You might have noticed a new look around here. It all has to do with (surprise, surprise) super heroes.  And writing. I've opened a new ...

After 20 years, I finally did it. This past Labour Day Weekend, I entered the 3 Day Novel Contest and wrote book 3 of my trilogy.  The first...

This is a post to memorialize the end of the third longest relationship of my entire life.  No person, place or thing except my house (23 ye...

Of all the new and returning shows I've come across in the last decade or so, THIS is the event I'm most excited to see on my televi...

 ...hell, if you know someone who owns one of these. Or someone even thinking about buying one of these.   This is officially the WORST toy ...

From one of those "These posts made me smile" lists:   "It's good to build a life you don't constantly want to run aw...

Empires are run by Emperors. Kingdoms are run by Kings. This makes sense to me. Just look how many countries there are these days.

Early last week, I finally got the last comics glued down and covered in epoxy in my kitchen,     Yeah, that's my kitchen. To make movin...

One of those random "You know you're old when" lists from the internet. Most entries?  Yeah, I feel that. Best entry? "I ...

My last post was about my trouble with Linkedin. This is NOT a post about resolving that.  That hasn't happened. Fortunately, this post ...

I've been between jobs long enough to have decided I'm just a poor, full time writer.  I am actively pursuing agents and submitting ...

When Star Trek came back to television with Star Trek: The Next Generation, no one quite knew how long it would last.  As fans of the origin...

After revisiting Peter David's Q-in-Law and really enjoying it, I felt sort of nostalgic for the great Trek of yesteryear. I guess I...

I just finished rereading it and can happily report that it evoked several laugh out loud moments.  David's writing expertly captures th...

...and possibly the most depressing. There's a show from AppleTV called "Extrapolations".  It's 8 episodes that explore th...

Peter David was one of those writers that fly under the radar, despite a huge body of work.  He died at the age of 68 this weekend and I am ...

...but after the Jesse L. Martin show got through a second season, I really had high hopes for a nice long, cozy run.  By now, I really shou...

...and I've NEVER seen THIS before:     And probably never will again!

At least, that's what my neighbour thinks. Don't get me wrong.  I'm fine with it. I am wondering how the rest of the neighbourho...

  Like this is a surprise.   P.S.   This looks awesome.  I cannot wait!

As of today, May 13, 2025, Greybishop's Board is old enough to drink in every Canadian province. Most provinces have an 18 year old lega...

  How can I not?

... and certainly there were varying levels of quality in what came to be called "The Arrowverse" from its initially great early s...

Why? I heard someone say they were going horseback riding today. I'm not wondering why they would do that. What I want to know is why do...

I just finished watching the National Geographic series, Secrets of the Penguins. Great stuff, ably narrated by Blake Lively and full of typ...

I've said it here often.  Comic book fans will argue about ANYTHING. Incessantly. This year's biggest target, by FAR, is the suit Su...

Somewhere in Czechoslovakia, there are a slew of civil engineers who can take a year or two off. There was a parcel of land, once used by th...

I've been driving for about 38 years, since I was around 17. At the moment, I'm training to upgrade my license and an interesting fa...

Every so often, baseball creates new words.  "Slurve" is a pitch between a slider and a curve ball.  There's a "Splinker...

A quick bit of current affairs in case you missed it. A biotech firm, Colossal Biosciences, claims to have resurrected an extinct species.  ...

Q:  So, do you want to go up in the second tallest building in the world? A:  Not particularly. Q:  Do you want to go out on the roof? A:  W...

I've already told you the story of these models.   Pretty much hate orange, but this came out well. This time I didn't have the pres...

This isn't here for the reason you think it is.  Sure, I'm all in on Never 51. I'm pretty sure I'll never meet a Canadian w...

Bugs Bunny is to Warner Bros as Mickey Mouse is to Disney, at least for most casual movie and television consumers.  There are folks out the...

As a kid, I wrote a ton of poetry.  In High School, I took writing courses and one of the things we had to do was read our own stuff in fron...

... which accurately reflects how my spirit animal would prefer to handle mornings. I never bought into the concept of spirit animals until ...

I want to apologize to a whole bunch of people. Here's the deal.  I am currently doing some training and part of my day involves dealing...

I wasn't sure after one episode. I wasn't sure after two episodes. I was pretty sure after three episodes. After 10 minutes of episo...

Kevin Bacon's next project is something called "The Bondsman" and if you find yourself having deja vu, it's because you...

...I want to go there! However, I will definitely "forget" my bathing suit.

This past weekend was spent in my happy place.   I spent most of it building the Six Million Dollar Man model I raved about last week. It wa...