The Barrett Retrospective

This blog represents my own footprint on the web, and everything contained herein is my own, illustrious opinion.

  • North Shore Radio Association, Inc.

    Judging from the high turnout for today’s VE session, I would say this is the place to be if you’re a ham living on the North Shore. After reading their newsletter, I can tell are very active in their community. They are also active on 2 meters! I was able to hear their Danvers repeater…

  • Godzilla Courage

    Godzilla is a great motivator!

  • Godzilla Millennium Series

    In 1999, the Japanese film company, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toho|Toho Co., Ltd.] began making the thrid series of Godzilla films. With higher budgets and the advantage of the latest special effects technology, these films are outstanding. Each film in this series is a direct sequel to the original 1954 Gojira, essentially portraying Godzilla in alternate timelines. Below, you…

  • Highlander prefers Jameson Irish Whiskey?

    Tonight. we were watching Highlander the series, Season 2, disk 2. It was the episode Eye For An Eye and there is a scene where Duncan and Annie were drinking a liter of this brand whiskey. We would assume that immortals who had lived for 400+ years would only be drinking the best. And the…

  • Godzilla Showa Series

    In 1954, the Japanese film company, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toho Toho Co., Ltd. released its most famous worldwide creation: Godzilla. Below, you will find a catalog of all the Showa Series Godzilla films, from 1954 to 1975. I have also included links to where you can buy these amazing films. Gojira (1954) This is the film that started…

  • Godzilla 2000: Millenium (1999)

    This is a very good Godzilla movie. The director tried very hard to keep the original movie in tact and I think he succeeded. You have to watch the commentary, the producers obviously enjoy Godzilla and wanted this to be the best Godzilla experience.My only disappointment was that Netflix described this DVD as having Japanese…

  • Star Trek: New Voyages Home Page

    Star Trek Continues with season 4. See the New Voyages of Kirk, Spock and Bones on the original Starship Enterprise! Say what you want about fan films, but these guys have the support of professional writers and actors from the Original Series. The stories are great, and the special effects are superb and the acting..…

  • Raids Again just arrived!

    Today I received Godzilla: Raids Again from Netflix. The DVD disk looks like an original, not a Netflix copy. The face of the disk has an icon printed on it for each monster in the movie. Nice touch Classic Media!! This is the Japanese version of the film with English subtitles. I am looking forward…

  • My first HF

    This is my first HF rig: the ICOM IC-735.I recently put up a 40 meter dipole, and now I can hear tons of activity on 40 meters, even AM broadcast station from India, France and China! (well,it sounds Chinese…). I bought this in near mint condition on eBay. It came with mic, and original boxes.…

  • Star Trek Hanna Barbera Style

    Stone Trek This is Star Trek the way Fred and Wilma would have seen it!! Take a time-travel trip back to the stone ages and see how cavemen boldly went where no cave man had gone before! Created by Brian Matthews, this mini-cartoon series brings you a Hanna Barbera style cartoon that is something of…

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