While I didn't vote for President Trump in 2016, I probably should have. As much of a jackass as he's been -- and that was no surprise to me -- he's been rather effective as a president. Not per...
Motorola One phone A while back, I moved to Android. My first smartphone was an Android. Unless you count the Blackberry. I don't count the Blackberry. At least, I'm not counting it right now. I...
Word is the Big Ten is canceling football for this year. Pac-12 also. But, a lot of Big Ten teams want to play ball anyway. Either the presidents of the schools voted to play -- Iowa and Nebraska...
Peacock TV is the new streaming service from NBC/Universal. NBC/Comcast/Universal/Whateverelse has made the move into streaming in a big way. They have a thing called Xfinity Flex, which is...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/08/xfinity-flex-and-peacock-tv.html
I fell and bumped my head. Now, there are several people who know me that would say such a thing must have happened a long time ago. And maybe it did. But whether it did or not happen in the pa...
When I was much younger, I had long hair. How long? Well, maybe not quite as long as the folks in the musical play or movie... ] But, yeah, I had hair. A little bit after high school, I dec...
As I've rebuilt my movie library -- I did a stupid and accidentally deleted almost everything -- I've also added new content to the library. As a reminder (or for the first time if you haven't ...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/04/more-movies-less-movies.html
And then there were two. I've mentioned before about collecting all the movies featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000. I already have all the episodes that were released on DVD and on VHS, wh...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/04/mst3k-unriffed-update-two-to-go.html
I've taken on the task of helping my mother cut her Comcast bill way back. Seems she realized she hardly ever watched anything on cable. In fact, the only stuff she watches on cable are the local...
Spending time with the family, with COVID-19, pretty much means immediate family. You'd likely need FaceTime, Skype, Hangouts, or some such method to "visit" with other family. Church is proble...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/04/internet-church-sunday.html
The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-9 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with th...
Me, probably. So, sitting alone at home. Not afraid to go out, just not having to. The good news is, I haven’t bought gas in … heck, I don’t remember when I last bought gas. Because wor...
I mentioned around first of the year that I had accidentally deleted my entire movie library. It was over 1.500 at the time I went stupid. I've been working on rebuilding it for some time. We...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/03/movie-library-rebuild-completed.html
As I near completion of my Unriffed MSTie Movie Library -- the intact movies that the MST3K crew riffed -- I found I'm having to cheat a little to finish up the library. Well, maybe it's cheatin...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/03/unriffed-mstie-movie-library-cheating.html
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was about 2/3 way through having a complete collection of the MSTie movies. Not the episodes -- I have all of those except KTMA episode 3 (nobody has that) -- ...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/03/unriffed-mstie-movie-library-nearing.html
Went grocery shopping last night. Went down my shopping list and saw that paper towels were on the list. Toilet paper, too. I have a paper towel rack -- one -- in the kitchen. And, I keep one ...
Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been on my mind recently. A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my progress in completing my collection of MST3K movies, the unriffed versions . And I've made a l...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/03/the-correct-order-to-watch-mst3k.html
Although I'm having to rebuild my local video library , I'm still adding new content to my library. Well, not all is new. Yes, I've added most of the recent Oscar winners -- Best Picture, Direc...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/02/un-riffed-mstie-movies.html
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had done a stupid and had accidentally deleted nearly my entire movie library. Briefly, here's what happened. My video library -- movies and TV shows -- wa...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/02/the-movie-library-rebuild.html
Today is Washington's Birthday. Well, it's not, but it is. It's the federal holiday "Washington's Birthday." Some people call it "Presidents Day" because some people are stupid. There is no feder...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/02/washingtons-birthday-2020.html
Suddenly, some people are all concerned about satellites orbiting earth. The Night Sky Will Never Be Same... Thousands of Artificial Lights Streak Through Dark... Musk, Bezos Junk Up Atmo...
Everybody on the right is getting their panties in a wad about Nancy Pelosi ripping up her copy of Trump's State of the Union address. Well, not everybody. I'm not. You see, I think this shoul...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/02/maybe-she-has-right-idea.html
With apologies to no one (although the late Meredith Willson might not care for this)... Oh, there's nothing to say About the Iowa way to caucus, When we caucus Which we can’t get right ...
I saw something on the news about President Trump's Mideast peace plan. Not much, but a little bit. The news has been mostly a dead basketball player and the Democrats' attempt to remove Trump...
https://www.basilsblog.com/2020/01/the-trouble-with-peace.html