I will give Google Navigate this much. It told me, when I left Philcon that it would take two hours and fifteen minutes to get home, and it took me two hours and ten minutes. After the insanity that was the trip from York to Cherry Hill on Friday (where it told me it wouldContinue reading “Travels with Google Navigate”
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Thoughts on the Inauguration
A week ago I’d planned on going to Washington for Hillary Clinton’s inauguration in January. “It will be historic, and it will be fun!” I thought. I’m not going to the inauguration now, and not just because Clinton won’t be the forty-fifth president. The more I’ve thought about January’s inauguration, the more I see theContinue reading “Thoughts on the Inauguration”
The Electoral College Won’t Prevent President Trump
The Electoral College is not going to stand in Donald Trump’s way. I’ve seen chatter the last few days, both on political blogs and Facebook, that the voters of the Electoral College can, or even should, vote for Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump. (For example, here.) It’s a nice idea — it’s the wayContinue reading “The Electoral College Won’t Prevent President Trump”
Joe Buck, a Jeremiad
Last night, I reached my limit with Joe Buck. I’ve never really minded Buck. As broadcasters go, he’s wallpaper to me. I think I even felt a little sympathy toward him because he so often had to share a booth with Tim McCarver and then Harold Reynolds, either of whom was prone to incoherent babble.Continue reading “Joe Buck, a Jeremiad”
Batman Vs. Dracula
On Halloween, I usually watch a Dracula movie or two. Sometimes I’ve watched the classic Universal Dracula or one of its sequels. Last year, I watched the first Hammer Dracula film, Horror of Dracula, with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In the run-up to Halloween, I couldn’t decide which one I’d put in the DVDContinue reading “Batman Vs. Dracula”