Saturday afternoon I drove down to Woodbridge from Pennsylvania to take in a Potomac Nationals game. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision; I didn’t have any idea who they were playing, that’s how little I thought about this. Shortly past three o’clock I hit the road. Sometimes, I have the urge to feel the open road,Continue reading “An Impromptu Road Trip”
Monthly Archives: August 2014
A Changing of the Guard
Jenna Coleman is leaving Doctor Who. If you believe the Mirror, that is. I don’t believe the Mirror, not exactly. I think the basic story is right — she’s leaving the series at the end of the year — but the details are invented. The characterization that she “quit” especially strikes me as false. IContinue reading “A Changing of the Guard”
Outgrowing Dead Poets Society
I suspect that I’ve outgrown Dead Poets Society. I watched it Monday night. The occasion was, sadly, Robin Williams’ death at the too-young age of sixty-three. My selection of Williams’ films at hand is small (The Fisher King may be the only other one I own on DVD), and I’m fonder of Dead Poets, soContinue reading “Outgrowing Dead Poets Society”
Pink Night at Metro Bank Park
Last night I was in Harrisburg for my sixth Senators game of the year. In the spring I bought a six-ticket mini-plan, and a ticket from April, when my Beetle was in the shop with a blown transmission, was swapped out for a ticket in August. Last night, to be exact. The Senators were playingContinue reading “Pink Night at Metro Bank Park”
Doctor Who: Engines of War
A few months ago, BBC Books announced George Mann’s Engines of War, a hardcover Doctor Who novel that starred John Hurt’s Doctor, seen in the 50th-anniversary special, “The Day of the Doctor,” during the Time War. The Great Time War has raged for centuries, ravaging the universe. Scores of human colony planets are now overrunContinue reading “Doctor Who: Engines of War”
No, RNC, I Do Not Miss W
The Republican National Committee wants me to donate money. In exchange, they’ll send me an “I Miss W.” mug. Considering how I really would like to see Bush in the dock at the Hague, I think it’s safe to say that I’m not the RNC’s target audience. What amuses the hell out of me isContinue reading “No, RNC, I Do Not Miss W”