I finished Superman Doomsday, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/superman_doomsday/, this morning. This was an animated cartoon based on the series where DC killed off Superman in the early 1990′s. At the time, it cause quite a reaction, getting coverage in the national and even international press. Millions of readers who had never read comics, bought copies. While I had [...]
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Superman Doomsday
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment, Firefly
Tags: adam baldwin·dc comics·doomsday·Firefly·nicolas cage·superman·tim burton
The Big Bang Theory Hearts Firefly
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · 2009 china solar eclipse, Entertainment, Firefly, Serenity, government business, movies, travel
For those who knew me when I was the CIO at the US Department of Transportation, you will know that I held a monthly lunch with a small band of fans of both the TV show Firefly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series), and the movie Serenity, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/. For references to this, see the end of the interview I gave [...]
Tags: big bang theory·cio·Firefly·geneva·large hadron collider·Serenity·us department of transportation
Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, and Hilton Head Island
January 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment, travel
Periodically my wife, Ellen, and I go to visit Ellen’s parents in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Every time we visit I am reminded how lucky I was to not just to marry Ellen but also to marry into such a wonderful family. I have learned much about my professional life and how to behave like [...]
Tags: buffalo_bob·children·circus·clown·conrad_hartz·hilton_head·howdy_doody·library·puppets
The Lives of Others (2006)
August 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · movies
In December, 1975, I was one of a group of young political and civic leaders on a State Department sponsored visit to Europe. One of the places we visited was pre-unification Berlin. The initial visit to East Berlin was sobering. On the West Berlin side, the Christmas season lead to brightly colored decorations, shoppers, and [...]
I’m Still Big, It’s the Pictures That Got Small
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment
So says Norma Desmond, the iconic former silent movie star who is the focus of Sunset Boulevard. Considered by many to be the iconic film noir about the vacuity of Hollywood, it is well worth seeing. Norma Desmond was played by Gloria Swanson, who herself had been a star in silent films and didn’t make [...]
Tags: billy wilder·drama·film noir·films·gloria swanson·william holden
Serenity On The Yangtze
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 china solar eclipse, Firefly, Serenity, travel
For those who have come in late to the story, I am a member of what some might call a cult that worships Firefly and Serenity. Firefly was a TV show created by Joss Whedon, who among other things was the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which lasted less than one season. It was [...]
Tags: alberta·browncoats·canada·china·cruise·eclipse·edmonton·Firefly·movies·Serenity·yangtze