Yesterday, being a lovely spring day with nothing to do at the office, I took a vacation day and went to New York City. Why? Because I wanted to go to The Cloisters to see the Lewis Chessmen. However, when I planned my trip I neglected to look online to see when The Cloisters wasContinue reading “On Allyn’s Adventures In New York”
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On Being More Like Mr. Rogers
At times, I feel unfinished. I have days where I feel unimportant. There are times that I feel that I have done nothing of note in my life. Sometimes I feel alone in my life, that I have no friends and that no one cares about me. There’s nothing remarkable about these feelings, I thinkContinue reading “On Being More Like Mr. Rogers”
On Linus and the Meaning of Christmas
My niece turned three on Monday, and on Saturday I went down to Virginia to spend the day with my sister and her family to celebrate my niece’s birthday. For my niece’s birthday, I gave her some Christmas socks and a recordable storybook of A Charlie Brown Christmas that I picked up at Hallmark aContinue reading “On Linus and the Meaning of Christmas”
On Ian Levine’s Throwdown With Simon Cowell
Dear Daily Fail. I don’t often read your publication, but Doctor Who uber-fan Ian Levine tweeted a cryptic link to your fine paper. Levine, as I’m sure you know, worked on Doctor Who producer John Nathan Turner in the 1980s, in much the same capacity that Richard Arnold worked for Star Trek producer Gene RoddenberryContinue reading “On Ian Levine’s Throwdown With Simon Cowell”
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 Terry Pratchett and Assisted Suicide
Terry Pratchett is doing a documentary on assisted suicide for the BBC. Pratchett, the author of the Discworld novels, has been diagnosed himself with Alzheimer’s Disease. Said Pratchett, “I believe everybody possessed of a debilitating and incurable disease should be allowed to pick the hour of their death.” I can’t disagree with that. My dadContinue reading “On Terry Pratchett and Assisted Suicide”
On Sunday Afternoon Family Tree Researches
I visited my sister last weekend for Christmas. I had a fun time, except for the snow that fell Saturday night and knocked out the satellite signal ten minutes before Doctor Who‘s “A Christmas Carol” came on BBC America. Unfortunately, I brought more than Christmas presents home with me. I also brought home a cold.Continue reading “On Sunday Afternoon Family Tree Researches”
On Time, In a Bottle
I hate wearing a watch. I have two, presently. One, the one I wear daily, is a Lord of the Rings watch; on its face is a map of Eregion, and the only number on the face is 9, written using Tengwar script. The other, a Fossil watch, was given to me several years ago;Continue reading “On Time, In a Bottle”
On Grey's Anatomy
ABC debuted tonight a new medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy, as Boston Legal went on a four-week hiatus. I watched the debut. The show has an attractive cast but I found it horribly cliched. A group of interns fresh out of medical school are beginning their surgical residency at a hospital in Seattle, and Meredith Grey,Continue reading “On Grey's Anatomy”
On an Easter Tradition
The family got together for Easter. I would have liked to sleep in, but breakfast was scheduled for 8:30 sharp. As it was my brother still had to awaken me. After breakfast–waffles and scrapple–I went back to bed. The family went off to church. The tradition the last few years has been to dress upContinue reading “On an Easter Tradition”