A Day In The Life: Baltimore Pictures 2011

Yesterday, The Baltimore Sun ask people to submit pictures that they took from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM that depicts a day in the life of living in Baltimore. They did this in 2010 as well and one of my pictures was even featured in the print version on the front page of the Sunrise section on November 1, 2010!

Goodbye Torchwood: For Now or For Good?

Torchwood: outside the government, beyond the police. Fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The 21st Century is when everything changes — and Torchwood is ready.

After the mini-series of “Children of Earth“, no one was quite sure what the future of Torchwood would be. Now that “Miracle Day” has ended, we are in that same predicament. Moving to an American production team with Starz, Russell T. Davies took a big leap of faith bringing the Doctor Who spinoff to the states. In this series, the underground team of Welsh alien hunters, who are now reduced to only Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, both of whom were forced into hiding, form an unlikely alliance with two rogue CIA Agents, Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond, to investigate the phenomenon that is preventing anyone on Earth from dying. That is, everyone except the formerly immortal Captain Jack, that is. There were some slow points, but overall, I think this series was another wonderful ride. Instead of looking at the weaknesses (which have already been documented by many critics on both sides of the pond), I have decided to highlight the big wins this season.

Songs for a Rainy Day – If You Are Feeling It

Hurricane Irene is upon us strong and heavy. It seems like all we have seen lately is rain, rain, and more rain! It definitely can make some people go stir crazy, evidence of which was even seen on the local news on WBAL as the day wore on. Rod Daniels had his dog in the studio, Debra Weiner seemed to be growing impatiently annoyed with everyone, and Donna Hamilton popped into other anchor’s screens.

Talking Proud About My Hometown

Almost everyone can claim strong ties to their hometown. No matter how far we roam, we all tend to wax poetic about how things were “where we grew up.” Are we romanticizing things? Was it really that idyllic? In my case, I can say that Western NY never fails me; it always lives up to the great reputation that I boast about. Buffalo really was one of the best places to grow up – and for many of my friends – a great place to continue to live. I know most of us in my generation went off to college and didn’t come back. Some of us came back for a few years, and then moved on. Even a few of us never left. I constantly now see many of my fellow former Buffalonians returning to the City of Good Neighbors to raise their families. In 2010, Forbes Magazine agreed that Buffalo was the 10th best place in America to raise a family. But never fear Buffalo! Many of your ex-patriots, like me, who cannot move back for various reasons are still on your side!

The Ex-Factor Project: SportsFan (Part 2)

So as I previously blogged, SportsFan was more than willing to answer my questions about our break-up. I was nervous as he was my first response. I know that I think we had a great relationship, but what was he going to say? Was I really prepared to hear the feedback? At first, after reading his answers, I thought he was just trying to be nice. But he assured me that he had little very bad to say about me or us. I always wondered what it was that caused him to call it all off. I now know that it really wasn’t me, it was him. I will let you read, in his own words (my comments will be throughout in italics).