Hot Wax Weekend! When I was young, the local radio stations had a Hot Wax Weekend from time to time; they would roll back the clock and play hits of the 60s instead of hits of the 80s. For me, on a Hot Wax Weekend, I also turn back the clock. The blogging clock. ToContinue reading “On a Retro Weekend”
Monthly Archives: May 2010
On a Reminder of the Past
I received in the mail today a “Save the Date” postcard. My 20 year high school reunion is this year, midway through Wedmath. I’m not planning on attending. The reasons aren’t complicated, and were probably best explicated by Martin Blank in Grosse Pointe Blank — “I don’t know what I have in common with thoseContinue reading “On a Reminder of the Past”
On Madcap Ideas
On occasion, I have completely mental thoughts. Take last Friday, for instance. After the every-few-monthly pub outing with the department I, while somewhat intoxicated, wrote the following sentence: “Imagine a world without fractions.” I don’t know what that means. I can’t imagine a world without fractions. Yet, I worked that sentence into a Sherlock HolmesContinue reading “On Madcap Ideas”
On Doctor Who, Narrative, and Theories
Doctor Who inspires theories. I’ve had some interesting ones over the years, from what Jack Harkness might actually be (more interesting than the Face of Boe, let me tell you), to how Donna Noble was actually the TARDIS, to reset buttons, to a switcheroo in lieu of regeneration. Absolutely sensible, absolutely logical, and… Absolutely wrong.Continue reading “On Doctor Who, Narrative, and Theories”
On Thinking About a Blog Redesign
I am planning a blog redesign. Longtime readers know that in the past I’ve changed my blog design the way others change their socks. The reasons for changing the layout in the past are many — WordPress makes it easy, a blog redesign makes me feel productive without being productive, sheer boredom. In this case,Continue reading “On Thinking About a Blog Redesign”
On Draw Muhammad Day
Today is “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.” The day was declared in the aftermath of Comedy Central’s censoring of a recent South Park. Muhammad, who had appeared in 2001 in the episode “Super Best Friends” was depicted wearing a bear suit; Sunni Muslims find depictions of the Prophet offensive, and editorial cartoons in Denmark resulted inContinue reading “On Draw Muhammad Day”
On Video Viewing For Your Wednesday
Get your Wednesday started with some public service announcements or campaign commercials! 🙂 Because it needs to be said: Don’t drunk-dial FreedomWorks: That was the voice of GEICO. No, not the gecko. The other voice of GEICO. Next up… This commercial for Dale Peterson, candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner, is beyond awesome! “We’re Republicans! WeContinue reading “On Video Viewing For Your Wednesday”
On Historical Musings and the Grand Union Flag
I receive interesting mail on occasion. Recently, I got a letter from George W. Bush’s Presidential Library. That went in the garbage. That was followed by a letter from John Boehner; he thinks taxes are too high, when the federal tax burden now is lower than at any time in the last fifty years, goingContinue reading “On Historical Musings and the Grand Union Flag”
There is one thing I never do, never ever do, when I complete a Sudoku puzzle. I never guess. Sherlock Holmes famously said in The Sign of Four that a guess is “destructive to the logical faculty,” and I am not inclined to disagree. When it comes to Sudoku I puzzle it out, I thinkContinue reading
On Writing a Weekend To-Do List
The weekend is at hand. This morning, on the train, rather than muse on the gloominess of the world, I wrote out a “To Do” list for the weekend. I write out “To Do” lists for the office most mornings; my cubicle neighbor can’t see the point, but I like thinking through what I’m doing,Continue reading “On Writing a Weekend To-Do List”