This is more of a public service announcement than anything, but thinking about the history I had in the last twelve months I wonder why no one noticed anything before. This is the story of my Petro-Points MasterCard. I signed up for the Citibank MasterCard in 2005 and it came with a four year shelf… Read More »
Mortars, MRE’s, Kraut, foxholes, oscar mike, Easy company and Hitmen Victors have been my lingo for the last month. In that time I have watched Band of Brothers and Generation Kill. One has been touted as one of the best mini-series ever made and the other was ignored during this years award season. Band of… Read More »
In light of the world downturn, layoffs locally and abroad, you can’t help but wonder what life beyond your current situation would be like. For the last week I have been thinking about a quote from one of my favorite movies, Vanilla Sky. Julie Gianni: What is happiness to you, David? The question is simple… Read More »
Nearly six months to the day I saw The Dark Knight in IMAX again. Since last July I have also seen The Dark Knight in a regular theater and twice from the comfort of my living room, and one of those was on Blu-Ray. Yet nothing can beat the feeling of seeing it on the… Read More »
I want you to close your eyes and imagine a place of happiness. Picture this place just off the Pacific coast. It is nestled in the rolling hills of the country side, surrounded by green and lush vegetation. It is always the right temperature and never too cold. You are close enough to civilization that… Read More »
The truth is that I am not a unique snowflake. Although I like to think that someone at TV.com specifically thought of me when they were making the below promotional graphic for their website. I went to TV.com for an unrelated issue and when I saw the graphic, mentioning three shows I am anticipating in… Read More »
Dear iGoogle: We have had some good times, maybe even great times. I would go so far as to say that you have changed my Internet life. You are what RSS feeds were for me years ago. You bring everything I want into one easy location, and you even threw in RSS feeds because you… Read More »
As I was upgrading to WordPress 2.7 I realized it had been a week since my last post. The new version of WordPress is called Coletrain, which instantly reminded me of Augustus Cole from the Gears of War series. Now I feel a sense of power as this blog is running on the Coletrain! In… Read More »
