If you look at the comments for yesterday's post, you see one from Mark "Not the Race Car Driver" discussing whether or not ot...

I published this rant in the paper and received an interesting response which I'll post later today. Essentially a reader who identified...

Everyone is asking me the same question: what did you think of Hillary Clinton's appearance in Springfield? and the answer is "I do...

Hey I sold some books! I had a fine time at my first signing yesterday with about 25 people turning out for the talk I gave at the Springfie...

A bunch of links tonight.. First, I'm trying to write more about media and so here is the link to a new post at That's Thirty. Secon...

A scene from my salad days: cavorting with minimum wage slaves encased in Ren and Stimpy costumes while covering the 1994 Video Software Dea...

Barry Kriger, the vet anchor of WWLP is amused by something I said. Hey I always try to add a little humor to things. Sometimes it works. G...

Working at Tundra was my "degree" in business. I learned so much there that I apply daily to the issues that have confronted me s...

New reviews are posted over at Animation Review . Head over and take a look.

Heather Brandon is a blogger whose work has set new standards here locally. If I had the budget at the 'paper I would hire her in a sec...

Okay, something truly significant happened this week, specifically at 6:42 Tuesday morning. Our foster daughter Chau – who is as far as we a...

My man Bill Richardson dropped out of the race today before I got a chance to vote for him. That is what is so wrong with the current prima...

The new book... I spent a good part of this weekend working on the Springfield postcard book for Arcadia Publishing. I've assembled a go...

And hey, my first signing of "ESCAPE! How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s" will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Centr...

Well, my new toy works! But Lord help me what a process! I'm running a new operating system (Dogboy, thanks for the offer of helping me ...

There are no stories sadder than unrequited love, right? My foster daughter and her husband gave me a gift of gifts this Christmas: an iPhon...

It's nearly the New Year a time for reflection, hope and the best of intentions. I don't make resolutions much anymore because someo...

I've been meaning to post this story I wrote for a while, but just didn't get around to it thanks to the holiday swirl. I saw Burns...

Merry Christmas to all! It's almost here so I'm almost through my annual Christmas anxieties: I stress out trying to prepare stuff a...

Here's a press release dated Dec. 12 that provides something to think about this Christmas season. Here's an interesting formula: as...