Hi everyone, Welcome back, and a happy Monday to you all. We hope you had a good weekend. No complaints on this end, apart from the Red Sox losing two games they should have won. BDH and Little Buddha are hard at work on this week's to-do list. There's a lot of rain in the forecast, so several things will probably need to be moved around on the schedule. It also looks like we will be out of the office for a stretch soon, but we'll get back to that later. In the meantime, let's check out the headlines. There's... Read more →

The annual "Doctor-lite" episode has arrived. It's always a little disappointing when the Time Lord is only on-screen for a brief appearance, but at least viewers get the chance to catch up with Ruby Sunday. She's a year removed from her adventures with #15 and struggling to move forward. This is an uncomfortable truth: For as much as we love the Doctor, the companions are subjected to some real trauma, and that makes for a dark story this week. Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. The Doctor and Belinda Chandra are still trying to get her back home to 2025. They come... Read more →

Hi everyone, Welcome back, and a happy Friday to you all. What are you up to this weekend? BDH and Little Buddha say the forecast calls for rain, so that will probably keep me out of the garden. We've got a busy stretch coming up later this month, so I wouldn't mind a little quiet time, actually. Maybe our crew will just watch the Red Sox and listen to the new Mammoth song a few more hundred times. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. Let's see what's happening in the news. The guys made a fresh pot of coffee, so... Read more →

The wait is finally over for new music from Wolf Van Halen! After dropping a couple of teaser clips recently, the talented musician has released the first single from Mammoth's* upcoming third album, and man what a terrific choice. "The End" is a killer track which now has us even more excited to hear the rest of the record. (*WVH has apparently been dropped from the name. Perhaps it's a sign that Van Halen is feeling more confident about having established his own identity.) You will have goosebumps right from the beginning, as "The End" starts with a blistering tapping... Read more →

Hi everyone, Welcome back, and a happy May 1 to you all. Congratulations on surviving the first third of 2025. How are you? Last night's sleep did not go well, so today might be a little rough on this end. I don't know what happened. We got to bed at an appropriate time, but it just wasn't restful at all. BDH and Little Buddha said today's to-do list isn't too crazy, so there might be room for a nap later. They also suggested maybe we just read in the garden this afternoon instead of weeding. I'm lucky those two are... Read more →

Hi everyone, Welcome back. How are you?? We're doing well, although I threw off yesterday's schedule, so BDH and Little Buddha have to revise today's to-do list a bit. I was in the middle of doing errands, when I discovered that our local theater is showing The Accountant 2. It's been ages since I've seen something on the big screen, so I called an audible and caught the afternoon matinee. (Click on the link for our review.) Fortunately, the guys are flexible, but this probably means I made today busier than it would have been otherwise. That's fine, it was... Read more →

Full Disclosure: We had no intention of seeing The Accountant 2 in a theater, and the odds were good we'd also skip it when it hit a streaming platform. Having seen the original, it was hard to understand why there would be a sequel nine years later. Our recollection was that the first film took itself way too seriously and involved far too much actual accounting lingo. Ben Affleck wants to be a mob accountant? Sure. Just keep the deduction talk to a minimum and focus on taking out the bad guys. Anna Kendrick was fine as the love interest,... Read more →

Hi everyone, Welcome back. How are you? Our crew is doing well, although we're a little bit tired. Yesterday ended up being pretty busy, and then BDH and Little Buddha decided we had to stay up for the NCIS: Origins season finale. (More on that in a bit.) As a result, we didn't get our full night's beauty rest, but it was worth it. The guys think today will be a little calmer. They're going to need something new to read soon, so I see a trip to the bookstore on today's to-do list. Oh, and the high temperature is... Read more →

Hi everyone, Welcome back, and a happy Monday to you all. We hope you had a good weekend. BDH and Little Buddha are still working on today's to-do list, but they keep getting distracted looking for the chirping birds. The guys told me that even though it was chilly when we woke up this morning, today should be lovely soon, with the high temp hitting 70 degrees. Works for me. The bosses can finalize the schedule later- let's take a peek at the headlines. There's a fresh pot of coffee on the counter, so grab yourself a nice medium DD,... Read more →

Having survived Alan Cumming's Mr. Ring-a-Ding, the Doctor and Belinda Chandra (who #15 now often refers to as, "Bel") are still trying to figure out how to get back to modern day Earth. Their next stop brings them to a planet that's 500,000 years in the future, but it's the home of an old enemy of the Doctor's. What follows is perhaps the most gripping tale of the Ncuti Gatwa era. Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. The Doctor and Belinda find themselves thrown into a military mission to investigate the disappearance of some miners. They find one survivor, a deaf cook... Read more →