As most people who are interested in videogames are doing right now, I went on a hunt for an Xbox 360 this afternoon. I didn’t hit every store that could conceivably have one, but I hit all the major stores in my immediate area, especially after hearing the story on the net about the Best […]

Back to the Vortex by J Shaun Lyon Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a big Dr Who fan. Of all the TV I’ve watched over my lifetime, I daresay Doctor Who is probably my favorite show of all time. Without boring you with the entire history here, the TV show went off the […]

As I sit here waiting for UPS to show up with my packages (all three of which are marked as “out for delivery”), I think this.. Why can’t we have real tracking information? Their existing tracking information should be able to tell which truck a package is in. Slap a GPS machine in each UPS […]

Steve Martin joke aside, two days ago, we got a bunch of new phone books delivered to the house. That’s no big deal, I’ve been seeing phone books at the house for as long as I can remember (and even one disasterous time Lynn and I delivered them, too!). Anyway, I left them there because […]

There’s a new David Gilmour album coming out in 2006. It’s going to be called “On an Island”. It’s been 21 years since Gilmour last released a solo album, and 11 since the last Pink Floyd studio album, so this is very welcome news. I don’t know anything more about it other than it’s title […]

I got my first email from my daughter. She’ll be 8 months old on Friday, and I got my first email from her. Here’s what it said: gggggg joiu90ijhnmk,hnm/98m kjl7hhinmjmm , n yhjnm 87jb777777777777777777777y98k87hnvbv t samantha typed this as since she kept hitting the keyboard!~ ,mn hn yuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn n y According to my wife, she […]