TBWAIN - AKA Jeff Svare's Blog

I live in a part of the county where many people believe in places that don't exits. It's not like people believing in Kansas, Oz, or even Neverland. In this case, many people here call places by the wrong name or mispronounce the name or even generate an entirely new word. It annoys me to no end. For example, there is a city about 90 miles from here that many people call " Evingston, Wyomin ." No, I don't think so. Please note how the "g" has shifted from the state to the city. A local institute of higher learning is called Westminister College. Nope. Try Westminster . I've often wondered when someone says " irregardless " do they mean we should regard it? Another new word that I've heard several times lately is " homogenius ." From the context, I'm fairly certain the word that was intended to be used is " homogenous ." If this new word was to be found in Merriam-Webster's lexicon, I suppose thi

Trektoday.com is reporting that the first draft of the script includes a young Kirk and Spock, as well as Christopher Pike and Montgomery Scott. From the article: "The feature film’s storyline is non-linear, there are different timeframes addressed," the IESB article added. "This goes along with the rumors of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's involvement." I can only say that I'm not very impressed with this revelation. Time travel is overused, and rarely well done. Going back to where we've already been, for apparently no reason other than that's what everyone else is doing, is not very compelling. And having different actors play roles established by others has only worked on Doctor Who. And maybe the three different Catwoman on the old Batman TV series. Of course, believe nothing until you get official word or see it on the screen. Read the original article at http://www.trektoday.com/news/160107_02.shtml .

Maybe. Hillary Clinton announced today that she is forming an investigation committee for a possible presidential bid. This really isn't any surprise to anyone. It's been obvious that the presidency is what she's wanted all along. And, I daresay that if she's elected, she'll look on it more as a re-election, than an election. Do you remember her famous "We are the President" statement? I'll take this opportunity to revisit an old question some people had. Why, when she was a long-time resident of Arkansas, did she run for the senate in New York, when she really didn't live there? Easy answer. A New York politician is much more visible, and wields much more influence than a senator from Arkansas. Don't believe me? Name a current senator from Arkansas without looking it up first. Hillary's platform includes health care reform. I remember Bill promising reforms to the health care industry within the first 100 days of his presidency.