Year: 2015
Best New Thriller / Drama, “Mr. Robot” Season Finale This Wednesday
After learning that I’m an IT geek for a living, a good buddy of mine suggested I check out a show on USA Network—”Mr. Robot”. After watching the first episode (first season), I was hooked. It’s reached, and sustained, my “Top-5″ favorite…
An Open Letter to the Wilpons: Please Sell the Mets
I was 7-years old in 1969, when the underdog NY Mets won the first—of their only two—World Series. At the time, the owner of the NY Mets was Joan W. Payson. Ownership changed hands for the first time in the…
A Tribute to Jon Stewart
Back in my early twenties, I recall having a perhaps slightly ego-driven conversation with one of my best pals, about how ‘lean’ the state of comedy was at the time. We periodically discussed the state of comedy in the early-to-mid Eighties…
Doubling-Down on “…It’s Heritage, Not Hate.”
Wow. The pace of progress since the tragedy in South Carolina has certainly taken me by surprise. If it’s taken me this much by surprise, it makes me wonder what kind of ideological whiplash those who would defend the proud display…
South Carolina Removes Confederate Flag From State Capitol
Bravo and kudos to those politicians who, in the face of certain dissent from some of their constituency, moved to finally take down one of this country’s most recognized symbols of bigotry and hatred, from one of our lowest low-points…
Penn State’s Annual MacAdmin’s Tech Conference Approaching…
July 7 – 10, 2015. Stay tuned for updates!
The Grateful Dead’s Farewell, 50th Anniversary Tour!
I’m not sure if it’s more accurate to say that the long, strange trip is finally over… or finally here! The weekend of July 3, 4 and 5 at Chicago’s Soldier Field will mark the tour commemorating the 50th anniversary…
Aristotle’s Definition of Happiness vs. Modern Western Culture.
Being charged with the task of comparing and contrasting Aristotle’s definition of happiness—or virtue ethics, with those of present day western culture, has proven to be quite the roller-coaster ride, and challenging on several fronts. Among other things, these…
