A while back I went to a Birthday Party. It was thrown by a friend who I’d met at ‘The Lab,’ where I was hired for my very first job in Data Processing. Now that was my very first job in computers, so it was quite a while ago, and the party took on something […]

My middle name is Dow. It’s one of those ancestral last names that my family always inserts into the middle of a male child’s name to commemorate the owner of the first land grant from King George III in 1783. Which makes us sound far more regal than a farming family from the east coast […]

I frequently complain about the television news. Somtimes I exaggerate for effect. Sometimes even I know that I’m exaggerating. Mostly I poke fun at the local news. The news broadcasts here in LA have very high production values (sets, make up, lighting, etc.), but usually very poor writing. I believe that there is an official […]

One of the advantages, I suppose that’s debatable, of living in LA is the TV. There are many stations, and some of them have very odd programming. Except for the cable cartoon channels I don’t think that any of them are deliberately trying to be odd. It just sort of happens. The less affluent PBS […]