Tales from FAR Manor

Mrs. Fetched thinks I’m grinchy. Not so, I just prefer to focus on the social aspects of Christmas — family, feast, reflection — than to mak...

… or “Boobs, Books, and Buzz.” Or "Marketing 101 in the Internet Age.” Have you heard the names “Hayley Williams” and “Paramore”? Until...

I mentioned The Boy coming to church Sunday , but neglected to mention that he had a stack of his band’s demo CD to give to me and a few of ...

Welcome back to Weekend Cinema, where the time is short, movies are free, and you decide how entertaining it all is! This time, we’re makin...

Yet another collection of happenings and items that didn’t merit their own post. I thought that I wouldn’t have to do these anymore when I s...

I did this last year in a podcast, but many of you have started reading this year. So… Hope you enjoy it! For those of you on dialup, here’s...

Just in case you haven’t heard yet, the British band Radiohead is taking online pre-orders for their new album . That’s nothing out of the o...

I’m normally not a Linkin Park fan, but I’ll make an exception for this song (and video). Linkin Park – What I’ve Done

After an unwanted January hiatus, I have returned to the podwaves! I’ve got the latest news from the free-range insane asylum, cellphone cha...

A “weekend” is when you try to compress seven days of living into two, so it seems. Dad got here Friday night and spent the weekend; this is...

Sometimes, following links takes you to some odd places. This particular oddity odyssey started with a MacDevCenter article , which led O’R...

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) is perhaps the first US Senator to be immortalized with a techno remix of his infamous “series of tubes” speech. Ab...

You get paid on Friday... next Friday... and you don’t have time to drag yourself to the theater anyway. Tonight’s selection is a horror fl...

Answer: one stuck in your head that you’re dancing to . This is all Daughter Dearest’s fault. Night before last, she introduced me to Cascad...

Go visit Shout Out Out Out and click the link for “Forever Indebted.” The lyrics are quite rude, but sometimes The Truth doesn’t come in p...

That’s what it sounds like to this non-metal fan, anyway. The Boy just handed me a CD entitled, “The Death of Black and White,” which he say...