🔨
Sorry! This tag isn't indexed yet.
I know that stinks.
👃
👃
1 hour ago
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
-
There has been some talk in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what is the best platform. We... -
OMG. This week's #ThrowbackThursday was just a screenshot of an entry in the blog from October 2002. I remember, I lol'd and jotted... -
This stupid AI trend is going around that presents these idiots with an image of "what you would have looked like in the 80s." Tho... -
A Short Album About Love might be baroque pop band Divine Comedy at their finest, Casanova notwithstanding. Actually, founding member Neil... -
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time ... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
Okay. You know how I wrote about The Blair Witch Project (1999) being an "early bringer" of the Found Footage genre? Well, so i... -
Today, I have been writing and listening to my favorite records. A lot of my favorite records, few have heard. But everyone should hear Je...
-
There has been some talk in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what is the best platform. We... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
Long ago in a galaxy we 40-somethings refer to as "childhood," we built a cherry Kool-Aid world with rad high tech toys like ... -
Well. The Olympics are on TV again. It's Day One. That means it's the 12th anniversary of my wholly unexpected, life-altering and re... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
You guys. I accidentally found a really cool radio station. Google "Big 103 Boston" to stream it (or click the link at the bottom)... -
Google, why hast thou forsaken us? So it's pretty well known that Google has not been devoting that much dev time to Blogger in recent y...
Other Cool Blogs
-
Pink Floyd - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 9-22-1972 - So, how to follow up posting a great Pink Floyd recording? How about with another great Pink Floyd recording? Some weeks ago (as I write this in October ...
-
Room 205 (2007) - October Challenge Day 5 So this Danish film surprised me! Let's talk about: *Room 205* As a grandchild of Danes, I think I mistakingly expected more. But...
8 hours ago -
The Moseley Opens at South Station Tower in Boston - Last fall, it was reported that a casual fine-dining restaurant was coming to a new mixed-use tower in Boston, and now we have learned that it is up and ...12 hours ago
-
The Shining (The Shining #1) (1977) - HALLOWEEN REVIEWS 2026 by Stephen King Jack Torrance takes a winter caretaker job at the isolated Overlook Hotel, bringing his wife Wendy and young so...
12 hours ago -
Wham! - Club Tropicana - "*Club Tropicana*" is a single by English pop duo *Wham!*, released by Innervision Records in 1983. It was written by members George Michael and Andrew R...
16 hours ago -
Safety in the UK? - *Good morning, kids...well, it is 3 am...can't sleep...as I perused through my 23 sources... I came upon a very disturbing item...that the US Military i...
18 hours ago -
-
BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: October 5, 2026 - Welcome back to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am taking a look at Netflix's *East of Eden *and HBO's *War*. Plus, the latest episode of *Ted Lasso*, m...
21 hours ago -
Spectrum Allocation - [image: Rumor has it that they're finally auctioning off the zeppelin navigation bands, but everyone is worried that the scary boat captains will express i...1 day ago
-
Cindy Lawson - ¡Long Live the Resistance! - *¡Long Live the Resistance!*, the new EP from Cindy Lawson, is exactly what the title promises: a collection of raging, defiant songs that push back agai...
1 day ago -
TRANSITIONS - There were so many reasons for me to see the documentary,* Will & Harper. *A) It’s a road-trip movie and driving across country has been a hobby of min...2 days ago
-
I Sing of Vireos - Glam birding season is here! Oh my gosh, sitting on the deck on a crisp September morning with my two best friends (Shila, who took this portrait) and Tato...
4 days ago
More Cool Blogs
-
Watching the movie after the podcast, not before - When it comes to movies I know are going to be discussed on a podcast, my conventional wisdom has always been that I should prep for the podcast by watch...
.jpg)
-
ugly alien puppets, my beloveds - (spoilers: for the movie close encounters, these puppets are shown for the first time as a big reveal, so if you haven't watched it and want to be surpri...
-
Digger's admirable in concept, wobbly in execution - *MASSIVE DIGGER SPOILERS* *MASSIVE DIGGER SPOILERS* *YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED* ******************* *Digger* chronicles, to paraphrase *Romeo and Juliet*, ...
-
Aang and Grogu Get New Movies - The more I think about it, the more sense it makes to pair these two features together. "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender" and "The Mandalorian and Grogu...
-
Road Trip 2026 - Part I - My grandson and I just completed a road trip of just over two weeks that completely took me out of my reading rhythm - and I'm still struggling to get bac...
-
Alms For The Poor?
This is in case you appreciate any of this. $10 is all, don't go nuts with it.
-
CAUSES
