Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Leon and the time traveler!

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A picture from World War II. The man on the right in this photo is my late father, Leon, with a fellow platoon member. It was taken in 1944....
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Carrie Mathison goes for a piece of Pi

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Carrie Mathison, the main character in the Showtime series Homeland , is a seriously troubled person. She has bipolar disorder, had an affai...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Blowing the dust off the old video tapes

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Sally asked, “What are you going to do with those boxes full of video tapes?” Beginning last spring Sally and I set out to de-junk, reorga...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Make your own zombie movie

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The Living Dead Festival was held this weekend in Evans City, Pennsylvania. The Festival is an annual event in recognition of Night Of the...
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Saturday, October 04, 2014

A spoonful of opium helps the medicine go down; or, Nineteenth century over-the-counter addictions; or, Passing laws that make drug problems worse.

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They Laughed When I Sat Down by Frank Rowsome, Jr came out in 1959 and was a best seller. The book is a look back at advertising in America...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Race switching in The Equalizer and an obscure Star Trek comic

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News that The Equalizer was the top movie this past weekend prompted me to recall the 1980’s television series of the same name. Edward Woo...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Gun laws and the Law of Unintended Consequences

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I own guns. I do not have a concealed weapons permit, nor do I leave the house with a gun on my person or in my car. I think it is just aski...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Photo Telephone

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I found this century-old Tom Swift dust jacket on the Internet. The technology needed must have seemed impossibly fantastic when this bo...