Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

When Wolves Come Knocking

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Solonor

In case anyone noticed, this is the annual recap of the Doctor Demento Funny 25 and update of the Top 100 (or so) Demented Hits, and it is late. For the last 22 years, I have done this almost immediately … Continue reading →

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And now, the final frame

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Solonor

So, I guess if nothing else we can use this space for dream interpretation. Last night I dreamt that Amy Winehouse did not die and instead became a professional basketball player. She came to our apartment, and we played guitars … Continue reading →

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It was only mostly dead…

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Solonor

There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. With 22 years of crap siting on a server, there was bound to be a rotten egg in the barrel. It looks like one of them bit me on the … Continue reading →

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Softball is life

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Solonor

Sorry, but I’m just now catching up to the rest of the planet and submersing myself into the world of Ted Lasso. So, that’s the first thing that came to mind for a title. Apologies to Dani Rojas. The other … Continue reading →

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Mandela: The Musical

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Solonor

Overture! Curtain! Lights!This is it, the night of nights! Everyone knows the theme song to The Bugs Bunny Show, right? Well, not so fast there buckaroo. Saturday morning cartoons haven’t really been a thing since the 1980’s, and the Bugs … Continue reading →

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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Solonor

Something in the back of my pea brain kept yelling and jumping up and down for attention. It took me a whle to give it heed, but it turned out to be that part of my mind that keeps track … Continue reading →

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This used to be easy…

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Solonor

Once upon a time, I spent a good chunk of nearly every day typing words into a machine. The words weren’t particulary brilliant ones–they weren’t going to win a Pulitzer Prize or anything–but they were usually funny or insightful or … Continue reading →

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A Writing Challenge

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Solonor

It’s been six years since I wrote anything in this blog other than the annual Dr. Demento recap. The last time I took a swing at it was in 2018 when I quit Facebook for a while. Even then I … Continue reading →

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What do you mean you’ve never seen Firefly???

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Solonor

After Red Dwarf and pizza and a game of Arkham Horror, we spent the evening introducing my niece and her husband to the joys of Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, The IT Crowd and Firefly (with a pitstop for them to … Continue reading →

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Hello, Old Friend

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Solonor

So, I finally went and done it. I deactivated my Facebook account. After it killed the blogging community and piled up a multitude of sins, I still felt a little queasy pushing the button. Fortunately, they insisted on getting an … Continue reading →

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