Japan Solo Trip to Japan, 2024 I just returned from a solo trip to Japan last week. It was by no means my first time. I've gone maybe five other times previously, making this my sixth trip. Originally, it was not my intention to go alone. I was looking at flights and prices to
movie Movie Review: "Transformers One" This review may contain mild spoilers. Deep plot pertinent story elements will be avoided, but your mileage may vary when it comes to minor spoilers of other interesting elements. Proceed with consideration for what is best for your own enjoyment. I have consumed what I consider to be a fair
CDs Re-Acquiring Old CDs: Smash Mouth's "Astro Lounge" Coming hot off the heels of my blogs about musical artists at the turn of the century with really weird sideburns, it's time to revisit what was probably Smash Mouth's most successful album. Smash Mouth's "Astro Lounge" Although there is most definitely
CDs Re-Acquiring Old CDs: "Music from the Motion Picture Titan A.E." In my last blog, I had mentioned that the band Lit had followed up their album "A Place in the Sun" with their third album, which I admittedly don't know anything about, aside from the fact that one of the songs off that third album ended
CDs Re-Acquiring Old CDs: Lit's "A Place in the Sun" In my previous "Re-Acquiring Old CDs" post, I had off-handedly referenced the lead singer of Lit, Ajay Popoff, who at one point around the turn of the millennium had these wild sideburns that were sharpened into triangles on his cheeks. With that, perhaps that makes for
CDs Re-Acquiring Old CDs: SR-71's "Now You See Inside" In a previous blog entry, I described the incredibly unfortunate car accident that caused me to lose all of the CDs I had owned from childhood into young adulthood. If you're interested in reading about that, please take a look at that entry, and then come back to
CDs Re-Acquiring Old CDs: Elton John's "Something About The Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle In The Wind 1997" About ten years ago, I got into a pretty gnarly car accident. In attempting to drive from Texas to Colorado to attend a funeral, on a dark stretch of road with no lights to illuminate the way, a large deer with a huge antler rack wandered into the road, with
updates A fresh start! Hello all! After almost 25 years of going by the online username of MarzGurl, I finally managed to register marzgurl.com for myself. It was something I was finally needing to do after a series of events where a malicious individual had registered it in retaliation against me, followed by
