Category Archives: blogging
Life Lessons from TV: Hank the 21c Everyman
I think that one of the reasons for the popularity (and perhaps quality as well) of the show Californication is how Dave Duchovny’s character is a sort of everyman for our century who is semi-famous but with a truckload of … Continue reading
2012 in review – Thanks to all my readers!!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 21,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading
Zombie Shootout: Romero vs. Kirkman
I wrote a couple of posts about The Walking Dead a few weeks back and wanted to return to the theme a bit. Those that know me, know that I typically dive DEEP into subjects that I get interested in. … Continue reading
Finding the Perfect Pizza in Paris (well in the 9th anyway)
Following up on my popular burger war posts, I figured I’d mention three pizza spots that I frequent in my neighborhood. But before that, just a blogging note about the power of Facebook. Now, my blog averages about 30-60 hits … Continue reading
Life During Wartime: Two Moving Testimonies from WWII
[UPDATED AFTER SEVERAL READER COMMENTS - SEE THE LAST PARAGRAPH] Living over here in France, I have run into folks that have lived through events that as an American born in the late 60′s, I have a hard time conceptualizing … Continue reading
Fino, where have you been?
Yes, O reader, I dropped off the radar there for a little while. I was exhausted following the week in Miami with the kids and took a small blog-hiatus. I’ll try to back-fill over the next few days, but wanted … Continue reading
Spreading the Love: My First Liebster and Five Nominations
A big hug and thank you going out to Yakisspurr for nominating me for the prestigious (at least in the world of micro-bloggers) Liebster Award. So here it is in all its glory: From what I gather on the web, as … Continue reading
Making Blogging a Habit: 5 Tips and Tricks
It may not seem like much, but trying to write something interesting on a daily basis is quite challenging, not to say obsessive-compulsive. Perhaps it is just me, but not having hit 300 posts last year during the #postaday2100 postathon … Continue reading
Some Advice: Beware of Lurking Friends in Restaurants – or – The Joys of Business Dining
So, I had this business dinner (which I dreaded by the way). I was told it was in this swanky restaurant. Stupidly, I sort of bragged to a friend of mine about it. Well, bragged is rather strong, I just … Continue reading
An annoyance…and a small victory :)
I am in a bit of a crap mood of late. Perhaps it is the rainy debut to spring or something. Do you ever want to destroy your washing machine? Mine makes this incredibly annoying screechy BEEEEEP BEEEEEP when the … Continue reading
