Danny Novo
From the monthly archives: October 2007
You have to understand something about my family, to know why I care that Robert Goulet has died. Besides being that rare performer that is comfortable making fun of himself (a quality that endeared him to today’s youthful generation), Goulet portrayed Lancelot in the Broadway production of the musical Camelot, alongside Richard Burton and Julie […]
I have just finished reading John Siracusa’s review of Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5, a.k.a. Leopard. It came out… last night, I guess, and there have been links to it all over the Internet all day. It was, as is usual for his reviews of the Apple OS, excellent. Detailed, opinionated, funny, sensible, long, filled […]
I must be. I have spent the last four days (at great risk to my marriage) constantly refreshing my Gmail account, then singing out and signing back in, because someone, somewhere, posted that you might have to do that, then signing out, clearing my browser’s cache, and signing back in, because someone else said you […]
This has been a great year to be me, sportswise. Of course, I’m going to curse it all now, but it may be that everyone needs a little humbling, right? (Nevertheless, I’m knocking on all the wood I can find.) I’m not what you would call a sports fan. I like the competition, I like rooting […]
We’re doing our morning chores when Washington Bullets by The Clash comes on the iTunes mix, and after about half the song, my wife (who did not bring The Clash to our marriage) asks from the other room, “Is this the Clash?” Inimitable. But it made me wonder, for the umpteenth time in the last four […]
We’re sitting here watching our second episode of Ghost Whisperer of the night, and Melinda just checked her cell phone and found the dreaded “No Service” message. That makes two perilous situations in a row where her cell phone company has failed her. You’d think they’d get more towers in Grandview. In other news, I […]
