Monthly Archives: April 2023

In honor of D&D the movie…

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Steve

…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 →

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1973: First cell phone call made

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Steve

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 →

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Mama Rhea outwits us humans

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Steve

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 →

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Sadly, this isn’t too far from the truth in Texas

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Steve

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 →

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