Jason’s been on a tear this year with a series of successful performances in his chess tournaments. This past weekend, he took first place in the Under 2200 section of…
There’s one post title I could’ve happily gone forever without writing. 🙁
Back in the blow-dried, bell-bottomed 1970s, I was one of the millions of little boys who ran around a playground in simulated slow motion pretending to fight robots and death…
Keep forgetting to post this. Grace apparently is considering a career as a spy. She gave Mommy a hug and slipped this homemade grenade behind her back.
Last month I got got to see my personal “most anticipated” Marvel film: Dr Strange. The good doctor has always been my favorite Marvel character, and while I don’t know if I’d…
The first episode of Star Trek aired on NBC fifty years ago today, Sept. 8, 1966, kicking off a three-year run on network TV. I missed the whole thing. In my…
Late June/early July saw the Morefield clan on a loooong car trip to Missouri for Laura’s bi-annual family reunion. To make it more manageable, we broke it up with stops along…
Seriously, America? This is the best you can do? Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton? Okay, I suppose Aliens vs Predator, Freddie vs Jason and MegaShark vs. Giant Octopus proved there are cheap thrills…
Fifty years ago today on January 12, 1966, Batman premiered on ABC television. I was nine months old. The show ended its network run in March of 1968, just before…
With the latest Bond film, Spectre, in theaters, and considering I’ve been writing about 50-year-old things this year, it’s a good time to take a look at 007’s battles with…
