I was arranging my CD collection recently and came across the soundtrack album for Tom Hanks’ 1996 film, That Thing You Do! TTYD! tells the story of the Wonders, sometimes spelling Oneders, pronounced o-Need-ers, an Erie, Pennsylvania garage band of 1964 who write a hit song, hit the big time, and then break up. TheContinue reading “That Thing You Do!”
Monthly Archives: June 2004
Ringworld’s Children
In September 1993 I read Ringworld for the first time. I had turned twenty that June, just gotten my driver’s license, and I was starting my third semester at Central Virginia Community College. By Christmas I had read all of Niven’s Known Space work (except The Patchwork Girl, which took about a year to trackContinue reading “Ringworld’s Children”
An Invitation
I received in the mail today an invitation from the University of Richmond Alumni Association. It seems that towards the end of July they are holding a function in the Raleigh area at a Durham Bulls baseball game. I’m tempted. I didn’t finish my degree at Richmond, so I don’t consider myself an alumnus, butContinue reading “An Invitation”