Philip Fibiger

Who woulda thought it? Robin Williams is a complete and utter computer geek. While the reporter botches some of the lingo, it’s perfectly clear from the article that Robin Williams not only plays videogames online, but really understands the lingo and how they work, and plays some pretty cool games.
He should hold a celebrity [...]

Emily and I went down to the House of Blues in Anaheim to see Aimee Mann last night. It was a great show with a weird crowd. Aimee Mann’s voice was great, the band played in a manner very faithful to the albums. The crowd was populated with mid-thirties white couples who were very clearly [...]

Walking to work this morning from the gym , one of the vendors for the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in Santa Monica was setting up his stand. As I walked by, sorta in a daze, he looked up and said to me:
“Hey, it’s just all beginning, brotha” and smiled at me.
He was right.

I just finished reading the newest in Randy Wayne White’s series of mysteries about Doc Ford, the marine biologist, former spook, and occasional detective. They’re generally fun to read, drawing pretty heavily on the old Travis McGee books..but I have to say, he’s getting pretty formulaic. Ford’s shady background comes into play, he travels to [...]