Author Archives: Gwaetgar

Wow. I personally know three people who are listed in the IMDb! Yesterday I got an e-mail from the Ashby church. A few years back, the church keyboardist (usually piano) was a very gifted high school, then music school student … Continue reading →

It’s gotten to be that inevitable point in late winter when I am more or less living on green cabbage because produce has gotten so expensive. 🙁 (although this year, I’ve also been eating a lot of grapes and cantaloupe … Continue reading →

As some of you know, I became a Patriots football fan so I could keep my dad company and watch the games with him. I was just clipping a long interview piece with Patriots coach Bill Belichik out of the … Continue reading →

It’s done. Completely done. All 181,524 fucking words of it. You may now resume your normally scheduled programming, while I go find a CD-RW disk and make a back-up copy. Next: typesetting!

I spotted this headline from today’s Boston Globe: Winters a trial for Maine’s nudists I remember in the early 80’s when “skyclad” or “clothing optional” Pagan gatherings were more or less the rule, and organizers prioritized finding locations that allowed … Continue reading →

I finished Van Helsing for part of yesterday’s workout. The silliness factor does not abate. It is slightly ameliorated by Hugh Jackman’s finally getting all those heavy clothes off his upper body–my. Didn’t he buff up for this movie, though. … Continue reading →

Yes, I was right. The second 45 minutes of Van Helsing is even sillier than the first 45 minutes. I didn’t think it was possible, but the team of six horses jumping over the 100-foot wide yawning chasm, while towing … Continue reading →

I went out and got the mail today (for the first time since last Friday!) and my rebate check from Fujifilm for my digital camera had arrived. $50! Not too shabby! I’ve heard people tell all kinds of horror stories … Continue reading →

This is the kind of nonsense from the psychological establishment that drives me nuts. I was taking a look at online news, and I clicked onto a health news item that was headlined, “mental woes common on weight loss surgery … Continue reading →