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Monthly Archives: September 2017
My shot back at the anti-Science crowd
Posted in Astronomy, Pictures, Science & Technology
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Atomic Blonde: Rental
The short version…John Wick is a woman duking it out in Berlin circa 1989, days before the Wall is destroyed by the residents. To create the mood, cue up all the predictable Eighties synth tunes that sound German (New Order, Depeche … Continue reading
RIP: Len Wein
Man, I need to catch up on all the other things I have in queue to write about, otherwise my site will just be a Nerdy Obituary blog. However, I can’t let the passing of comic book writer, editor and … Continue reading
RIP: Jerry Pournelle
Science Fiction writer Jerry Pournelle passed away Friday from a long series of health incidents. For those who read a lot of the genre may recognize his name, Jerry often collaborated with Larry Niven on several books, especially The Mote in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, D & D, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Eighties, Obit, Politics, Science Fiction, Seventies
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Innerspace: 30 years later
An Eighties spin on the Fantastic Voyage premise with the comedy of Martin Short while he was popular. Hard to believe Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan got together through this, they only share the opening 10 minutes of scene time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Movies, Streaming
Tagged Comedy, Eighties, Science Fiction
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Fragile Rock! The world’s premiere Emo Puppet Band!
My DJ friend Kathy and I with our puppets checked out Fragile Rock at Cheer Up Charlie’s which rather funny, Fragile Rock’s music does the opposite of cheering you up! Nah, just being a wiseass. I stumbled upon them by … Continue reading
Vinyl-making plant coming to Austin, Hipsters rejoice
I’m certain the decision to bring a “factory” to Austin was an easy one. My favorite place, Waterloo Records, has been expanding the amount of physical space dedicated to vinyl while the CD racks have shrunk. I favor anything that … Continue reading
RIP Richard Anderson
His name doesn’t ring many bells but if you were kid like me growing up in the Seventies, he was the indispensable Oscar Goldman, Jamie Summers and Steve Austin’s boss at the OSI on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic … Continue reading
This month’s header is about education/school
September is often the month we think of as “Back To School.” I’ve always wondered why because I grew up in the Midwest and we started during the last week of August with a three-day weekend (Labor Day) to take … Continue reading
This saved me at least $200
Last week I dropped my iPhone and the glass cracked because it landed glass-side down. Initially, it looked fine until I had a background on the screen. Boom! I could see the hairline crack. I was rather pissed at myself. … Continue reading