Getting Down with Titanic

James and the giant metallic peach. Hope floats? Not hardly, and neither do big broken ships. From good to bad in the time it takes to freeze an ice cube. WARNING: This review may include spoilers! The $200 million Titanic that Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Egotist...

Dear Mom & Dad: Get an iMac

What can I say? I think it worked. July 28, 1998 Dear Mom & Dad: Get an iMac. I can’t communicate it any more plainly than that, but if you force me to, I am willing to try Esperanto, mime, or semaphore. You’ve had what I’ll politely term a...

World Cup Soccer: Ratings ‘R’ Us

The truth as I see it so far as France ’98 was concerned. Who was the best forward? How could the U.S. have done worse? Why do you care? These questions and more, answered. Well, except for that last one. Biggest surprise: Croatia 3, Germany 0. 2nd biggest:...

US World Cup ’98: 3-6-1 Hike

A cautionary tale of a nation, a team, and a coach who thinks he knows more than the next guy. Sheep to the slaughter courtesy of a bizarre soccer formation and goofy player personnel selection. It’s time-honored, it’s easy to do, and in this case,...

Finley

Venturing into the cut-throat world of short story fiction, I subtly dis multi-level marketing and insult Leprechauns. All that glitters is not gold, but some people seem to think that maybe if we close our eyes and wish really hard, it will be. Nope. Truth is, Finley...