by mike | Apr 22, 2021 | Books, Death, Humor, Music, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
This is a follow-up to last week’s post. It first ran in 2017. In last week’s post we left Jack Miller sitting in the waiting area outside the Rock-and-Roll Afterward, wondering who could have summoned him there. I suppose, from the title of this post, that you might...
by mike | Apr 15, 2021 | Books, Death, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Imagine having a chance to visit any deceased rock star! I first presented this post in 2017. In my comedy/science fiction novel, Bicycling through Space and Time and its three sequels, I occasionally offset the outrageous humor with chapters of a more serious—and...
by mike | Mar 29, 2021 | Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Year Two (for crying out loud!) of the freaking coronavirus pandemic. Sure, it seems to be trending in the right direction, and many more people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, including my bride and me. But it is far from over, and I choose to listen to the...
by mike | Mar 1, 2021 | Baseball, Basketball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Year Two-plus of the coronavirus pandemic. Well, it might be “plus” for most everyone, but for me it started for real on a day in early March almost exactly one year ago. Hard to forget: I had watched a San Diego Padres spring training game the night before and was...
by mike | Feb 1, 2021 | California, Death, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Year Two of the coronavirus pandemic: yeah, this time I’m not exaggerating. The first case of Covid-19 showed up in the U.S. a year ago, and here we are, still dealing with it. We can thank a non-response by an incompetent administration for a disease that, sometime...
by mike | Jan 28, 2021 | Death, Disaster Movies, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Wow, has it really been four years since one of my favorite actors passed away?! Time just seems to whiz by… A fine actor—and, from all I’ve ever heard about him, and even better person—Bill Paxton passed away a little over a month ago at the all-too-young age of...
