by mike | Apr 6, 2026 | Death, Disasters, Life, Uncategorized |
Five freshwater lakes in North America are known collectively as the Great Lakes. Over the centuries, numerous shipwrecks have accounted for a great number of fatalities. There are no exact figures on the number of wrecks, though estimates have ranged from 6,000 to...
by mike | Mar 23, 2026 | Aging, Baseball, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
(Balm: anything that heals, soothes, or mitigates pain.) In a couple of weeks it will be two years since I lost Jacqueline, my beloved bride, to demon cancer. Devastated? I’m sure you can imagine. For a time, I thought I’d follow close behind. So how did I survive the...
by mike | Jan 13, 2026 | Death, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
One of the primary reasons that the 1982 sci-fi/horror film, John Carpenter’s The Thing, is considered one of the best movies of its genre is its outstanding ensemble cast. A young actor named T. K. Carter was part of that ensemble. He portrayed Nauls, the affable...
by mike | Nov 24, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Death, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Uncategorized |
With all the buzz about a new entry in The Mummy franchise on the horizon—the ones starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz—I thought it would be fun to revisit some of the memorable lines from the first two films. I’ll do The Mummy Returns next week. THE MUMMY (1999)...
by mike | Sep 22, 2025 | Aging, Death, Editing, Movies, Uncategorized |
It seems that I’ve been doing a lot of R.I.P.s in recent years. Now, the great Robert Redford has departed this plane at the age of 89. He starred in many excellent movies too numerous to count, though I’ll mention a few favorites of mine: Three Days of the Condor,...
by mike | Sep 8, 2025 | Death, Movies, Native American Films, Uncategorized |
It saddened me to learn of the passing of Graham Greene last week at the age of 73. He was, to put it simply, one of my absolute favorite actors, and he will be greatly missed. This is not an obituary, just an acknowledgement. Many of the former have been posted since...
