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Doctor Who Showrunner- Who’ll step up?

Current Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall’s due to leave after 2022, having delivered a whole 29 episodes across five years. I honestly can’t imagine the BBC extending his run, as the popularity of the show hasn’t been this low since the mid 1980’s. So who’s up for the task? I have no idea. It’s possibleContinue reading “Doctor Who Showrunner- Who’ll step up?”

Waiting for the blu-rays

Looks like I’ll be having plenty of movies potentially spoiled for me over the next year. See, I have no idea the next time I’ll ever go into a movie theater. Usually it’s not an issue until a big MCU film comes out–superhero movies are the only ones I tend to go see, mostly becauseContinue reading “Waiting for the blu-rays”

Bikes and braking

This is *sort* of a companion piece to my entry on driving stick, utilizing the clutch, etc. This one was sparked by an online discussion about old bikes, and the generation shift from the old backward-foot pedal braking system, compared with the change to hand brakes. Once again, I’m somewhat the odd man out inContinue reading “Bikes and braking”

Clutch, Brake, Accelerator

Back in the day, all cars had clutches for shifting gears. When shifting from gear to gear, your feet–both of them– were very busy working the pedals. The left foot was on the clutch for every shift. The right, working the brake and accelerator back and forth. It was how things were done. Eventually, mostContinue reading “Clutch, Brake, Accelerator”

Am I Burnt Out on the MCU?

Or am I just enjoying the break in the action? 2020, for all it’s bad and bad, it’s downs and downs, it coincided with a lull in the MCU slate of movies. All we were supposed to get this year was Black Widow and The Eternals. Now, it sucks that circumstances didn’t allow us toContinue reading “Am I Burnt Out on the MCU?”

Adios, Espanol

Well, I had a good run. I went about 194 straight days on Spanish. According to my stats, learned over 9,000 words and was in the top 1% of students. But a couple things happened. First, COVID started to slow me down. I wasn’t bad yet but the morning Spanish sessions were getting more laborious. Continue reading “Adios, Espanol”

Sales calls

Years ago, 20 or more, we used to get at least a sales call every hour. Irritating as hell. Then I heard about the Do Not Call registry, and listed my numbers. This actually helped, cutting out the majority of sales calls. There was a couple features you could add to your phone as well,Continue reading “Sales calls”

Pizza Rollette

For time immemorial, whenever you’re feeling adventurous at meal time, there is a game. Yes, there could be danger. You may very well get burnt. The game is a variation on Russian Roulette. Only this version, you eat. Pizza rolls. Totino’s Pizza Rolls. They come frozen, in one inch long, fried, sealed packets, filled withContinue reading “Pizza Rollette”

YOU, ME & the VACCINE

At some point here, someone may get offended. Just an FYI. It’s December now, and the vaccine hopefully will be hitting the streets soon. No idea how smooth or disastrous the roll out will be. When it does though, I, of course, will be getting it. Why wouldn’t I? Having developed no antibodies from gettingContinue reading “YOU, ME & the VACCINE”

Ear Plugs are my friends

It took several instances of large, family weekend retreats, comic book convention meet ups with room sharing, and just our family on trips sharing a hotel room… but I finally learned. In these scenarios, there will always be snoring or some other crazy sounds at night. Packing ear plugs– several of them– is one ofContinue reading “Ear Plugs are my friends”