Where do you get your best work done? There are lots of stories about where creative folk get their best ideas, mine usually come when I can't record them – driving, in the shower, in the middle of the night. But I don't see as much about the environment where creation takes place. In my... Continue Reading →
The All Time Nine
The list of movies we watch, we respect, we recommend is not always the same as the movies we love. The movies we watch over and over and over. As I get started with this new phase in TVFTP, I thought I'd share the movies that I watch again and again. I hope you'll join... Continue Reading →
Quick Reviews – Independence Day 2, The Accountant, Suicide Squad
(Some quick looks are more recent movies) Independence Day - Resurgence (2016) - Lacking any of the sense of humor of the original, this turns into a dull, bloated excuse for even more spectacular battle scenes. Forgetting along the way that the battle scenes weren't what made the original so much fun. A real disappointment.... Continue Reading →
Life Among the Underemployed – Milestone?
(These posts will appear when there is something to report) I am comfortably in excess of 400 days without full-time employment. And that sucks. In the course of that time I have been: Sad Angry Depressed Inspired Hopeful Defeated Tired Scared Scared Scared I hate writing these damn posts. I hate that I have anything... Continue Reading →
YouTube Changes The Rules, RIP Hugh Wilson, CVS and Real Beauty
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
So, What Are You Gonna Call This Sucker?
I don't know about you, but as a reader, I spend very little time thinking about book titles. They either interest me or they don't, and I have no idea why usually. To be honest, a title has to work at it to turn me away from a book. If the title hasn't managed to... Continue Reading →
Video Comes to TVFTP!
Really excited to start something new here! Hope you enjoy and follow along. Comments welcome!
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956) - A relief mission from Earth arrives to a very cool reception by the sole survivor of an earlier colony attempt. There are mysteries to solve, and deadly secrets to be revealed. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox Starring -... Continue Reading →
Adventures in Urban Bicycling – Past and Future
Still catching up on the year that was. While I continue to plan the year to come. My goal for this year on the bicycle was 1,000 miles. It was a bet with a friend and an ambitious one. I don't think I've put half that many miles on the bike in a given year. ... Continue Reading →
Do Smartphones Make You Stupid, Old School Sports, and The Facebook Puzzle
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →