Author: Jon

This is one of those TV posts that I hate to do because I feel like I become a parody of a cliché of myself, but I need to scratch the itch so I’ll just keep the commentary down to short one- or two-line comments rather than long-winded diatribes. And no, I’m not going to… Continue reading So, TV

It’s been at the back of my mind recently that this month marks six years of blogging for me. I am of course talking about "official" blogging, with the software and reverse-chronology posts and comments and such—naturally I had web pages before 2002 but none of those were blogs. Six years of blogging. April 22nd,… Continue reading Six years of blogging

Not a hangover in the literal sense, but it sort of feels that way because I’m not sure where March went and I’m sitting here looking at the calendar thinking, "Where the hell did April come from?" Like it’s already starting out with that thick, muzzy-headed pounding that you have with a hangover. Seriously, what… Continue reading March hangover

On Thursday I was interviewed by Peter Sachs from our local paper the Bulletin for an article on the local blogging community, and today the article showed up—on the front page, no less! Here’s the link to the online version. I didn’t get my picture in it this time (unlike the last time, a few… Continue reading In the media

Over on The Brew Site today, the topic is "Organic Beer" (it’s The Session, which is a net-wide beer blogging event where anyone with a blog—not just beer bloggers—can write about the given theme) and while I was writing a review of Deschutes Brewery’s Green Lakes Organic Ale, I had originally inserted a bit about… Continue reading Organic

This is one that I started years ago and have yet to finish. It’s definitely a draft revision, rough and cringeworthy in parts. I’ve recently given thought to rewriting it (and finishing it) from a different viewpoint—largely because of my vast ignorance in the hows and whys a State Police Detective would actually get about… Continue reading Fiction: Leftovers (Draft, incomplete)

We are off to Portland for the long weekend; the first such trip we’ve done in awhile. A chance to relax, do some shopping, maybe visit OMSI, that sort of thing. No real plans, just a relaxing vacation trip. One stop I’m definitely planning to make—the only one I actively campaigned for, actually—is John’s Marketplace.… Continue reading It’s Portland time

The trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out today. See it here. Of course, I could’ve embedded it here, too, but I thought I’d rather whet your whistle with screengrabs. More fun, too.

Continuing in my series of totally random toy posts… presenting the JUSTICE HEROES LEAGUE!!! Flea markets and foreign knock-offs of American pop culture are the best. (Via.)

My brother sent me the link to this today: The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities. Everyone must see this. And I don’t care what anybody says, this is the best one: