I just finished the first season of Orange Is the New Black. I said I wasn’t going to watch anything that wasn’t all the way over, but the model for this show—dumping entire seasons out there at once with no ads—works for me too. The show is largely what I expected, but there’s also a … Read more
I’ve learned that I have an unusually good memory for details. Blogged about that before. I can remember voice inflection, facial expression, time of day, and exact transcripts for conversations I had 35 years ago. (Not all of the conversations I had 35 years ago. But I can remember a surprising number of them if … Read more
Well, it was an enjoyable Independence Day weekend until I destroyed my grill tonight with a grease fire that I estimate burned unattended for ten minutes. (Gee, I’ve never seen the little thermometer built into the lid read 925º before.) It wasn’t particularly expensive, but it worked well for what we wanted. There was nothing … Read more