by mike | Jan 21, 2021 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Life, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Once again, I’m re-running this post from a few years back. Why? Because it seems that EVIL is running rampant, not only around the world, but also in our own country. And if anything, it is getting worse. This morning my bride picked up the main section of our local...
by mike | Jan 18, 2021 | California, Death, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Day Whatever of the coronavirus pandemic: I stopped counting at around 25,000 days. Feels like it anyway. Am I right? In my 7.0 post four weeks ago, I mentioned that San Diego County was approaching 1,300 deaths from Covid-19. At this writing the number has grown to...
by mike | Dec 28, 2020 | Aging, Books, Death, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
When I wrote the first Jack Miller book, Bicycling Through Space and Time, in the ’90s, it didn’t take me long to learn that his many crazy comedy/satire adventures needed to be tempered with some scenes of a more serious nature. The chapter where he meets an...
by mike | Dec 21, 2020 | California, Death, Humor, Life, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Day 21,453 (give or take) of the coronavirus pandemic: barely a few weeks ago I mentioned to Jacqueline that the Covid-19 death count stood at 997 here in San Diego County, that it would top a thousand in the next day or so. As of this writing it is likely we will...
by mike | Dec 3, 2020 | Aging, Death, Life, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
This significant anniversary—for me—falls on a Thursday, as it did in 2009. A good time to revisit my scariest day ever. I will definitely make it through December 3rd today. December 3rd? It comes after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, Kwanza, and (most of the...
by mike | Nov 9, 2020 | Aging, Death, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Just like the many larger-than-life characters that he played on the silver screen, Sean Connery toughed it out for ninety years on this plane of existence before succumbing on Halloween. I count many of his films among my favorites and have previously written about...
