Somehow we’ve turned into a chess household. Jason, Scott and even Grace are playing chess, talking chess, planning chess, reading about chess pretty much all the time. Actually, Jason goes…
As noted in an earlier post, the highly-rated (and Hugo nominated) TV movie adaptation of Martin Caidin’s Cyborg aired in March, 1973, selling its audience on the outlandish notion of…
Lately I’ve been trying to keep the kids entertained with card tricks. One of them involves making a chosen card appear on demand, and to make it more fun I…
It’s likely the first images I ever saw of Batman were created by Carmine Infantino. Sometimes I try to remember my first exposure to the character and I’ve just about…
Well, here we are. Another year, another embarrassingly long lapse between posts. Just to add insult to injury, I managed to lose a few recent posts during a change of…
Here’s some photos of the kids at “Military Through the Ages” event held in Jamestown, way back in March. It was a pretty cool event, with re-enactors playing the roles…
It took me a while to get into Andy Griffith. By the time I was old enough to stay up for prime time viewing, The Andy Griffith Show had already…
Pinewood Derby is always a highlight of the scouting year and this time Scott got in on the fun as a Tiger. Luckily we dodged the sibling rivalry as each…
Sometimes it’s difficult being the only non-genius in the house, especially when you’re also the oldest. Recently Laura took the kids to the Science Museum, which they always enjoy immensely. …
On Sept. 17, I lost a longtime co-worker, mentor and friend to cancer. His name was Richard Brumfield. Richard was a complicated guy, and just to make it even more…
