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 | Sep 11, 2023 | Aging, Death, Humor, Life, Music, Travel, Uncategorized |
“Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes, nothing remains quite the same.” Jimmy Buffett’s words. Good words…and true. Add to it, just about everything comes to an end. We lost this great entertainer a little over a week ago. I am crushed. AFFABLE SONGS Jimmy...
by mike | Jun 26, 2023 | Aging, Books, California, Humor, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
My four-book comedy/science fiction series, which began with Bicycling Through Space and Time, depicts the mostly outrageous adventures of mountain bike rider Jack Miller along the cosmic tunnel called the Ultimate Bike Path. But “outrageous” occasionally turns to...
by mike | Mar 6, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Books, California, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
Well, I sure hope so, because I’m turning 77 today. Holy crap, how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did that happen! Wasn’t I just roller-skating along the mean streets and back alleys of the Bronx neighborhood where I grew up? Didn’t I just graduate from college and...
by mike | Jan 16, 2023 | Aging, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Well, that’s what I call it, and it may seem rather extreme for a driveway, but you’ll understand once I explain. It’s also an ironic appellation, considering that this driveway leads up to the “back forty” parking lot of…a church. THE BACKSTORY…AND I DO MEAN “BACK”...
by mike | Aug 1, 2022 | Aging, Editing, Humor, Life, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing Quotes |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is considered this country’s greatest humorist. William Faulkner even went as far as calling him “the father of American literature.” Here are some more of his best and most meaningful quotes....