Author Archives: Jim "Dr. Dim" Fitzsimons

quick observations

Here’s a couple quick ones… I’m sorry to say that I know who this man is, but it’s almost impossible to escape pop culture’s ever present grasp. So, I know Jon Gosselin. I’m not going to weigh in on any of the nonsense surrounding the “reality” celebrities. I just want to point out how muchContinue reading “quick observations”

the thing about EVP

In 1980 the film ‘The Changeling’ was released by MGM. It is a pretty effective ghost/haunted house/mystery movie starring the great George C. Scott. As the film openings we see Scott’s character, John Russell, suffer an incredible tragedy. The story then continues four months later as Russell gets back to living his life. He movesContinue reading “the thing about EVP”

the new electric company

How do I say this? How do I express my reaction to PBS’s new version of ‘The Electric Company’? How do I state it without sounding like a… bigot? Well, I’ll just say it. I hate it. Well, not all of it. There’s a 30 second bit with Jimmy Fallon singing the praises of theContinue reading “the new electric company”

greatest human being ever

Ok, when you read the title of this installment, what name came to your mind? Plato? Moses? Jesus? Or, perhaps, more recent people, such as…Lincoln? Ghandi? Mother Teresa? Pres. Obama? Well, any might have been a decent choice. (Except Mother Teresa. She was a sadist taking money from well-intentioned people – including myself! – toContinue reading “greatest human being ever”