Phil Glover 1931-2012

Yesterday, after an accident with a dead pine tree, my father, concerned that his life had deteriorated to the point where he’d be either mentally or physically impaired and a permanent burden to his family, committed suicide. That we, his family – that I, his only child – would have accepted that burden without complaint … Read more

Too Lazy to Blog – Don’t Watch this video

Seriously, I’m just not blogging enough lately, so I’ve decided to experiment with vlogging instead. I’ve got the camera with me all the time, so why not? Answer: This video right here. Wow, how tedious. Don’t bother watching, it’s terrible, but it gets the preface out of the way. The next one is much better.

Primeval – S04E02 – Review

I got nothing. The current series of Primeval is so ordinary that I have neither strong positive or negative feelings towards it. They aren’t screwing things up badly like they did last season, neither are they making me interested like they did in the first season. I’ve watched through this episode 3 times and still … Read more

Primeval – S04E01 – Review

All this tweeting and podcasting and suddenly I just don’t have time to review new science fictions shows – or, if I do, I do it on the podcast. That just doesn’t seem right, and one of the staples of my blog has always been reviewing episodes of Primeval. Pity they cancelled it, isn’t it? … Read more

Garmin 1490T GPS goes to DisneyLand

A couple months ago, I purchased a Garmin 1490T GPS at Costco. Although I’ve wanted a car GPS for some time, but couldn’t justify it just for driving around Phoenix. The pending trip to DisneyLand, smack in the middle of the freeway hell that is the Los Angeles metropolitan area, was ample justification. While I’ve … Read more