These green people are everywhere. They are looking at everything. Are you getting annoyed? As annoyed as people who still say thinks like "best...[insert thing]...ever" or "my bad" or even "whatever"? They seem to share a shortcut between could be to is. For example, who thought Nintendo players …

...or is it just an attempt to cross-breed whales and goldfish? This article about NBC's 600 million blown in trying to converge something with something else is illustrative:  •  “Most embarrassing, an effort to increase traffic by introducing a syndicated television program, “iVillage Live …

A lads night out for the 7 pm opening night showing of "Ratatouille : Rat-a-too-ee" last night. Odd having a pronunciation guide in the title but otherwise a good movie and kind to kids, despite the obligatory child in fear central theme. I have no idea why kids cartoons are so scary. Two …

Wasn't it just last Friday? Time is flying. I am making arrangements for an undergrad reunion so I suppose I am a bit sensitive to these things. Yes, 25 years ago I was a seedy weedy sullen yute at the University of Kings College and soon people will be returning there from across the globe. From …

Hard to believe I am only now seeing the last bit of Lord of the Rings care of the state arm of the pro-orc-killing forces amongst us. Last night in the first period of LOTR part III, there was some orc slaughtery but too much gooey doe eyed lovey-dovey. Not much chance of figuring out who is …

A range of emotions watching this band in this show on Much last night:  •  What a waste of time. Some guy dressed like an auto mechanic singing "Muskrat Love" with two back up singers dressed like identical junior high English teachers.How is it no one the thought of this before? It's a guy …

A while ago I wondered about the point when a move is really made as opposed to finished. Turns out it is not the beds or the telephone but the stuff on the walls. As soon as you put the framed stuff up, your interior is yours. Forget about the TV. That just costs you an hour of sleep and night …

Where is it? A or B? I am hoping for B.  •  My only plan is for the Seashore Trolley Museum  •  before we turn inland on #9 for a three-day doddle home.  •  New food fact of the day? Beale Street  •  BBQ has a bulk take-away menu. Ten bucks for a pound of pulled pork is the  •  deal of the century …

Even though I do not go to movies, buy pop music, like Australian celebrities or support English soccer I read the Flea daily because he is a great writer. The sort of writer that you would not expect to find in these parts given how the place has left itself go over the years. Over the long …