by mike | Jan 16, 2025 | California, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
A Ghost Blimp? Some things just can’t be explained. This post first ran in 2022. I’ve written about ghost ships and ghost trains, but a Ghost Blimp? This true story about an incident that took place during World War II ranks way up there on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid...
by mike | Jan 13, 2025 | California, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
…when the volcano blows! You might ask, What volcano? It’s the one that is located—as the crow flies—about a mile from my California home. Seriously? WHAT THE HECK IS A PLUG DOME? I live in a 55+ community in north San Diego County whose large campus sports 1,600...
by mike | Dec 23, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, on Ludwig Von Beethoven’s birthday (December 16th), I happened to watch DIE HARD, because…well, it’s that time of year. Not until afterward did I make the connection between Beethoven and Bruce. (If you know the movie, then you know what I mean.) Anyway, in...
by mike | Nov 28, 2024 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
You might consider inviting this personable ghost to your Thanksgiving feast. I first presented this post in 2021. The Queen Anne Hotel in the City by the Bay probably didn’t ask for the notoriety of being haunted. But then, it didn’t count on housing the spirit of a...
by mike | Oct 17, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This seems like an overused movie device. I first presented this post in 2021. Recently, while watching the Gerard Butler-fueled disaster film, Greenland, it occurred to me that a lot of couples with troubled marriages/relationships have been brought together by their...
by mike | Jul 25, 2024 | Aging, Books, California, Humor, Native Americans, Publishing, Uncategorized |
Writing has always been a great outlet for me to vent, and it always will be. This post first ran in 2021. You likely know how that sentence ends. More about it shortly. In a previous post, “Writing Humor: It Doesn’t All Have To Be Funny,” I documented how my first...
