Aw, the guy who invented Lite Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, and MouseTrap has passed away. 3 wonderful toys -- thanks for all the fun, Burt! apnews.com/article/burt...

Happy Life Day to all of the Star Wars fans out there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtS... (Or www.rifftrax.com/the-star-war... who can't handle the original straight)

Another show I've really been looking forward to!

Maybe not the absolute *best* news I've heard in the last 24 hours, but this is certainly exciting to hear; there is a Miss Piggy movie in the works with Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence producing (and likely appearing in). deadline.com/2025/11/miss...

I've been looking forward to tonight's show ever since they announced it!

Back-to-back! Congrats to the Blue Jays -- a fantastic and worthy team, and 100% class acts. It's a shame that both teams couldn't win.

Regardless of what happens in extra innings, this World Series has been one of the most epic ones ever. That said, Go Dodgers! Let's bring the trophy back home! #GoDodgers #BleedsDodgerBlue

Another busy day at Disney parks with over 30,000 steps on the Fitbit. The morning was in California Adventure, with rides on Ariel, Monsters Inc., Radiator Springs, Guardians of the Galaxy, Web Slingers, Midway Mania, Incredicoaster, and Soarin'. Then across to the other park for the afternoon.

While I appreciated the Dodgers making sure that last night's game went long enough for me to see a lot of it after finishing up my day at Disneyland, I want them to know I'm fine if they decide to win it in a normal number of innings tonight.

It was a heck of a day at Disneyland -- We rode Haunted Mansion 2x, Rise of the Resistance, Smugglers Run 3x, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Small World, Jungle Cruise 2x, Pirates of the Caribbean, Astro Blasters 2x, Space Mountain, Tiki Room, the train, & saw the new Walt Disney animatronic.

With Gwen at Lightbox Expo today, I had no formal plans, and thus a down day to relax and wander around lovely Pasadena. While walking around, it dawned on me that this is the first time that I have set foot on Colorado Boulevard since January 1st, 1989.

In Pasadena with Gwen while they attend an animation conference (Lightbox Expo). I spent today at the WB studio tour. I made an offer to buy the whole place while I was there -- since they seem to be selling it -- but they rejected the $93 cash that I put on the table.

At the Orpheum to see Rachel Bloom and friends sing songs and have Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fun!

And the Dodgers are back in the World Series! With a sweep, to boot! #BleedDodgerBlue

You are quite helpful, CVS texting system. In response to my upcoming appointment to get a COVID and flu vaccine, they texted me to say that their records show I'm due for a COVID vaccine, and asked if I wanted to add that to my appointment. 🤦‍♂️

Tonight's show is said to be a bit corny.

For at least today, I am the better solver than WordleBot. Take *that* you dumb algorithm!

For the first time since the last time I saw him, I got to enjoy a Weird Al concert, with opening act Puddles Pity Party!

Slightly diminish a band: "Mostly Normal Al" Yankovic

Someone at Amazon was having some fun writing the copy for one of their Amazon Basic products.

I was today years old when I learned that I could still access the internet via AOL dialup. I would have guessed that had already been discontinued a decade or two ago. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Gwen & I went to an early showing of The Naked Gun tonight. I was trepidatious going in, but it delivered on the funny! Certainly a worthy addition to the franchise -- it had some good-stupid jokes, some silly-smart bits, fun running gags, & a few true laugh-out-loud moments. Thumbs up from us!

Made it to Chicago, and United automatically rebooked me on to a flight on to SFO that will only be a few hours later than expected. I got a middle seat, but it is in an exit row. Sadly, no time to grab food between flights, though.

Whee! My flight to Chicago was delayed in the air due to weather, and then diverted to Dayton for refueling when the tanks got low. It's an hour until my connecting flight leaves Chicago, and we haven't left our interim stop yet. I'm gonna go out on a limb & predict I won't make my next flight. 😕

Another fun day in Manhattan. We toured the UN building (and got to see the Security Council chambers), took a cab ride, had lunch with a colleague of mine at Katz Deli, experienced a New York summer thunderstorm, went by the Empire State Building, had gelato, & nearly melted from heat & humidity.

Mom and I have infiltrated the UN!

Colbert always seems to have a good studio audience, but did anyone else notice that tonight's was particularly energetic, enthusiastic, and good-looking?

Today we walked to the Public Library, went through Grand Central Station, saw the lobby of the Chrysler Building, toured the aircraft carrier Intrepid (and the space shuttle Enterprise!), went to see Colbert, had a Chinese dinner, had a drink on the rooftop lounge, & watched Muppets Take Manhattan.

For anyone watching TheLate Show tonight, we were in the lower section of the audience, towards the back of the right section (as seen from the stage/camera).

Watch the audience on Colbert tonight; you could possibly see me and/or Mom!

Tonight's entertainment with Mom: Gypsy starring Audra McDonald at the Majestic Theater in New York City!

I've been looking forward to seeing tonight's show for quite some time; even before it was announced to be coming to San Francisco!

After visiting Paramount, we went next door to the Hollywood Forever cemetery to pay respects to some of the greats who have brought a lot of joy into my life.

Yesterday, we took the Paramount Studios backlot tour, where we got to hold a real Oscar, saw sound stages and production activity, visited the archives, sign studio, and prop room, and talked to some of the craftsmen who work there. Such a thrill to be where so much of Star Trek was created!

Tonight, Spencer and I went to see a comedy show at the Laugh Factory. It was a great lineup, featuring Bobby Lee, Crystal Marie, Arsenio Hall, Russell Peters, Adam Ray, Godfrey, and special surprise guests Tiffany Haddish and George Wallace. Fantastic show with over 3 hours of comedy!

I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.

In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful football stations around.

Kicking off my trip to LA with Spencer by seeing a movie at the historic (Grauman's) Chinese Theater. This is a beautiful movie palace!

At SFO preparing to head down to SoCal for a few days fun with Spencer! Really looking forward to the catch-up time with him. And, to start things off on a pampered note, I had a one-time pass for the United Lounge, so I'm waiting in peaceful comfort for my flight in a couple of hours.

My current view

Intermission at The Neil Diamond Musical, A Beautiful Noise. Really enjoying it so far!

Tonight's culture

We were surprised earlier this week to get a shelter-in-place notice due to a shooting and police action less than 2 miles from the house. I'm now also surprised to hear that we had one of the pioneers of the death metal movement living in our neighborhood. www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

On board the Ruby Princess with Mom and Aunt Mary Anne for a week of cruising down the Pacific coast and board gaming with #KublaCruise! I'm really looking forward to sailing out under the Golden Gate bridge in a couple of hours!

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

xkcd with a perfect illustration of the "logic" our dear leader is displaying: xkcd.com/3073

Well, that was a fun 4.0 Earthquake, centered in the East Bay near Dublin, CA (how appropriate for St. Patrick's Day). No issues here, but some fun shaking. It kinda felt like one of the cats was jumping on the back of the couch. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

i made a map of every active major league #baseball team's relocation history. check it out!

Here is an amazingly beautiful & fun commercial filmed here in San Francisco 20 years ago but shown only in the UK, advertising Sony Bravia TVs. youtu.be/0_bx8bnCoiU?... SF Gate has the story behind the production, including all the craziness from such an insane idea. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Great to watch the USC Women's basketball team go into Pauley Pavilion & once again be the only team to have beaten the Bruins this year. USC owns UCLA, the city of LA, & the B1G! JuJu Watkins is amazing to watch, the team plays tough, & I love what Coach Gottlieb has done with the program! #FightOn