I received a spam email this morning. While this one came from important@williehowell.com, which is an address completely unfamiliar to me, the message itself was not unfamiliar at all. I’ve received a half-dozen of these in the past two weeks. It’s a sextortion scam. Read on. It appears that, [REDACTED], is your password. May veryContinue reading “An Attempt At Scamming”
Patrick Stewart’s Return to Star Trek
Patrick Stewart is returning to Star Trek. Announced at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention, Stewart will be appearing in a Star Trek series set roughly twenty years after the last Star Trek: The Next Generation film, 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis, and will explore a new chapter in Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s life. People have spentContinue reading “Patrick Stewart’s Return to Star Trek”
Scenes of Terrible Beauty
Ducks splashed in the water. Two larger ducks, adults obviously, sat on outcroppings just beyond the shoreline, while four ducklings paddled in the water. Sometimes, the adults would move from one outcropping to another. Sometimes they would see me, twenty yards distant or more, and take flight, either jump-flying to the opposite shore or, moreContinue reading “Scenes of Terrible Beauty”
Fun With Headlight Bulbs
This was my headlight bulb. Right before Shore Leave, my driver’s side low beams went out, and while I went to Advance Auto Parts on York Road to get a replacement, for deadlines and other reasons I didn’t install the bulb until the following Saturday, before I went to Camden Yards and briefly saw myContinue reading “Fun With Headlight Bulbs”
What If… Gary Johnson Had Won in 2016?
Yesterday evening, scrolling through Facebook, I saw a former colleague of mine from EB Games, M, post the following meme image, without any commentary: I posted a quick reply: “Honestly, what do you think would have been different with Johnson?” I didn’t expect a reply, but one was soon forthcoming. In case that’s not entirelyContinue reading “What If… Gary Johnson Had Won in 2016?”
The Ultimate Cheese and Onions Sandwich
I may have created the ultimate cheese & onions sandwich! Back in the spring, for nerdy reasons, I began experimenting with the British-style cheese and onions sandwich. There’s a Rutles song about the sandwich, and in my mind I imagined that a cheese and onions was some amazing thing, completely unknown to American shores. InContinue reading “The Ultimate Cheese and Onions Sandwich”
Scenes from Camden Yards
Saturday night I went to Camden Yards to see the Orioles play the Rangers. Oh, who am I kidding? I wanted the Maryland state flag jersey giveaway. I wanted last year’s, and explored cemeteries in Baltimore instead.
A League of Her Own
Tuesday night, I saw a woman pitch in a baseball game! It was deadline week at work, perhaps I could have taken some editorial items home to write and get them done. I didn’t. Instead, after work I drove down to Calvert Hall for baseball game. It wasn’t the Baltimore Redbirds playing, though; the CalContinue reading “A League of Her Own”
Misgivings on Christopher Robin
At Shore Leave over the weekend I was asked by some friends what I thought about Disney’s Christopher Robin film, which comes out next month. They knew I’m a Winnie-the-Pooh fan, and they were sure I would have an opinion. I’m not sure it was the opinion they expected. Christopher Robin is live action/CGI hybrid,Continue reading “Misgivings on Christopher Robin”
The Dark Lady
A few months ago I saw some posts on Twitter that featured the covers to a series of Italian young adult novels under the title of “Sherlock, Lupin, & Me,” written ostensibly by Irene Adler (actually, Alesandro Gatti), about adventures she had when she was young with Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin. I thought theContinue reading “The Dark Lady”