I was sad to hear of Don Adams' death. I used to watch "Get Smart" with my dad every Saturday night when it was new. (Later, i...

It's a dark night of thunderstorms. Silver slashes of moisture hammer my car, and on the black horizon rickety lightning bolts cut jagge...

While I was sick, I lay awake watching CNN reports of Katrina sweeping toward Louisiana, my native state, but I never expected the devastati...

Did you ever notice the things people do to impress other people are usually the things other people laugh at behind their backs?

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Oliver nee Sad Orange Kitty was missing his collar Monday morning. He slides under our fence and into the wooded area behind our house so I...

I'm back to work on a novel. Put the finishing touches on my other project o' which it's too early to speak, mainly tweaks reque...

I sent Christine a list of possible names that might be right for our outside visitor, Sad Orange Kitty, who is becoming more of a permanen...

I listened to Tangerine Dream a lot in the eighties. They were doing the soundtracks for cool movies such as The Keep based on the F. Pa...

I got another flash of how it all might end: I'm driving back from the movies when I notice an excessive amount of trash strewn against ...

5 That I Could Give a Crap About 1. Britney Spears, Kevin etc. 2. Angelina/Brad/Jennifer 3. Paris Hilton 4. Big Brother 6 5. Prime time o...

I'm nearing completion on a fairly lengthy project that I can't talk about yet. It feels good to have it almost complete. I'm sc...

Shortly after it was reported, we were talking about the attack on Mark Cohn last week. That led to discussing the Walking in Memphis ...

I have a problem with the earbuds on my iPod . It's not that they hurt my ears--a complaint of some-- and definitely not that they don...

We have frequent cat guests in our back yard. I call our patio the cat cafe because I keep a bowl of water in the shade for passing felines...

Some currently-airing ad uses the tune from "Somewhere," one of the great songs from the fabulous Broadway musical and roadshow mo...

I'm not a metrosexual, reluctant or otherwise. I'm too big a slob for that, and I think it's edged beyond passe anyway, right. S...

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has a great article about the decline in movie ticket sales. It's based on a reader poll conducte...

Take the Star Trek Quiz I'm foremost a Star Trek TOS fan. I can't name every episode today like I once could, but I still get ex...

I swear at people in traffic – not just the mild expletive here or there. I provide colorful narratives about other drivers that include gen...