Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

I lost my cell phone a little over a week ago. After looking in all the normal places (and abnormal ones, like the refrigerator) and asking...

Some viewers of this blog might notice I review movies more than I review books. That’s because I’m often so unsatisfied with a book I don’...

The following is not meant in any way to imply that either Amazon or the company that supplies the below-mentioned tools condones illegal a...

Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) lives a routine existence. That same existence can be stilted by his tendency to “zone out” while having fantasi...

Make sure you’re not holding a hot beverage when you listen to this.  Brought to you by people who have way too much time on their...

Happy St. Stephen’s Day.   Have you ever wondered what the song Good King Wenceslas has to do with Christmas? The answer is: nothing. ...

Late on the evening of 8/2/13, I watched a number of previews, including a ten-minute clip of a Lindsay Lohan movie. The boyfriend in the m...

So I was on jury duty for the past two days. Here’s a hint: bring plenty to read and/or a laptop. It mainly consists of sitting around, wai...

Imagine the Cold War was actually a hot war between the West and the Eastern block, with millions of casualties on each side. Then imagine ...