Category: Blog
Rest in Peace, Tom Petty…
I was a bit of a late-bloomer as a fan of Tom Petty. When he first got popular (with the Heartbreakers) I was in the Navy, and being 1979, we didn’t have the luxury of listening to music as we…
Like the Lava in a Lava-Lamp… We’ll All Be One Again
My daughter’s lava lamp, once turned on, usually takes a good 45 minutes to an hour for the blob of lava to heat up enough to begin to mobilize. This day, I looked at the blob, still all in one…
Rest in Peace, Starman…
David Bowie (1947 – 2016) I often think that the word “cool” in the dictionary should have a picture of Neil Young. He has always been (for me) the personification of “cool”—as well as a huge influence on my guitar playing.…
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!
