Author Archives: Steve

RIP Paul Allen

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

Paul wasn’t as famous as Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer being the number three guy at Microsoft but he will always remain essential to the history of personal computing. He was also pretty savvy too. Paul left Microsoft in 1982 … Continue reading →

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RIP Geoff Emerick

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

Another late obituary I wanted to post because Geoff was an instrumental man in the evolution of Pop/Rock music. He may be most famous for being the engineer at Abbey Road during the Beatles’ run of albums but to me … Continue reading →

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The Predator: Streaming…at best

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

Everyone’s big-game-hunting alien(s) return in the latest installment of the Predator saga. What’s new this time? Not very much other than their race can be over ten-feet tall. Shane Black takes a shot at directing and in my opinion he came … Continue reading →

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End of a long week

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

This week was a huge let down in the intelligent, educated (ergo, Librul) parts of Texas. The twin specters of the entrenched Confederacy and lazy non-voters handed my adopted home another four yeas of tyranny under the Republicans. They don’t … Continue reading →

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This month’s header, They Live turns 30

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Steve

Given our current state of affairs, it’s only appropriate to celebrate John Carpenter’s social commentary masterpiece, released on this day. The header took a little work to get it to work and I found this anti-Trump one weeks ago. No … Continue reading →

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King of the Hill “returns” on Hulu!

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Steve

After the show suddenly disappeared from Netflix without any warning, Mike Judge’s masterpiece about life in Central Texas returns! I will probably start from the beginning once I’ve finished Adventure Time.

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Culture Club with Tom Bailey

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Steve

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. It’s…you went to see Boy George this Summer? Really? I went for two other reasons. The first was this show being a joint trip with my friend and co-worker Ayako who likes Culture Club. … Continue reading →

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RIP Norm Breyfogle

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Steve

Norm passed away a couple months ago but he’s worth mentioning because his Batman comics were a big part of my life when I was a collector. His style was very loose with the cape flowing when Batman was jumping … Continue reading →

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Get ready for the deluge of the recent past!

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Steve

Even before I contracted pneumonia, I was pretty behind on numerous stories, namely all these recent concerts I’ve been attending since Summer, plus a couple movies (which has slowed down my movie attendance as punishment) and what have you. But … Continue reading →

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New shirt from WizWorld #3: MST3K with the ‘bots!

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Steve

Just in time for the upcoming live MST3K performances at the Paramount this Sunday! I got my new shirt featuring everyone’s favorite wisecracking robots Crow and Tom Servo! I also can’t wait for the new episodes that will be released … Continue reading →

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My car gave me a good scare

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Steve

My Prius has optional screens to show different kinds of data via the dashboard. Whenever  I’m on the last couple dashes of gas, I tend to set it to the view displaying how many miles the computer thinks I have … Continue reading →

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New York Achieved!

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Steve

I made it to the second milestone today via in-door bike! Not too late given my previous bout of pneumonia and lethargic mornings. I also bumped up my caloric goal to 570 (aka the red ring on my Watch), minimal … Continue reading →

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Austin remains under the boil warning

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Steve

Last time I checked, we remain under the three-minute boil order as all the water from the recent rains work their way through the local lakes, rivers, etc. Above is a photo of the problem when it got close to … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Brian Dyorich

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Steve

While I was away recuperating, my long-time co-worker and friend Brian passed away during surgery. I received the sad news from our fellow co-worker Troy (he’s the guy on the left in the photo above) while I was headed to … Continue reading →

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Spent some time resting

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Steve

After losing the first couple weeks to pneumonia and its recovery, I decided to take most of the month off, relax, do some more reading, more sleeping, more living…well, working. I will also use the time between now and next … Continue reading →

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