Cromely's World

I didn’t realize it at the time, but that day, Sunday, June 29, 1975, was pivotal. It was the first time in history anyone had typed a chara...

“I guess the way I work as an actor -- I say ‘I guess’ because I don’t consciously have a methodology -- is to ask, ‘How entertaining can th...

This case seems really shocking and appalling to me. Retired professor Julian P. Heicklen was arrested for telling passersby outside the F...

These are ten of my favorites posts from 2011. They were fun to write. They aren't necessarily my highest traffic posts, or the posts th...

I’ve always been a big fan of the Muppets.  I grew up watching them on Sesame Street and on the Muppet Show on CBS. Later on I had a lot of ...

A few weeks ago the GF and I head to the theater to see “ In Time .” The movie had gotten mediocre reviews and seemed to be slipping quickly...

On Black Friday I opted out of shopping (I've served my time in retail). In years past I've gone to the Holiday parade, but this tim...

At our Junior/Senior Banquet the year I graduated from college, Brent Northup, our Carroll College Forensics coach (Go, Talking Saints!) wa...

Okay, so this not going to be a lengthy review because: It's been a few weeks since I saw the movie You've likely already made yo...

Have you seen Pawn Stars ?  It's basically a white-trash Antiques Road Show, but is oddly fascinating. It's a reality show about ...

Wired's cover story this month is about feedback loops.  The open the story by talking about how those trailers you sometimes see parked...

It would be hard to find a movie more different from Norwegian Wood than Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Jim Carey, family friendly mo...

A couple weeks ago I was in the San Francisco airport waiting for a flight to San Diego.  Then I stumbled across a machine of pure evil -- d...

It will come as no surprise to my long time readers that Haruki Murakami is one of my favorite authors. I've reviewed several of his boo...

Note:  This is the latest in a series of posts about a trip The GF and I took to Tokyo in May, 2010.  More posts are available here. It’...

Every now and then a city will announce plans to provide free Internet access points around the city, and there will often be praise from th...