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Chapters 10 Jul 2013 | 12:11 pm
It is my intention to present the next several posts as chapters from my memory over the past 40 or so years. From my first memory to the memory I just had of typing “memory,” the events, people and t...
Run That By Me Again, Terminator 2? 19 Jan 2013 | 09:36 am
Quite some time ago, I blogged Run That By Me Again, Top Gun?, a simple observation on the lack of logic in a successful and otherwise entertaining movie I like. I could have made a series out of this...
Mr. White’s Neighborhood 7 Dec 2012 | 06:49 am
I recently had the opportunity to travel from Portland to Houston. Since I had the time to waste on it, I decided to alter my route to visit the city of Albuquerque. Yes, we all know this to be the ci...
More Talking in Movie Quotes 23 Aug 2012 | 09:12 am
In 2009 I posted about my tendency to talk in movie quotes that nobody got but me. This is a quick addendum to that fine list; two one-word lines from films I hope you’ve seen. Mangoes! This is from ...
What to Do When Your Cat Leaves You 23 Aug 2012 | 08:20 am
One year ago I had to move out of a house due to the recession. I had two cats I had to consider as I transitioned from 1600 square feet to a tiny room in a shared duplex unit. One of them, Scooter (w...
Beck’s Hilarious Recordings 4 Aug 2012 | 09:49 am
Beck is still cool, but in the 1990s, when he was fresh, he was the hipster before it was cool to be a hipster. His experimental album, the one before Mellow Gold, was frequently played at my househol...
Theia 4 Aug 2012 | 04:22 am
As this week’s full moon rose in a clear Portland night sky, I happened to be reading Robert M. Hazen’s The Story of Earth, chapter two: The Big Thwack. Hazen’s experience in the subject of Earth’s 4....
LOST Meets The Exorcist 25 Jul 2012 | 06:15 pm
I’m watching LOST again, just because I want to sort things out, and I think I got everything straight, and of course all those ostensibly unanswered questions have been answered, but what’s this I no...
Lashing Back at the Backlash 21 Jul 2012 | 12:43 pm
I’m so saddened by the actions of a man who found an end to his rope of the American Dream, an end which prompted an American Nightmare. The victims of this tragedy continue to reveal their sad truths...
Crazy Lyrics 11 Jul 2012 | 12:23 pm
Sensucht by Rammstein is a a hard pounding, truly metal moshy song. But, um… what the hell is he actually singing about? Sensucht means longing, but the rest of the song is translated here. WTF? Exce...
