Thanks for everyone who has weighed in with their "I'm out" moments, those onscreen instances that led you to break up with your favorite show.  A lot of great examples, some of them moments that have admittedly given me pause as well. Oh, and to respond to your comment, Das, my objection to yesterday's example…

It happens, even with the best-loved of shows.  There reaches a moment in the its run when something happens, something so wrong and downright egregious that it shakes your very faith in the once faultless series and leaves you considering the unthinkable: abandoning ship.  Be it the a questionable decision on the part of the…

continuing where I just left off... 14. With nothing to lose, I enter one of the continuously changing authentication codes on my cell phone where I am prompted under the "disable double authentication" section.  It works! 15. I'm brought back to the beginning and repeat the process until I am, once again, instructed to print…

"Ivon!  I have pot!"yelled Akemi from the front porch, thus ensuring that now, all of our neighbors assume we are drug dealers.  Never mind that the "pot" in question was the cooking pot Ivon had left behind last weekend and was about to forget yet again. "Should I have said "a pot"?"asked Akemi. No, actually,…

Big bourbon heist in Kentucky!  190 bottles of rare Pappy Van Winkle whisky go missing.  A $10 000 reward is offered for its safe return: Apparently, the stolen bottles could be worth several hundred thousand dollars on the black market.  Several hundred thousand dollars!  How good IS this bourbon?! Just in time for the holidays.…

One of the first things everyone learns when they get into this business is that they have a choice: You can either be an asshole and treat people like crap OR you can you can be kind and respectful to everyone you work with.  And, by everyone, I mean EVERYONE.  Not just those who can…

Well…"work".  Technically, yes, it is.  "Research" to be more precise.  But that doesn't mean I won't enjoy it.  Still, it's a hell of a daunting pile to get through - hopefully in record time.  A little less than half I'll actually be re-reading to refresh my memory.  The rest will be first-time forays.  Give me…

I received the following sympathy card from my friend Lawren today, offering his condolences on the premature end to my Snow Monkeys' season in Stargate fantasy football league play. I can draw solace from the fact that I ended my season with a win over Robert Cooper's Landsharks, potentially knocking him out of post-season contention.…

Radioactive Japanese wave nears USA... "The nuclear reactor continues to leak radioactive water due to poor management, while Japanese subcontractors at the plant have admitted they intentionally under-reported radiation and that dozens of farms around Fukushima that were initially deemed safe by the government actually had unsafe levels of radioactive caesium".  Oh, and also: "the Japanese government is…

It's always great to receive recommendations about pick-ups and purchases I may enjoy, but I think that equally as important are the flashing red light warnings about those I should steer clear of. And so, in that spirit, and in a desire to save you all the headache, here are some recent investments I have…

Even though I was in Tokyo for a few weeks, I did keep up to date on world events while I was away: the nuclear deal with Iran, Ukraine's shift away from the E.U., and, of course, my fantasy football team - the Snow Monkeys - and their  drive for playoff spots in two different…