I am a geek.  I like Geek culture. I like geek discussions.  I like Geek activities.  There are all kinds of sub groups of geeks.  I belong to several but one geek group I am very proud to be a part of is Movie Geeks.     While some geeks might be uncomfortable saying they are a fan of certain genres of film, I have no troubles saying that I love musicals.  I have been a fan of musicals as long as I can remember.  I love...

     I love movies.  Its no surprise that I just spent a large portion of my last week of vacation watching them.  i watched a movie a day for 9 days and on one day I watched 2.  i simply love the feeling of getting lost in a fantasy world.  I, like most other movie lovers, have enjoyed great sequels and endured horrid ones.  While I was cruising around on the web I concocted this list of rumored sequels.  I personally would...

I post a lot about my computer adventures.  If you are a friend of mine or a regular reader you will find this post pretty standard computer fare. The tenants of Solipsism postulate that MY experiences are the ONLY provable experiences.  When you speak about pain, such as, you cannot really speak accurately about someone else’s pain but only your own.  It also implies that you cannot really ever describe your pain to another...

   Nothing major tonight its been a while since I blogged.  I had a pretty bad run in with death the last few weeks.  Had a co-worker’s husband pass away and one of my best friends lost their father.  Attending funerals are never easy but it was tolerable because in times of hardship we try to focus on the good times we have had with out loved ones.     This made me wonder what it would have been like at the funeral of a...

    I have never liked my name.  It’s always been a source of angst for me.  My true first name is Richard which, much to the amusement of many is often interpreted as DICK.  My wife asked me the other day how the name Dick came to be used in place of Richard, so I had to look it up.  Here is what I found.     The name Richard is very old. Old English had Richeard, from Ric (ruler) and heard (hard); French had Richart, and Old...

    I love Theodor Geisel.  His books were a wonderful window into imagination when I was a child.  My boys are too old now for it really but I still very much enjoy reading Dr. Seuss to my friend Jim’s little girl.  I was recently on the hunt for tidbit of info and discovered with a large grin that my hunt and the good Doctor intersected in a rather comical way.     I was looking into the  origins of the word...