What I'm thankful for: 1. My family's love and support, as always. Especially during the past two years which have been ones of upheaval for me. 2. That I'm still employed and that my employer lets me work at home for most of the week. Saves the...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm following pattinase's suggestion and listing some of my favorites from 2009. And while Patti stuck to film, TV and dvd, I think I'm going to modify it a bit. I think you all will see a pattern here, which is that...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I know it's early but I figured that most people will be on the road or in the kitchen Thursday morning. I'm supposed to go to a friend's, but it depends on how bad this head cold gets by Thursday morning. To commemorate...

It's Wednesday (or at least close to it here on the Pacific Coast) and that means The Story With No Name is on. Part 17 is by Peter Averillo and is featured on Open Range. If you missed any or all of the first 16 parts, they are now all combined on one...

This essay is part of a series that ran yesterday on several blogs called My Favorite TV Show. Mine is late. If you want to check out the other contributions, go to pattinase. In January of 1969 my stepfather moved us from Germany back to California....