Wow, even for a guy who runs in slow motion, this has been a long time coming. For about as long as we’ve had DVDs and the internet, I’ve been haunting the “TV Shows on DVD” website, hoping to see…
Scott recently told Mommy he’d like to change his name to Big Boy. “Big Boy William Morefield?” she asked, trying it out. “No,” he explained, “I need a new middle name, too.” And that would be? “How.” “HOW?, so Big…
I was upset this week to learn of the death of Robert Culp, one of my favorite TV actors. I probably first encountered him on “Columbo,” being one of a handful of actors whose strong performances kept him coming back…
In the spring of 1973, ABC television aired a made-for-TV adaptation of Martin Caidin’s novel, “Cyborg,” introducing Steve Austin to millions of viewers and launching a 70s pop culture phenomenon. The film opens with ex-astronaut Austin suiting up to pilot…
Scott and I finished up our February sessions of “Side By Side Saturdays” by making shrinky-dinks. I always let the boys pick out the project they want, and Jason never went for shrinky-dinks, though it was offered every week we…
It’s been an unusually white winter for us here in Richmond. First we got a big snowstorm before Christmas, which was exciting just by nature of its rarity. Then we followed that up with three white-outs in a row in…
Inconceivable as it seems, our Scott turns five today. That is to say, it seems to have happened lightning-fast for Mom and Dad, but from Scott’s point-of-view, it’s taken an eternity. All this last month he’s been counting down the…
As a fan of spy movies, animation and just generally all things awesome, I was blown away by this animation from Lucas Martell. Incredibly, it’s his first stab at directing, and brilliant stuff; watch it in full-screen mode to get…
Well, we all knew Pat Robertson was a nutjob, but with the death of his chief rival Oral (“Satan threw fireballs at me in my kitchen”) Roberts, the CBN founder seems intent on securing once and for all the title…
In the wake of the security meltdown that nearly led to a Christmas Day disaster on an incoming international flight, President Obama scolded the American intelligence community and said that in his search for answers he would not tolerate finger…
