I was discussing the famous “You don’t have a square to spare?” Seinfeld episode, which led me to recall an episode of Moonlighting. The mere prat of a youth with whom I was speaking had never heard of the show or seen Bruce Willis with hair. Thus, I present this for his (and your) edification… Continue reading You have to read a LOT of Dr. Seuss
Author: Steven Stern
Abigail Adams on #TheNew10
We can call the new bills “Abbies”. My nominee for the new $10 is Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams, mother of President John Quincy Adams, and the woman who kept it all together back on the farm when John was off being a founding father. She was an advocate of the property rights… Continue reading Abigail Adams on #TheNew10
It’s an OUTRAGE!
I’ve been examining my reaction to emails and social media posts and I think I have a diagnosis: “Outrage Fatigue”. I am flat out tired of everything being an outrage, a precursor to the apocalypse, and the end of life as we know it. Folks, don’t sweat the small stuff. We will get by. And… Continue reading It’s an OUTRAGE!
Deal: Drumming with the Dead
I just read Bill Kreutzmann’s book, “Deal“. It was like sitting with a really stoned dude for several hours while he tells you stories that are sort of in order but sometimes not and of course you’re stoned too so you don’t worry too much about it making a lot of sense, but you can… Continue reading Deal: Drumming with the Dead
Support the Oxford Comma
If you have any doubt… I will fight to support the Oxford comma until I draw my last breath. pic.twitter.com/Y0T6c3F4iI — Alexander MacDonald (@alex_macdonald) April 30, 2015
Mad Men’s Red Wedding
As Don’s pitch is interrupted, we hear the band lead into Rains of Castemere…
Mutual Assured Destruction
Mutual Assured Destruction is a nuclear war strategy to ensure that everyone dies. In the immortal words of WOPR, “The only winning move is not to play.” We still engage in that strategy, maintaining thousands of nuclear weapons. We’re playing again in a different space. MAD is the new strategy for cyberwar. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/24/pentagon_cyberwarfare_strategy/
Chewie, we’re home!
I am trying to maintain a cynical, distant attitude, but I know it’ll be better than those 3 prequels. I’ll be going to see this. Chewie, we're home. @starwars @LEGO_Group pic.twitter.com/5h2LHV0dxE — Chris McVeigh (@BrickSketcher) April 16, 2015
Action Figures
It’s The Dude. He kind of pulls the room together.
House of Cards, Season 3: Meh.
Spoiler alert, maybe. Before I watched the US version of House of Cards on Netflix, I watched the British version*. The arcs of the first two seasons were similar, similar enough that I feared how the American season 3 would end. Underwood’s first season was a slam-bang ride, a politicial thriller with wit and Shakespearean undertones… Continue reading House of Cards, Season 3: Meh.