Author Archives: Steve

RIP Penny Marshall

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

Penny’s second career was a delightful surprise. Through the Seventies she was a minor character on The Odd Couple and Happy Days until she got a chance to star in Laverne & Shirley. My brother loved that show when he was a kid, I … Continue reading →

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RIP Evelyn Berezin

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

Of all the people I’m writing about lately, Evelyn has had the greatest and most lasting impression or effect on me. She is credited with inventing Word Processing! Unless you didn’t know, my father got into Data Processing (an offshoot … Continue reading →

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RIP Pete Shelley

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

Pete came to my attention as a solo artist when I was in high school and MTV primarily showed music videos. Everyone at school was mocking his single “Homo Sapien,” because his voice lent itself to the insults hormone-filled boys … Continue reading →

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RIP Steve Hillenburg

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

It’s a shame he passed away at a relatively early age but his main creation, Spongebob Squarepants, have given children and adults alike joy. Before Spongebob, Steve got his start with Nickelodeon’s second wave of original cartoons through Rocko’s Modern Life. … Continue reading →

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RIP William Goldman

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

William’s name may only come up easily for film buffs but to the rest of us, he’s the author behind the novel and screenplay The Princess Bride. The movie tanked when it was released 31 years ago but thanks to the … Continue reading →

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RIP Stan Lee

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

I would be super negligent if I didn’t write about Stan “The Man” Lee. He was a huge part of my childhood. Every day in Macomb, IL, rushing home to catch the Spider-Man cartoon on channel 44 (Chicago) and if I … Continue reading →

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RIP Joachim Rönneberg

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

This incredibly brave man passed away back in October and what he achieved should be celebrated by both the US and Russia. During WWII, Rönneberg led his Norwegian freedom fighters to destroy a Nazi heavy water facility. Without this rare … Continue reading →

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Finally, something new after several weeks

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

The last thing I posted was Somara’s return from her vacation abroad (Netherlands, Qatar). Besides candy, pictures and memories, she brought back bronchitis thanks to a discourteous traveller on the flight to London, not from, to. Thus, her trip was … Continue reading →

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Somara is home! Hooray!

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Steve

The only bad news is that she has a cold, nursing it since Amsterdam. First stop on our way home Friday evening wasn’t dinner (even if Somara was well, too tired to eat) but HEB for NyQuil®, tissues and chicken-noodle … Continue reading →

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New shirt from WizWorld #5: Seventies parody

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Steve

Lucy Van Pelt would be proud!

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RIP Will Vinton

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Steve

His name may ring a bell at first but let me fill you in on why. Will is the guy who “invented” Claymation, aka Animation via clay. He wasn’t necessarily the first person to use stop-motion techniques with clay-based objects, … Continue reading →

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Lost 80s Live

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Steve

This festival tour slash concert was one of the holdups on getting off my duff to get cranking on my site with new stories. It was a concert Somara, Ayako and I went to see for the heck of it. … Continue reading →

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Down but not out or alone

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Steve

The first culprit on why the site was “dark” for another week can be blamed on the flu. Although I got a flu shot last Friday, I did ask the nurse, I’ve gotten sick despite being inoculated. The response was, … Continue reading →

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1918: The Great War ends

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Steve

Today, at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, what was the bloodiest and nastiest conflict in known history came to a stop; WWI is the first war in which over 50 percent of … Continue reading →

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New shirt from WizWorld #4: The Hormone Monster!

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

Big Mouth‘s imaginary advisor to Nick and Andrew is one of the funniest thing Nick Kroll has actually done, I often find his other stuff a bit weak. Either way, it’s great to have this character which is part satyr … Continue reading →

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