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

  • 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 [...]

  • Heirs of Hogwarts: An Improvised Adventure

    The fabulous Katy Craig, author extraordinaire and improv genius (she’s the one in the middle looking like she will indeed take an eye out with that thing), will be staring in a new “adventure.” It is highly recommended that if [...]