Roger
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Award-winning theater director spends years trying to work out his new play.
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
August 29, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Award-winning theater director spends years trying to work out his new play.
Scene at the counter of Señor Mango’s, open window onto a beautiful San Diego day:
Guy next to me, gesturing at his bowl: “Banana split for breakfast!”
Me: “Yeah, I get it! Not to mention, breakfast at 11:15!”
It’s a great day.
Guy next to me, gesturing at his bowl: “Banana split for breakfast!”
Me: “Yeah, I get it! Not to mention, breakfast at 11:15!”
It’s a great day.
August 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Scene at the counter of Señor Mango’s, open window onto a beautiful San Diego day:
Guy next to me, gesturing at his bowl: “Banana split for breakfast!”
Me: “Yeah, I get it! Not to mention, breakfast at 11:15!”
It’s a great day.
Guy next to me, gesturing at his bowl: “Banana split for breakfast!”
Me: “Yeah, I get it! Not to mention, breakfast at 11:15!”
It’s a great day.
35 years since I first stepped onstage! How the time flies. youtu.be/wY8TzMxA09M?...
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July 12, 2026 at 4:10 AM
35 years since I first stepped onstage! How the time flies. youtu.be/wY8TzMxA09M?...
And The Bear goes out the way it came in: 90% PTSD-causing stress and 10% beautiful moments that have me crying. I have never simultaneously hated and loved a show so much.
June 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
And The Bear goes out the way it came in: 90% PTSD-causing stress and 10% beautiful moments that have me crying. I have never simultaneously hated and loved a show so much.
So my Toy Story rule is the same as my Indiana Jones rule and the inverse of my Star Trek rule: Only the odd-numbered Toy Story films are good.
June 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
So my Toy Story rule is the same as my Indiana Jones rule and the inverse of my Star Trek rule: Only the odd-numbered Toy Story films are good.
Asked my family to play disc golf for Father’s Day, and that was fun (plus I crushed them), but then my wife asked to spend the evening watching Smokey and the Bandit!?! How is this real life?
June 22, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Asked my family to play disc golf for Father’s Day, and that was fun (plus I crushed them), but then my wife asked to spend the evening watching Smokey and the Bandit!?! How is this real life?
93 days since I retired and my calendar tells me I have seen friends/extended family on exactly 1/3 of those days. Feels like I’m getting this right.
June 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
93 days since I retired and my calendar tells me I have seen friends/extended family on exactly 1/3 of those days. Feels like I’m getting this right.
Just saw my first San Diego Waymo.
May 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Just saw my first San Diego Waymo.
Goodbye to our sweet Slash, best cat ever.
January 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Goodbye to our sweet Slash, best cat ever.
Incredible fun last night with The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Balboa Theater! Acting/improv, quality D&D play, audience participation ridiculousness. If you’re a D&D nerd at all, it’s a must-see. Probably pretty funny for anybody, really, but that audience was totally nerdalicious.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Incredible fun last night with The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Balboa Theater! Acting/improv, quality D&D play, audience participation ridiculousness. If you’re a D&D nerd at all, it’s a must-see. Probably pretty funny for anybody, really, but that audience was totally nerdalicious.
Not sure how I pulled off this surprise! Got my wife (whose favorite film is Almost Famous) all the way into Cameron Crowe’s book tour show (special guest Kate Hudson!) without her having any idea where we were going.
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Not sure how I pulled off this surprise! Got my wife (whose favorite film is Almost Famous) all the way into Cameron Crowe’s book tour show (special guest Kate Hudson!) without her having any idea where we were going.
Cutting loose next Monday with the new act we’ve been working up.
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cutting loose next Monday with the new act we’ve been working up.
Hiding my best guitars before the man from Mars starts eating them.
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hiding my best guitars before the man from Mars starts eating them.
It’s not considered a “classic” or foundational to anything, but by far my favorite Muddy Waters album is Muddy, Brass & the Blues.
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s not considered a “classic” or foundational to anything, but by far my favorite Muddy Waters album is Muddy, Brass & the Blues.
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
September 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
14 months ago I canceled my Sunday newspaper delivery. 2 months ago they finally stopped delivering (hey, I’ll take a free paper). This morning: a paper on my lawn.
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
14 months ago I canceled my Sunday newspaper delivery. 2 months ago they finally stopped delivering (hey, I’ll take a free paper). This morning: a paper on my lawn.
A life well lived: the family is gathering in Paso Robles this weekend to spread my father-in-law’s ashes, and one of the wineries we’re going to visit asked us to bring a photo of him that they can put on their ofrenda this year.
July 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A life well lived: the family is gathering in Paso Robles this weekend to spread my father-in-law’s ashes, and one of the wineries we’re going to visit asked us to bring a photo of him that they can put on their ofrenda this year.
There are so much worse things going on, but I just have to say that I get so sick seeing those rooms in the White House, the American people’s house, that now look like a leprechaun had diarrhea in a Hobby Lobby.
July 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
There are so much worse things going on, but I just have to say that I get so sick seeing those rooms in the White House, the American people’s house, that now look like a leprechaun had diarrhea in a Hobby Lobby.
Spending July 4 with Frederick Douglass, if you know what I mean.
July 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Spending July 4 with Frederick Douglass, if you know what I mean.
I know a lot of people discount Ain’t Love Grand as an X album, but seriously, What’s Wrong With Me is an all-time X banger.
June 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I know a lot of people discount Ain’t Love Grand as an X album, but seriously, What’s Wrong With Me is an all-time X banger.
So my son requested installation of the portable AC in his room tonight. Welcome to summer, San Diego.
June 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So my son requested installation of the portable AC in his room tonight. Welcome to summer, San Diego.
Friday the 13th! My wife’s birthday is a 13th, and we had parties for her themed around that: broken mirrors, black cats, spilled salt, etc. We set a ladder up so you had to go under it to enter, and people climbed the outside of the stairs by the railing to avoid going under. It was hilarious.
June 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Friday the 13th! My wife’s birthday is a 13th, and we had parties for her themed around that: broken mirrors, black cats, spilled salt, etc. We set a ladder up so you had to go under it to enter, and people climbed the outside of the stairs by the railing to avoid going under. It was hilarious.
Jury duty today and I decided to walk the 4 miles downtown to the courthouse just because I can. Heard a rooster crow in my neighborhood. Yeah, city law allows neighborhood chickens but not roosters, but I’m not narcing on that. Good morning indeed.
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Jury duty today and I decided to walk the 4 miles downtown to the courthouse just because I can. Heard a rooster crow in my neighborhood. Yeah, city law allows neighborhood chickens but not roosters, but I’m not narcing on that. Good morning indeed.
My wife decided she wanted to see Sinners, knowing almost nothing about it except people told her it was great. So happy to go again, and also be able to talk about it!
May 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My wife decided she wanted to see Sinners, knowing almost nothing about it except people told her it was great. So happy to go again, and also be able to talk about it!
Some people like to say there is no such thing as a perfect movie. They are wrong.
May 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Some people like to say there is no such thing as a perfect movie. They are wrong.