We shall blameth the Nea for this Doctor Who meme-eth, thing-eth. 1. When did you start watching and why? 1983, the local PBS station started showing the Tom Baker episodes. Then pledge time came around, and they showed The Five Doctors. And that confused the hell out of me. 🙂 2. What was your firstContinue reading “On Doctor Who Meme-Age”
Author Archives: Allyn
On My Time of Day
Let’s kick off Monday morning — and a bloody cold Monday morning at that — with a meme. Mostly because it’s early, it’s cold, and my brain isn’t quite working yet…. 😉 Your time of day has a split personality — sometimes it’s sweat-streaked and loud, and you’re on the dance floor, getting your thirdContinue reading “On My Time of Day”
On a Week-End Round-Up
Another week, another review of the week that was! 🙂 Sunday began with a review of the week prior. Exciting stuff? Not really, no. Instead, I was counting down the hours until Tom Petty’s appearance at the Super Bowl. And how was that? I reflected on Petty’s Super Bowl halftime show Monday morning. In short,Continue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On Tweaking Hemingway
My experiment with Hemingway continues! The Hemingway theme has a couple of interesting things going for it. Number one, it’s not under any sort of active development. The latest version — 0.19 — was released nearly twenty-four months ago. Number two, there’s absolutely no support for it. The download page has dead links to supportContinue reading “On Tweaking Hemingway”
On What People Want to Know
Someone, somewhere, thinks I’m an expert on something. Oh, maybe not the things that I consider myself an expert on. But that’s the joy of the internet — everyone’s anonymous, and everyone’s an expert about something. So what do people think I know about? That’s where stat tracking comes in. WordPress has a nice plug-inContinue reading “On What People Want to Know”
On Reader Reactions
Something I’ve discovered in the past few days. There are bloggers who blog about my day job. Without being too specific, I write copy for a product catalog. We’re finishing up the March catalog in the next few days. My word count on the March catalog? 72k. That’s a novel. I wrote that in tenContinue reading “On Reader Reactions”
On an Early Morning Headache
Begin with the premise that I’m not a morning person. Oh, I can function in the morning. But I typical begin the day with some lethargy, and I don’t catch my first wind until ten-ish. It’s not uncommon that I’ll wake with a headache. Some would call that a hangover, but I wonder if it’sContinue reading “On an Early Morning Headache”
On Across the Universe Musings
I stopped by Best Buy yesterday afternoon. I saw online that they had special swag for the DVD release of Across the Universe. Naturally, I was interested. 🙂 It’s a good week for Across the Universe. Monday was Across the Univere Day — NASA beamed the song, “Across the Universe” at Polaris. Tuesday, the DVDContinue reading “On Across the Universe Musings”
On Retailing Comic Books and Video Games
I like to stay up on what’s going on in the comic book industry. Chalk it up to curiosity — in my college days I routinely spent forty to sixty dollars a week on comics, and my first job after high school was working in a comic book store. So once or twice a weekContinue reading “On Retailing Comic Books and Video Games”
On Tom Petty’s Super Bowl Show
I like Tom Petty. So when I heard that he was chosen to be the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl, I was instantly intrigued. The game? Didn’t really care about. Football’s not my sport. But Tom Petty? Yeah, I’d tune in for that. The morning DJs I listen to on the morning commute hadContinue reading “On Tom Petty’s Super Bowl Show”