Browsing the blog archives for the year 2008

How Would Your iPod Answer These Questions

Doug, who I play hockey with on the Ordinals and is also a Facebook friend, posted this intriguing little killer of time. He posted as a Facebook note and I created my own Facebook note in reply, but I wanted to post it here as well because I found it so entertaining. When this was [...]

A Solid Gold Christmas

People who say that Rosie Live was the worst variety show ever clearly haven’t seen this. I grew up watching stuff like this. I guess that explains an awful lot. To see the entire 2 Hour special, click here to go to it’s YouTube page.

NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Spectacular

The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Spectacular, titled “Celebrate Me Home,” was the first time we’d seen the 200 member choir perform and the first time we’d attended a show at Carnegie Hall. The concert certainly lived up to its “spectacular” billing. There were, of course, holiday classics performed: “It’s Beginning to Look [...]

Of Lizards and Men

It was announced not too long ago that V would be making its way back to television similar to another sci-fi classic Battlestar Galatica. The news stories, which inevitably carried a photo of Jane Badler in all her alpha lizard glory, had me feeling nostalgic for one of my childhood obsessions. So, I clicked on [...]

Dance Dance Revolution: The Musical

After weeks of anticipation, we went to see Dance Dance Revolution tonight and it was brilliant insanity! The year is 2068 and the world has fallen apart: the economy has collapsed, there’s war, food and other resources are scarce and the arts are banned. All that starts to change when Moonbeam Funk arrives from another [...]

Ordinals Find Some Fire, Still Loose; Tigers Go Down to Rockets

It was two hard working games last night, but both ended in losses. A Tigers/Rockets battle was first up. The Rockets have come out strong this season and this is the Tigers second loss to them this season, although this one was not as bad as the first. The 4-2 loss was still tough to [...]

Muffin Buffalo Rises! Kristin Sings! A Perfect “Pushing Daises”

What a deliriously joyous night of TV. I just finished watching this week’s episode of Pushing Daises and was thrilled to find Muffin Buffalo proprietor Marianne Marie Beetle competing against Ned and Olive from The Pie Hole at the Comfort Food Cookoff. Bryan Fuller has always had a knack for squeezing in references to his [...]