A large-scale, interior tribute before the Washington Capitals v. Calgary Flames at Verizon Center last night shortly after the news broke.

I’m sitting outside on this beautiful, warm fall afternoon reading a good book (reading is fundamental dontcha’ know,) when this story popped up on my tablet. Excellent all around, even if it might have been by design.

Cleared out? As in the four plastic lawn chairs, 80” TV, cologne, gold chains, meth, smokes, booze, blow, exotic cars and frozen pizzas?

Technical annoying movie-dweeb crap: Indeed, the pic and quote are two separate movies, but cat is in both Alien and Aliens. Correct, Jonesy is not taken on the mission but is featured often in the first “chapter.” The first scene pan shot, curled up in cryostasis with Ripley when they find them. Then with her in…

Perhaps that’s why it sticks with me after three damn decades.

But they mostly come at night ...mostly.

I used to work for this awful company in a glum, cubicle mill downtown – a real grind. The boss was a right-bastard-tyrant shrew - classic, old-school cigar chomping, slave-driving, leering, secretary-harassing, strict, sleaze-type (no joke, we’d sometimes wish him ill.)

Two words: (The) Lion King.

“SOFIA flies above over 99 percent of the atmosphere’s water vapor...”

Great, that site could use the help! You’re a good man for the job and look forward to seeing your work and influence over there. It’s perhaps a decent reason to check-in with the R&T site more than once a month again! I hope it goes really well for you all there.

What does '409' stand for? 40 9-year-old boys?