Author: Bruce Black

Last Sunday, the Boston area TV weather people started right in with the usual hype and hoopla, about a “big storm”, supposedly hitting on

Folks, I must say that sadly, I do not have the football gene. Yes, I am one of those rarest of rare men, who

So, BP CEO Tony Hayward says “I’m sorry”, to residents of the gulf states, whose lives and livelihoods are pretty well screwed up by

If you’re like most aging baby boomers (‘boomertards” in official 20-something newspeak), you have probably been engaged in a lunchtime conversation where the question

I’m not much of a gambling man. Oh sure, I’ll waste a dollar on the state lottery, if the jackpot creeps up to some

….So, I’m just letting my mind wander somewhat aimlessly. Some random thoughts… -I have no idea who I will vote for in the general

One of my favorite expressions, or favorite sayings, is ‘time always wins. I have no idea who said this, or when it was first

Way back in January of ’07, I wrote of three things I would like to have seen included in the next release of Mac

Forrest J. Ackerman, the grandfather and hero to many of us science fiction fans, has left us. He has gone on to whatever awaits.

As part of my “normal routine”, I check in to slashdot.org a few times a week. Yesterday, I spotted a link to a story

While Growing up during the 1960’s, television was a mainstay of entertainment. Sad, but true I’m afraid. TV sets were enormous back then, with

Moe: “Get the Tools”. Larry: “What tools?” Moe: “The tools we been using for the last ten years!” Larry: “Oh, Those Tools!”. Classic Three

The Dust from this year’s Macworld is beginning to settle. The big announcement, regarding an Apple iPhone, was made, just as everyone predicted. Whether

‘œ…Son you must take my word, If there’s a God in heaven, He’s got a Silver Thunderbird.’ Marc Cohn I know what some of

Jumped The Shark”,,,, Do you remember when you first heard it? Did you wonder what the heck the person saying it, (or posting it

So, Jericho is not on NBC’s announced fall schedule. Dang, that smarts. Not a bad show, really. Not a great show, but not bad.

Most of you probably don’t remember when the Labor Day was observed on its actual date, and not on the first Monday of September.

Revisiting something I wrote about in August of ˜01. Sort of. If you’re a male of a certain age, then you surely remember a

I haven’t been doing a lot of writing lately, for a lot of reasons. Getting ready for an electrical contractor to come in and