Category: Lorrenotes

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…

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).

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I love hats. I love the way they look and I love the way they feel. I’ve been told I look good in hats. I think everyone looks good in hats if it’s the right hat. A hat performs many functions. In wintertime it conserves heat – most of the heat in one’s body is…

I’m sure you have been inundated with emails and comments during the current news cycle, however, it would be remiss of me not to point out a detail that has been palpably overlooked in your commentary regarding George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and the other officers involved in the incident and the ensuing protests. While this…

A lot of buzz-terms have cropped up in our modern technological world. Not buzzwords; most are phrases, thus I refer to them as “buzz-terms”. I suppose that would make “buzz-term” itself a buzz-term or, rather, it will be if it catches on. Not all buzz-terms are bad. Some suit a very specific purpose, filling a…