I’m a hoarder. I’ll freely admit this. I’m not ashamed, because I know that my desire to own collectibles and toys I had as a child comes from a needy place. It is who I am, and I know there…
The only currency we have is time. I don’t know if I came up with that saying or if I read it somewhere – probably the latter. I’ve always liked it, because it’s about how we spend our time. We…
I’m always looking forward. I do this because the past is prologue. You can’t change it. Decisions made are done – Learn from mistakes, and the days to come provide ample opportunities to do things different. And better. Except… I’m…
We live in heavy times. If Doc Brown was a real person, he’s probably say, “For God sakes, Marty, don’t visit 2020!” As we have all witnessed, this year has been off the scale cray-cray. From Coronavirus to Killer Hornets…
Way back in 2013, I was a vocal advocate for a start-up company named Aereo. Aereo streamed local television stations using mini-antennas that customers “rented”. The service also provided DVR capability, so users not only could watch a local channel…
Timing is everything. Marvel Comics had previously had some success with their pop culture magazine Pizzazz (which I look back on fondly here), so after the video game craze hit the US by storm in the late 70s and early…
I was quite happy when the 4K Ultra HD disk of Jaws arrived in the mail this past week. Jaws is one of my favorite movies, and I will never pass up a chance to revisit the film. If I’m…
Sometimes, inspiration comes from interesting places. I occasionally watch long-form YouTube videos on pop-culture. Some of them are semi-documentary “did you know?” pieces that teach me something that I didn’t know, while others critically analyze movies and TV shows, and…
This month, the firing of co-publisher Dan DiDio from DC Comics surprised both fans and fan media alike. This resulted in many pundits expressing concern for the future of the publishing house. They should be. DC Comics is owned by…
Cord cutting is one of the biggest shifts in consumer spending since the advent of online shopping. More and more people are canceling cable and satellite subscriptions and using streaming services for their home entertainment. Based on recent reporting and…
I previously wrote about my favorite films of the last decade here. This inspired me to think about the shows I most enjoyed over the past ten years. As I previously noted, these are personal favorites, and I’m sure there…
This past week I was reading Twitter feeds, which is my favorite way of wasting time, and I saw this post: Seeing the Star Wars movies does not make you a Star Wars fan. Actual Star Wars fans have done…
With the new decade now underway people have been posting a lot of “best of” lists… And one that caught my eye was a list of favorite films over the past 10 years. Not “best”, but favorite – as in…
This week is the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I never saw it in theaters, but I do remember playing the HECK out of that movie on an RCA Videodisc when the family bought…
Last month I was reminded of something I did a long time ago – 1989, to be precise. Thirty years ago, i found out that the independent station in Birmingham, WTTO Channel 21, was putting together plans to promote Star…
I was quite fortunate to chat with the great Bjo Trimble last month. Trimble, if you don’t know, worked with her husband John to save Star Trek in 1968. The letter writing campaign they spearheaded convinced NBC and Paramount to…