by mike | Oct 19, 2023 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Alaska being such an odd place, it could very well have a dragon in its midst. 😊 This post first ran in 2020. Okay, I’m embellishing here. But in the 2009 creature feature, Wyvern, a mythical dragon chows down on the quirky residents of a small town in northern Alaska...
by mike | Oct 16, 2023 | Aging, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
In my four-book (soon to be five!) comedy/sci-fi series, cosmic bicyclist Jack Miller visits some weird, wild—and dangerous—worlds through gates along the Ultimate Bike Path. Tempering the craziness in all of the books are occasional serious chapters, though I’ll...
by mike | Oct 12, 2023 | Death, Disaster Movies, Medical Thrillers, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Covid variants are still around, but it seems that many have gotten complacent about it. I first presented this post in April of 2020, shortly after most of the world was shut down. Given the current state of affairs, you’d think people would be avoiding pandemic...
by mike | Oct 9, 2023 | Aging, Movies, Myths & Legends, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science fiction classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, is definitely in my Top 5 favorite movies. It led me on a decades-long pilgrimage to the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which culminated with me reaching the magical place in 2017. It is an...
by mike | Oct 5, 2023 | Basketball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
The world of sports could not present a story more uplifting than this one. The post first ran in 2020. I believe it is significant that I’m writing this post on April 15th, which happens to be Jackie Robinson Day. The great baseball player—and even greater human...
