Everything You Need to Know About Me and Why This Blog is Chronically Three Months Behind

So, I’m deploying soon (National Guard. Middle East. And that’s all I intend to say about it on this blog until I get home.) and went up to the attic to grab some things out of my big rucksack that I thought I might need to pack for mobilization. On the very top was all […]

Oddly, Not the Strangest

performance that I’ve ever seen by an OomPah band during Fest season. At least if beats the 5,872,006th rendition of Country Roads Take me Home. h/t Aloof Inc.

And Another Worthy Cover

And also Halloween-worthy. Calico Cooper really looks like her daddy, especially that profile. And it turns out she sings as well as she dances (not that she dances here, but I saw her performing onstage as her father’s lead dancer a number of years ago here in Richmond. Check it out!

Apropos of Nothing

except perhaps that Halloween is coming and I opted out of doing another countdown this year, Powerwolf’s cover of “A Touch of Evil” is really pretty damned good. Nothing really can beat Rob Halford of course, but I did enjoy this when I ran across it this week. And the organ is a fabulous touch. […]

Why I [Didn’t] Quit Facebook

[Sorry folks, but I’ve been brooding on this for the last 48 hours which has driven the possibility of fun and productive posts temporarily out of my head. Bear with my through my brief! digression into existential political season angst, just for today, and we will be back to B-Movies and nerd metal that much […]

Something “Strange” for Your Tuesday

Since I broke my own no-politics-on-the-blog rule yesterday and since this has been a pretty damned dark week for the nation, I thought we could all use a good laugh today. Larry Correia’s The Adventures of Tom Strange, Interdimentional Insurance Agent is currently available through June 21st as a free audiobook from Audible. I […]

Back From WhoCruising

Just a quick note to say that I got back last night from the latest iteration of the Sci-Fi Sea Cruise. Had a wonderful trip, but so many things happened that it is going to take a few days to get all my thoughts together and pictures sorted. Watch this space for more details (hopefully […]

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