A movie a preview I saw once unveiled an epic story about friends going through college, life and love, and in a pivotal moment utilized the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” to perfection. After that, for days, I was hardly able to the song out of my head or forget the mixed emotion conveyed in the simple opening lines of “don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better…” Later, as I watched a rerun of a show, the... Read more

A few years ago, I was driving to work and Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight” came on the radio. It was the first time I’d heard it in years and suddenly I was transported back to a time I was in the car with my good friend Michelle and were singing all the words, even the bridge where Whitney kinda’ goes off – “you got the magic….” It was amazing that for a few seconds, I was sitting right... Read more

One of my absolute favorite shows of my childhood was Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I guess it had the right mix of action,sci-fi and comedy. I even had a few toys based on it. I’ve often wondered what Gil Gerard and Erin Gray are up to these days – besides sci-fi conventions – and was delighted to see them appearing in this new version of ‘Buck’ as Buck’s parents. This is the beginning of a web series and... Read more

In the wee hours of the morning, I am at a lab to get some blood work done. I came early to beat the crowd and squeeze it in before work. Great intentions. The lobby was full when I arrived, giving me fair indication I'd be standing until a person had been called back. I stood for awhile, until a seat opened. A few minutes later, an elderly woman came in. She stood for a moment and I eyed the... Read more

In the wee hours of the morning, I am at a lab to get some blood work done. I came early to beat the crowd and squeeze it in before work. Great intentions. The lobby was full when I arrived, giving me fair indication I'd be standing until a person had been called back. I stood for awhile, until a seat opened. A few minutes later, an elderly woman came in. She stood for a moment and I eyed the... Read more

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post “Chasing the Stories” about my time as a newspaper reporter (read it here) and I received great feedback and blog traffic so I followed it up with this blog a few days later. My newspaper experience wasn’t long but it was memorable. In the last blog, I got a name wrong. I said Mike but our sports writer’s name was Ray. He was a good guy and wasn’t in the office... Read more

This is a video I took with my phone not long after we came home from the hospital. We were getting a bottle ready for Natalie and she kept showing us how hungry she was. Read more

As one of the most chatty, dramatic people you know, it has seemed quite curious that such a life-shaking event such as the late December arrival of our first child Natalie came without a mention on this blog so far. Sure, she’s a poster child of Facebook and has been since a few minutes after her birth. But getting the time to sit down and reflect on the events of the past month has been challenging, to say the least.... Read more

By DeWayne Hamby and Jimmy Stewart   Delivered just in time for Christmas is Avatar, a film unlike any you’ve seen before. It is so technologically advanced that it feels downright exclusive, like the only one in a new breed of pictures that will revolutionize our viewing experience. Not only will the movie industry be forced to keep up with Avatar, but theme parks are surely scrambling already to figure out how to stay cutting-edge or ahead of the experience... Read more

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