Here it is, the first written date of 2023: Note the format. There are many ways to write a date but when dealing with computers, I’ve been told, that the Asians got it right. The Anglo-European way of writing a date, in the format, day-month-year, is intuitive, going from smallest to largest and the American…
Snap – a screenplay
Having seen and reviewed enough movies, I thought I’d try my hand at writing one. The result is Snap, based on a true story in an alternate dimension. If you like it and want to make it, let me know (rex(at)rogerlmain.com). Click here to read Snap (or follow the menu link above).
It’s time to announce Bundion!
Deep in his secret laboratory, in the bowels of a building, just across from a government installation, a lone, dedicated worker has been devising a system that everyone has been crying out for. To date, these cries have landed on heartless, deaf ears… until now. With The System, that nightmare is over. Time is precious…
The Shining (1980)
What do Anthony Burgess and Stephen King have in common? Neither of them liked what Stanley Kubrick did to their stories. For anyone who has read Red Alert by Peter George and compared it to Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb it’s pretty obvious that Kubrick wasn’t…
Happy Guy Fawkes Day
On the 5th of November, 1605, Guy Fawkes and his Catholic co-conspirators attempted to assassinate Protestant King James I by trying to detonate 3600 pounds of gunpowder underneath the Houses of Parliament. While you may have heard the story, there are a couple of things you might not know. The picture shown above is a…
Congratulations Ms Swift
The big news coming out of the the music industry is that Taylor Swift has become the first artist ever to occupy all ten spots on the Billboard Top 10 chart with her latest album Midnights. This is an impressive achievement. However, it should be noted that this is an achievement which could only ever…
Investigation of the sleep paralysis theory of the alien abduction phenomenon.
How about another essay? Here’s one of the first I wrote for Psychology 101 – one of the first of two classes I took in my second go-around.
Inside the FBI
With the FBI coming in for a lot of unwarranted flack by the recalcitrantly gullible and overtly deceitful right-wing extremists, I thought I might share this piece that I wrote for my Criminal Justice course. From my experience, the FBI is a highly efficient and professional machine. Rex supports their efforts in ensuring justice.
The Impossible Maris
One of the benefits of video-on-demand is the ability to binge watch and, along with binging comes the benefit of seeing holistic pictures. Recently, I re-watched (and re-enjoyed) the ’90s sitcom Frasier. One often spoken about, yet never seen character is Niles Crane’s (David Hyde Pierce) wife (and later ex-wife) Maris Crane. Our only image…
Sociology, pop-culture, music and a generational epiphany
What follows is an email that I sent to my father after my visit last year to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio (it’s true, Cleveland rocks). It recently came up during a conversation I was having with my own son. I forwarded it to him and thought that I should…