Archive for 2014/07


The Ladder

STARTING We’ve all got to start somewhere, just don’t delude yourself that because you’ve started you deserve to be successful. There are a number of routes to take, some of which can be combined. Skills cannot be emphasized enough. Knowing how to play your instrument, sing or deejay, gives you a floor upon which you […]

Snowpiercer

How do you get from the back of the train to the front? Greetings from sunny Southern California where it isn’t. That’s right, unlike in that old Albert Hammond song, today it’s RAINING! Something seen once every decade. Which is why if you bring up board games Angelenos are flummoxed, they know not about rainy […]

Tommy Ramone

Who’da thunk they’d all be dead but their music would live on? Certainly not anybody who came across their debut in the bins back in ’76. With its black and white cover and music so contrary to what was happening as to be almost incomprehensible, or a joke. But despite having a great sense of […]

My New Phone

Only suckers switch to Samsung. I’ve never ever been to the Genius Bar before. Because I find I can fix most problems myself. The web is a cornucopia of information, if you can’t find the answer in the Apple Support Communities, you don’t have a problem. But finally at my limit with my Mac Pro, […]