In these modern times social media can be a place of conflict and argument. It seems that no matter what position you take on an issue you can bet that someone will call you derogatory names for taking the position that you take and having the gall of sharing your opinion. I too, recently, have…
September 8, 2018 we lost a great actor. The first movie that I saw Burt Reynolds in was the classic “Smokey and the Bandit” watching it on HBO at my aunt and uncles house on their NASA sized satellite antenna in 1978. It was a huge event where my Aunt and Uncle invited my Mom,…
When Star Wars was first released in 1977 the populatity of the Space Opera was waning. The genre, which started with the pulp magazines and books of the 1920’s and 30’s, is built around storylines that involve traveling through space and aliens. Before Luke Skywalker met Obiwan, books by Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury captured the imagination of…
There could be a new Mi Box on the way. When the price of a tech product starts to fall (outside of holiday sales) at big box stores that usually means one of two things. Either the product is failing and being liquidated to create shelf space for something else or its current model is being…
I’m an old fart (turning 50 this year) and to say that I’m set in my ways is a bit of an understatement. It’s not that I’m scared to try new things, it’s just that when I find something that I like, I tend to be content. So to be honest, the idea of checking…
