Author Archives: Thom

I guess the title of this post is intended ironically, since I’m pretty sure my kids are about as different from Kurt Cobain as you can get. My oldest child, my daughter, is off to a competition in another city today. This … Continue reading →

So…now we have a band doing a live cover of their mechanized rendition of a song they composed. What an odd world we live in. The mechanized version was considered awesome because (in addition to being catchy for all its simplicity) it … Continue reading →

There’s a fairly specific route we walk with our dog each night. One part of our walk takes us along a major road where the houses backing along that road are cloistered behind an eight-foot sound wall. A power line … Continue reading →

*Trigger warning: Those of you uncomfortable with discussions of spirituality may wish to come back some other time* Religion is central to my life and defines many of my priorities. I’ve decided, for example, that I’d rather be a good … Continue reading →

Kim Holderness is an introvert. Penn is not. Here are their tips for introverts dealing with the rest of the world:

Dan Golding takes a look at why you just don’t remember many movie soundtracks these days–and places the blame at the feet of one of the current masters of film music, Hans Zimmer:

I ran across this story about some local teens, who stepped up to help a single mom who had been in an accident. There’s more to the story, but the story itself is heart-warming.

I’ve posted Joerg Sprave’s bizarre engines of death and mayhem before, but this one is especially genius: A rowing machine that fires 30 mm steel ball bearings. I think I love his voice and his laugh as much as his … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I was up in the high country for some camping and hiking. Not far from Park City and for much of the trip I could see bursts of color as the leaves have already begun turning. On … Continue reading →

My first exposure to Star Trek (having been born after it had already ended) was in 1977 when the space shuttle Enterprise was undergoing testing and the media felt it necessary to inform us of the name’s history. It was … Continue reading →