“What is that sound? Is there an emergency alert on the TV? No, it’s your iPhone!”

Fark reports the sad news: Madge is dead. Janice Miner was known all over the world for her portrayal of Madge, the wisecracking manicurist in Palmolive commercials. For 27 years, the ads featured Miner praising the  [more...]

His theme for “Star Trek: Voyager” was derided by some, but I thought it was majestic and evocative of exploration and flight. It sometimes seemed that he wrote every score for every movie… but it was  [more...]

And there it is: my first real earthquake in California. A 5.6, 9 miles from me. I’m shaking like a leaf. My house shook like a truck hit it. It was far scarier than I had expected it to be. I should write more  [more...]