After finishing “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Voyager” my daughter pondered what series she should tackle next. “Enterprise?” “Deep Space 9?” The original series? She went with none of these, opting for the reborn “Doctor Who” instead…. Read More ›
Random Thoughts
A Look Back at this Year
The world is full of good and bad. That’s just kind of how it is. About a year ago, I got “downsized” from my full-time job and started going down the freelance route. As much as I wouldn’t have chosen… Read More ›
Revisiting "Jurassic Park" and How Young is too Young
Several weeks (months) ago, I said that I was going to take my daughter to see “Jurassic Park,” that I thought she was old enough to handle it, that I believed she would have no nightmares, but that I wasn’t… Read More ›
How Young is too Young: "E.T." Follow-up and "The Martian"
Last week I spent some time wondering whether my son was old enough to go watch “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” in a movie theater. I pointed out that my son exhibits a lot of empathy, a lack of knowledge of how… Read More ›
Family Friendly Fall TV?
Yesterday was the day that I admitted it to myself – the summer is coming to an end. Public schools here start tomorrow and a fresh television season is right around the corner. Those are the two key items that… Read More ›
How Young is too Young: "Jurassic Park"
One of the constant debates we have in our household is, I think, one of the debates constantly had in every household with children – is my child old enough to watch a certain television show/movie or play a certain… Read More ›
Reinterviewing Kristen Stewart and Revisiting Past Mistakes
Once upon a time, I had a job where I never had to venture outside, where I did little but worry about creating a calendar of events. Then, things changed. No, I didn’t switch companies or, at first, seemingly even… Read More ›
The Never-Ending Sadness of that time I met Robert Redford
When I tell people what I do, one of the questions I’m regularly asked is about my worst interview, about the celebrity who was nastiest to me. That is actually the second most popular question I get (according to my… Read More ›
The new Dr. Seuss, "What Pet Should I Get?," Makes me Weep
Today, nearly 24 years after he passed away, a new Dr. Seuss book hits store shelves and it’s not the first one to arrive following the author’s death. No, I already own five other books by Seuss (or partially by… Read More ›
Ranking the Marvel Movies (Yes, but I’ve Never Done it Before)
As happens, I got sidetracked this morning while I was writing 007(x3) Weeks of 007 (expect that to go live a little later today). A friend pointed me towards the Metacritic rankings of the Marvel movies and asked if I… Read More ›
Lamenting the Lack of Movies for my Four-Year-Old Son
My son’s preschool ends this week, but his day camp doesn’t start for another two weeks, and as school actually finishes today instead of Friday, this really works out to be two and a half weeks. Schools all over the… Read More ›
Another Shot with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Last summer, I tried to describe to my daughter what it was like for me to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger. I completely failed at that attempted explanation. I did my best to tell her how this guy was, for years, the… Read More ›
"The Muppets" are Coming, "The Muppets" are Coming
Last night, ABC announced many renewals, cancellations, and new series for the fall. Chief among these announcements in my world is “The Muppets.” Yes, Jim Henson’s creations are going to be back on a regularly schedule prime time network series… Read More ›
On Being Away and Connected
It has been something of a wild, weird, wacky, and wonderful week. It has also been one that has caused me to think a little bit more about our world and the ways in which I interact with it. I… Read More ›
A Little Bit More on Streaming and "Star Trek"
One recent “Lass is More” minisode dealt with the different ways in which my children view television as compared to how I did at that age (and do now). I feel like it needs something of an revisit though, so… Read More ›
A Look at the Week (or two) Ahead and Some Philosophy
Just a quick little overview of the world today, and I’ll explain why… Remember how a while ago I explained that I had started running? Yes, well that whole thing comes to a culmination this week with a 5K in… Read More ›
My Seaver Fever has Returned – Remembering "Growing Pains"
Do you ever still think about catching a little “Seaver Fever?” I will absolutely admit to regularly thinking back on the classic television series, “Growing Pains” and wanting to watch old episodes (but also being horribly frightened by how dated… Read More ›
Which is Worse a Bad Movie or a Disappointing One?
It was, sadly, too late for me to write about them here, but I had two reviews go live at IGN on Friday, one of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” and the other of “Beyond the Reach.” Neither is a… Read More ›
On Loving the World-Building a Franchise, or Video Game, Creates
Currently sitting on my games shelf is “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” and it has been there since the game first came out something like four years ago. Normally, I’m not that way about titles. I beat a game and… Read More ›
Watching Billy Crystal and Josh Gad on "The Comedians"
I sat down last night and watched FX’s new series, “The Comedians.” After all, how could I not, it stars Josh Gad and Billy Crystal, two terribly funny people (for what it’s worth, I was insanely impressed by Gad when… Read More ›