies attacking my […]

Into the Woods!

A couple nights ago, after the Rose Bowl, which is a football game that is a big deal, some friends, the kid, and I went to see Into the Woods at the Oak Grove 8 in Milwaukie, Oregon. I like the Oak Grove 8. It’s a nice little independent theater with a few thumbtack holes in […]