At the 2006 World Horror Convention last May, Joe and I had the great pleasure of meeting Larry Santoro, a writer and producer from Chicago. He was kind enough to hang out with us on the first evening of the
Caught Up In the Cup ….
…. so much so that I haven’t had much of a chance to really blog about it. I’m going to try and play a little catch-up here … topically … Team USA: “If you’re not ready to play, you shouldn’t
Musings on early matches
I am not a very big soccer fan, but the interest has been with me for years. I first started getting into the World Cup during the 1990 tournament — which I think was the first year US television finally
Down Before Up
Here’s a question: is it really a rollercoaster if the big drop is right at the beginning, before any climbing up? That’s the way this day, our first full day at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco, has gone.
quote for the day
“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” — Carl G. Jung And here’s a bonus, from a great Republican president (who could teach a few things to the current occupant of the office): “In most
quote for the day
This one’s brand spanking new, just overheard coming from the cube across the aisle: “It’s not a bug, it’s a methodology limitation.” I love my job …
quotes for the day, and cheery news!
Today you get a hat-trick … I have been posting these in the order in which they appear in my quotation collection page, part of my personal homepages. But the three which appear today are all appropriate to the feeling
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
“I will be myself as a grown-up. I wouldn’t be anything else.” –Taiga Endo, age 5, answering the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I want to be a knitter. I want to play the
Bring on the asteroid …. no one’s going to miss this planet anyway
Two stories in the news today have caught my attention in a very downer sort of way. The first seems to confirm what I’ve sadly come to believe over the past few years, that the government doesn’t give a damn
I hope Andromeda is far enough away …
The New York Times editorial: Let’s see. The vice president of the United States accidentally shot someone while bird-hunting on a Texas ranch. It took the White House nearly 24 hours to share that information with the rest of the