Category: play

• PS3

  January 20, 2014

  damn kids!, entertainment, play, television, yet another rant

  We tried to watch the first episode of this season’s Downton Abbey last night using Amazon streaming video through a PS3. If that didn’t make any sense at all, here’s how that breaks down: First of all, yes, we’re fans of Downton Abbey. Roll your eyes all you want. We like it. Tim left us… Read.

• setting up shop

  January 20, 2014

  entertainment, festivals, food & drink, hobby, LoCo Rwy, Madison Restaurant Week, play, restaurants

  What I did with my Sunday: Well, first I made a big, steaming pot o’ joe, same as I always do. Always. The day doesn’t start without a pot o’ joe. I don’t know if you’ve noticed that. If you have, and you’ve been wondering why your day didn’t start as early as every other… Read.

• breaking bad

  January 20, 2014

  entertainment, play, television

  On the other hand, My Darling B and I binge-watched the last season of Breaking Bad this weekend, watching five episodes Friday night and finishing the rest on Saturday afternoon, and it was hugely satisfying. I can’t remember a more satisfying conclusion to a television series I’ve watched from the beginning. Not that there have… Read.

• Side Effects

  January 19, 2014

  entertainment, movies, play

  Side Effects was an oddly unsatisfying movie. Oddly, because it should have been, and I can’t pin down what exactly didn’t work for me. The plot seems sound. The acting was good. The movie looked great. But in the end it was just meh. Odd. OBLIGATORY SPOILER ALERT: I’m going to give away everything. I… Read.

• drag queen drop

  December 31, 2013

  entertainment, festivals, play, radio

  Today I learned from Garrison Keillor via The Writer’s Almanac that: The Times Square celebration dates back to 1904, when The New York Times opened its headquarters on Longacre Square. The newspaper convinced the city to rename the area “Times Square,” and they hosted a big party, complete with fireworks, on New Year’s Eve. Some… Read.

• i’m so board

  December 30, 2013

  hobby, LoCo Rwy, play

  Could it be the control board for the Lost Continent Railway? It could be. It could. Read.

• Mike Road

  December 28, 2013

  entertainment, play, television

  Alas, Mike Road, who passed away this year in April. I found out about it only this morning, though, so I’m just as shaken as if it had happened yesterday. Mike Road was the voice of Roger “Race” Bannon, super-secret undercover agent and bodyguard of Dr. Benton Quest and his son, Jonny. Quest had a… Read.

• Aargh!

  December 24, 2013

  beer, daily drivel, food & drink, My Darling B, O’Folks, restaurants, Seanster

  Yay. The cat has finally curled up in my lap. Can’t do a thing while he’s turning in circles, looking for the right place to settle down. Can’t type a word, can’t sip my coffee, can’t even set down my coffee cup within easy reach because he would just keep sticking his snotty nose in… Read.

• snuff it

  December 21, 2013

  entertainment, movies, play

  Armaments, Chapter Two, Verses 9 to 21: Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, “Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” 15: First thou pullest the Holy Pin. 16-17: Then thou must count to three. Three shall be… Read.

• road trip

  December 21, 2013

  travel, work

  Well, I’m back from another 500-mile road trip to the frozen north. Not back as in just now. Not even as in just yesterday. I left early Tuesday morning with a couple of coworkers and we were back Wednesday night, so the news is a little stale, I’ll admit, but I’m doing the best I… Read.