Just yesterday, I had read an article about Johnny Carson writing jokes for Letterman. I was happy, hoping that maybe, just maybe he might make another Cameo on the show soon. Then today, the other shoe dropped as it was announced that he had passed away. I always liked The Tonight Show when he hosted it. Despite who was on the show, I always tried…
January 23, 2005The Michael Palin DVDs have arrived. It takes about 2 hours per disc to convert to NTSC Region 1 backups. Trying to fit a double layered DVD onto a single layer DVD is a bit of a pain. For the most part the picture quality is fine, but when you have to compress near 50%, any high-speed motion (or rain as it turns out) gets…
January 17, 2005The other day I ordered the book and DVD of the new Michael Palin series, Himalaya from Amazon UK. It is a region 2 DVD set, but I will be able to watch it on my computer and maybe just be able to convert it to Region 1 to watch on my TV. As most of you know, I am a BIG Michael Palin travel…
January 14, 2005Someone stole one of my web design and a bunch of content from the Charo page. The worst part is that the site “supposedly” belongs to Charo Entertainment. I have fired off an e-mail telling the web master that they need to take down all of the offending material – and if I can swing it, I am seriously considering legal action. If it turns…
January 8, 2005Wow 2005. Thank God. Can you be a bit nicer than 2004? She could use some Ritlin. One moment she’s the best ever, next moment your finger is black and blue. I think I was sick more in 2004 than I have been in a long time (one hopes I am not harboring some major illness – more on that see below). The personal life…
January 1, 2005I’m glad that the US networks are finally devoting more time to this disaster. It’s a shame that the first channel to break the news here is the Weather Channel. The death toll after two days is up around 50,000 people. When you consider just how widespread the damage is and how many countries are involved, this number should top 100,000 before all is said…
December 28, 2004Not since my favorite earthquake in 1964 has there been one this big! As usual, the US media doesn’t devote nearly enough time to it, especially with the Christmas holiday. Here are some links to help you explore the damage and destruction caused by the 9.1 Andaman-Nicobar Islands Earthquake of 2004:USGSGoogle NewsWikipedia As of 12/26/04: 12,000 dead; largest earthquake in 40 years; 4th largest earthquake…
December 26, 2004It has been one long rough week. After having so much fun with Nathan on Wednesday of last week, it was tough getting back to the grind. The following Friday, a similar venture out with different people didn’t go quite so well – but hey, no one got arrested so it wasn’t all that bad. During the past weekend I had my last two shifts…
December 25, 2004After two years, Nathan’s path finally crossed mine again. When we last met, it was in November 2002 in Paris. We actually met up twice (it would have been three times, but the day I arrived, I was on a train when they suddenly told everyone to get off and then I was stuck in that station for 45 minutes. By the time I made…
December 17, 2004I had an awesome time on Sunday. It was great to be back on the boat and I truly will miss it when it comes time to move over to Tomorrowland in the near future. I think I owe the good time to the fact that Kris, Andy, and Vance were all there on the boat. I am fortunate that I get three more shifts…
December 13, 2004