I thought I would never get home. I sat on the bench on the platform at the State Center subway stop. The train arrived. I boarded and took a seat. An earlier passenger had left a paranormal romance on the seat. I ignored it. The doors chimed then closed. The doors reopened with a crash.Continue reading “On Traveling Travails”
On Touring the Stairwell Gallery
Like many people, I like to decorate walls with poster artwork. It brings a splash of color into a room, and it’s also a way of personalizing a space. Unfortunately, I have very little wallspace to work with where posters would be feasible. Indeed, about the only place where I can hang something like aContinue reading “On Touring the Stairwell Gallery”
On Disappointment in Marvel Studios’ Thor
I don’t go to the movies very often. Five years ago, I would go at least once a month. Sometimes, during summer blockbuster season, multiple times a week. Now, I go to the movies maybe twice a year. In 2010, i saw Sherlock Holmes on New Year’s Day and The Chronicles of Narnia: The VoyageContinue reading “On Disappointment in Marvel Studios’ Thor”
On Remembering An Old Employee
I woke this morning to two messages on Facebook from an old acquaintance. Someone who worked for me at EB Games a decade ago had passed away last month. His name was Chris Jackson, and I met him one of my first days working for EB Games in Exton in June 1999. He was aContinue reading “On Remembering An Old Employee”
On Two Doctors and Their T-Shirts
I arrived home from work yesterday to find that three packages had arrived. One package was a Monty Python CD. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had none of the comedy troupe’s recorded albums. Now I own six. Of the studio albums, I now lack only Another Monty Python Record and Matching ShirtContinue reading “On Two Doctors and Their T-Shirts”
On Coldplay’s New Single
Last Friday, Coldplay released a new single from their forthcoming album, “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.” It’s the band’s first song since their Christmas release, “Christmas Lights,” which I liked. “Christmas Lights” had to grow on me, true, because it was so atypical of where the band’s last albumw as — “Christmas Lights” sounds muchlyContinue reading “On Coldplay’s New Single”
On Cyberspace and the New Batgirl
The shoe that I’ve been fearing to drop since last week dropped today. The new Batgirl in the DC Universe will be Barbara Gordon, not Stephanie Brown. For me, that’s a big deal. I mentioned in passing last week that I absolutely adore the current Batgirl series. I didn’t want to love it — StephanieContinue reading “On Cyberspace and the New Batgirl”
On the Almost Adequate “Almost People”
When last we left off in this series of Doctor Who reviews, BBC America had shown “The Rebel Flesh” before taking a brief hiatus for the Memorial Day holiday. Last night, BBC America returned Who to North American television screens with “The Almost People,” the second part of a two-part story about a mining baseContinue reading “On the Almost Adequate “Almost People””
On Art Prints and Good Deeds
Back in the halcyon days of October, I received an interesting package in the mail. There were two things in the package. One was a book for my niece, then not quite two. The other was a print for my stairwell gallery. The artwork was by James Hance. The book was “Wookie the Chew,” aContinue reading “On Art Prints and Good Deeds”
On Flashpoint and the New DC Universe
Two weeks ago, I ruminated on DC Comics’ Flashpoint event and what it might mean for Batman comics. Well, earlier this week, DC Comics announced what’s coming down the road — the DC Universe as we know it will change radically in September. Comics fandom has been beside itself since Tuesday trying to figure outContinue reading “On Flashpoint and the New DC Universe”