I’ve been out of town for a week, out of touch. An impromptu road trip. Got back home yesterday morning. Spring has truly arrived. It’s nice outside. I got some writing done, the story mentioned earlier. It’s about one-quarter done. I’m anticipating getting it to half done by the end of the weekend, then havingContinue reading “On the Silence”
Monthly Archives: March 2007
On an Upcoming Boston Legal Episode
TrekToday ran an article a few days ago about the renewal of Boston Legal for a fourth season. This from their news item on the renewal is intriguing: Boston Legal‘s producers planned an episode using footage from the 1957 Studio One drama The Defenders, with a 26-year-old Shatner. In the episode currently scheduled to airContinue reading “On an Upcoming Boston Legal Episode”
On Music on My Computer
I shall blame Bill for this, a music meme! Have your music library ready. Choose one (1) song from your music library whose title starts with the first letter (or number) of your screen name. Repeat this process with each successive letter (or number) in your screen name until you run out of letters (orContinue reading “On Music on My Computer”
On Research Avenues
Sometimes research will lead one down strange alleys. I spent the afternoon doing some research into the Aristotlean and Ptolemaic conceptions of the geocentric universe. In so doing I discovered an unusual belief held by ancient Mesopotamian and Greek cultures (and written about by Plato in the Epinomis), that Saturn was a star like theContinue reading “On Research Avenues”
On a Non-Theist in the House
Congressman Pete Stark of California made news this week as being the only member of Congress to “come out of the closet and [acknowledge] that he does not believe in God.” This revelation came from a survey done by the Secular Coaltion for America. From their press release: Rep. Stark is the first open nontheistContinue reading “On a Non-Theist in the House”
On a Strange Bob Dylan Project
Bob Dylan Hears a Who. And The Cat in the Hat. And Green Eggs and Ham. Bob Dylan doing Dr. Seuss. 🙂 Okay, it’s not really Bob Dylan. But it’s a reasonable fascimile, and… it works. It works surprisingly well. It’s not just one song, like Fleming & John’s “Winter Wonderland” in the style ofContinue reading “On a Strange Bob Dylan Project”
On Strange Weather
Yesterday the temperature in Charm City broke eighty. But there was something odd in the five-day forecast. Snow. This morning when I left for work it was quite warm, low 60s. At lunch time I wanted to see what the weather was like and walk the neighborhood a little, so I walked down O’Donnell StreetContinue reading “On Strange Weather”
On Dollar Coins
Yesterday in change I received one of the new Presidential Dollar Coins. I’m not sure why I got it back in change, as I think the register clerk was confused about what it was. I didn’t realize until much later that I even had it when I was fishing around in my pocket and tryingContinue reading “On Dollar Coins”
On Bands I Like
Stolen from Keith, a music meme. List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below). 1. The Beatles 2. Carbon Leaf 3. Coldplay 4. Nick Drake 5. Green Day 6. Vince Guaraldi 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Snow Patrol 9. Tom Petty 10. The Who Okay, ten musicalContinue reading “On Bands I Like”
On a Shore Leave Dream
I had a dream last night. Oddly (for me, anyway), I remember this dream. It was about Shore Leave, the Star Trek convention held in Baltimore every July. So! The dream. As many attendees know, the Hunt Valley Marriott changed the carpet about a year and a half ago. In light of that, the conventionContinue reading “On a Shore Leave Dream”