This year, my brother said he might be going to a different shul to hear megillah. One that is considered modern orthodox, rather than the, well, they call-themselves-yeshivish one my parents usually go to. I was enthusiastic about joining him, even though we weren't sitting together. I walked into ...

On July 9, 1982*, the good people over at Disney released a science fiction movie so daring, so dazzling, that it has gone on to achieve a bizarrely perverse cult status, replete with fat men in unitards. That movie's name... was Tron . Now, 26 years later, Disney has announced that they are remakin...

The days are numbered. The Cincinnati Int'l Wine Festival is this weekend. Hundreds of wine, hundreds of people, and you with your tasting glass. How on earth do you survive it? I have my own tips for Wine Festival Survival. I polled a large group of wine bloggers on Twitter and discovered that my t...

(I was going to title this ‘Late night observations’…but I guess 9:30 isn’t really late for most folks.) I’m a morning person. This is to say that most mornings I’m up a bit before six and I’m most awake and active in the morning and early afternoon hours. O...

If you or your children are watching American Idol tonight, and want to throw some love to Anoop Desai, be aware: 1-866-IDOLS-13 will not give you a vote for Anoop, but rather an earful of the kind of sexy talk that will set you back $4.95 a minute. Now that American Idol has added a 13th contestant...

A gay friend of mine had the extreme pleasure of seeing Watchmen. Here is his review: I’m no Blaine Edwards or Antoine Merriwether, but if I were, I would tell you this movie deserves two snaps in a Z-formation because, let me tell you, this movie is raining men. I’m talking Matthew Goode in a R...

I am a casual follower of astrology. What I mean by that is that I read my horoscope once a week, when the local free weekly comes out. I’m  a Leo and a fairly typical Leo, for the most part. Free Will Astrology is my favorite horoscope to follow. You can see yours here. Here’s what my ...

Dollhouse, Fox, Airs Friday 9/8c Episode: “Gray Hour” (Season 1, Episode 4) Synopsis: Echo’s (Eliza Dushku) newest mission as an art thief goes awry when a supposedly impossible event occurs, leaving her confused and defenseless. Meanwhile, Agent Ballard (Tahmoh Pennikett) plays ha...

Remember Twilight? That modestly budgeted movie released last year with vampires and some such? The one with that guy from Harry Potter and the girl from Panic Room. It was based on the first in a series of four young adult novels by some chick called Stephenie Meyer, they were meant to have sold a ...

“Power up your robots!� It was technology heaven for the hundreds of high school FIRST Robotics competitors. Actually, it was technology-on-the-moon—with the robots, payload specialists, moon rocks, and action in the crater. Welcome to LUNACY, the Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competiti...