On this day last year, we properly moved into our apartment where we still live now. In the last post we talked about what we had known we wanted and whether we got it. This one will deal with the…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 1
One year ago today, we touched down in Arizona with the intention of living here. We are still very pleased with the city of Chandler. Having had more time to look at the cities around us, I think it was…
Giving 3-D Another Go
Due to wearing glasses, I have never been that comfortable with 3-D in cinemas. The last time I tried was when Avatar came out. I have actually never seen all of Avatar because I felt horribly sick in the first…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Steven Moffat Era Part 2
And here on the 53rd anniversary of the first airing of Doctor Who is the final installment of my analysis of the revived series of Doctor Who. 1. Heaven Sent is most likely the best piece of acting Peter Capaldi has ever…
Election Reflections: The Facebook Bubble
So this is the second divisive election Chris and I have watched go down during our time as bloggers. I found both quite disturbing. I am not disturbed for the reason many people in my age bracket are, or even by…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Steven Moffat Era Part 1
I have chosen to divide this by Doctor, not companion, as I did for Russel T. Davies. I think the change in Doctor was a bigger break in tone than the change in companion. whereas Rose or not Rose defined…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Russell T Davies Era Part 2
Originally I had considered making the Russell T Davies era three posts as he was show runner from 2005 from 2010 and that was divided up into 4 full series and then 2 years of specials. That said, there are…
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Obviously lots and lots of spoilers ahead. Only read if you have already read Harry Potter and the I was unsure what to think of a new Harry Potter release after so long. So often when X thing gets done…
Brexit
As most of you know, Britain has recently voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. We stayed up the latest we have yet in Arizona to find out the results, which were extremely surprising on one count and extremely…
Heat Special
According to Facebook and the calendar, today is the first day of summer. Much like when I lived in Wisconsin and called it ‘winter’ whenever it got cold in late November and early December rather than starting to use the…