Controlling the Transmissions - Year Twenty-One

Sarah Palin walked out on her job over the weekend, and now plans, as she says, "with this decision, now I will be able to fight even h...

Much like the Series of Unfortunate Events, the third book in the Percy Jackson series breaks little ground, as it follows the near same sto...

In some respects, writer/director David Kittredge got what he wanted with his film, Pornography ; days after the Saturday night viewing, I’m...

So a quick update here: Yesterday was the 41 st anniversary of the death of my father from cancer. He would've been 74 this year, had he...

In typical media fashion, as soon as a new idea hits big, sequels are always down the line. This past spring, Quirk Books - known for The Wo...

Like escalators and moving walk-ways. I was a Disneyland last night, and JayTee and I are leaving the park. We get back to the parking struc...

Percy Jackson's seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. Bu...

Back in March, I talked about how the cable channel Sci Fi was changing its name to SyFy, in some obvious attempt to brand itself to make mo...

This novel chronicles the adventures of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, who discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Gree...

Oh, poor Sarah Palin. Since Friday of last week, in what was a nearly confusing, grammatically challenged speech, the Alaskan governor said ...

Joseph A. Schafer Joseph A. Schafer, age 94, Vet WW II. Belov...

In The Terror , author Dan Simmons takes a true, historical story of the famed Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest Passage and wraps a...

If this is a strategic move by her to spend a few years boning up on how to become president in 2012, I’m confused by it. To me, it seems al...

He was eccentric, odd and probably damaged goods from his well documented childhood. He was also an extremely talented man, who entertained ...

Here it is Thursday, and it's really the first time I can rethink these last few days. True, I had Tuesday night, but was so tired from ...

With June Gloom set in here -and more so than usual - the days, while grown longer - have blended into one. It's interesting to note on ...

20th Century Fox has confirmed that Futurama will be back next year. The show, which had a recent resurrection on DVD with 4 feature-lengt...

The Huffington Post did a story on my late friend Jamie. Check this out