Opinions • Thoughts

Ideas & Excuses

“People do not seem to realize that
their opinion of the world is also
a confession of character.“
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • The film that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

    This film was groundbreaking for its time and narrated by Douglas Rain, the voice for HAL 9000. Take a look, well worth it. Universe by Roman Kroitor & by Colin Low, National Film Board of Canada

  • Staring at Empty Pages: An Apology

    So, there has not been a post in a couple of weeks. No original in several more. Why is this? Well, it seems I have taken an unplanned hiatus from the website. There are several reasons for this or as [...]

  • Beck Reimagins David Bowie’s Sound and Vision

    Got 10 minutes? ‘Cuz this is awesome. Beck reimagines David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” features over 160 musicians, including: The Dap-Kings, a string orchestra, a gamelan ensemble, members of the USC marching band, a Peruvian charango group, choirs, guitarists, a [...]

  • The (Lack of) History Channel

    Okay this has been one of my pet peeves/borderline obsessions for quite a while now. The History Channel no longer plays anything even remotely close to actual history. This is a shame as history is one of my favorite things, [...]

  • Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy! (Why the world needs a Buckaroo Banzai reboot)

    The entertainment world is rife with reboots, re-imaginings and do-overs. The Battlestar Galactica re-imagining did quite well for itself. And the reboot of Doctor Who, not too shabby. Even Spider-man was given a do-over just a mere 5 years after [...]

  • A Timeline of Doctor Who Infographic

    Frequent readers of this blog know that I’m a sucker for the Doctor. Who can do no wrong. Okay, there was this time in the mid-eighties with a guy in a colorful jacket, oh and the TV movie, but other [...]