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Monthly Archives: April 2023
In honor of D&D the movie…
…I decided to make my header Krull, the original attempt to make a D&D-based film but fell through and thankfully was recycled into a pretty good B-level Fantasy flick. It even stars the late Robbie Coltrane and big fave Liam Neeson … Continue reading
1973: First cell phone call made
It was made in NYC, on the street by some guy with Motorola (I think they’re dead and buried) taunting a dude who was his rival at Bell Labs. According to the interview on NPR, the phone was the size … Continue reading
Mama Rhea outwits us humans
Stupid me for giving mama cat “me time” to wander the house and be herself between the two-hour intervals of feeding the kittens. While Jennifer was napping and I was doing paperwork (bills, writing), Rhea used her opportunity to hide … Continue reading
Sadly, this isn’t too far from the truth in Texas
Austin’s more left-leaning, weekly publication, the Austin Chronicle posted their annual April Fool’s joke a day early. But much like The Onion, given how bat-shit crazy, cynical and stupid the Texas Republican-dominated gubmint is, this isn’t too far off on how they’d … Continue reading