Back in the 1990s I realized I had a problem. At the time, I was watching an average of 40 hours of television per week. I generally had 1–3 primetime shows to watch each night plus the TV was on for background viewing the rest of the time. Our standard…

As someone who spent his formative years of TV viewing in the 1980s I watched the original Quantum Leap when it aired. While I wasn’t a weekly viewer of the show, I enjoyed the concept and watched most episodes weekly and caught the rest in reruns. When I heard a…

If you’ve followed me on my other main platforms, Twitter and TikTok, you know I’m in the middle of my second divorce. My first divorce was in 2011 after being married for nearly 16 years. …

Why are US versions of international TV shows and movies so lackluster? The US has a long history of taking TV shows and movies made elsewhere and remaking them for a US audience. Even when the original version was in English or there’s a very good set of subtitles or…

The Federation needs Section 31 even though it won’t admit it. I’ve always been intrigued by Section 31 in the storytelling universe of Star Trek. Section 31 was introduced to us in the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode “Inquisition” as a shadowy intelligence and defense organization that operates independently…

She was right, but I didn’t think I was doing anything unusual. So, I will preface this by saying I have always been attracted to big girls. My first teenage crush was on a girl from the neighborhood who was 2 years older and probably 40 pounds heavier than I…

Sounds too much like a job. “They” say the secret to success on these online platforms is to pump out a steady stream of content on a scheduled basis regardless of what is going on in your life, how you feel, or whether it’s actually any good. “They” say if…

After a little over a year with a basic bidet, it was time for an upgrade. If you remember my original piece about how a bidet will change your life, you will know I’m a major fan of this toilet technology, and I wish bidets could be found in broader…

A comment I recently saw in a review of the new Paramount+/Nickelodeon show Star Trek: Prodigy has been living rent-free in my head for the last few days. The comment centered on the notion that it’s a good show but it’s too childish. Well, duh, that’s because the target audience…