by mike | Jun 19, 2025 | Books, Humor, Movies, Mysteries, Mystery Films, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
I did a follow-up to this 2022 post a year later, involving major changes in a couple of characters from this series. That post will run next Thursday. Despite our affection for British mysteries, my bride and I had passed on Father Brown for quite some time. I mean,...
by mike | Jun 12, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Ghosts, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
I’m happy to report that I am writing again! The new book is titled, THE MAGIC OF THE BIKE PATH and is the sixth entry in my comedy-science fiction series that began many years ago with BICYCLING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME. In the meantime, enjoy a scene from my Sword...
by mike | May 26, 2025 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
At this stage of my life it’s nice to discover a new Guilty Pleasure, and the 2009 comedy/horror movie, Infestation, fits the bill. My usual parameters—box office and reviews—don’t actually apply here, because I’m not even sure it had a box office, and the only...
by mike | May 12, 2025 | Aging, Humor, Life, Music, Uncategorized |
A question: does Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” which is the fourth movement of his Symphony #9, qualify as an oldie? Well, he wrote it between 1823 and 1824. Old enough for you? So what does this have to do with exercise? Okay, as a gentleman (ha!) of, ahem, advancing...
by mike | May 8, 2025 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
My Padres are doing well this season. Maybe Jobu is helping. This post first ran in 2022. The 1989 baseball film, Major League, is one of the most outrageous comedies ever to hit the silver screen. The characters and their lines are still quoted to this day, over...
by mike | Apr 28, 2025 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
The BritBox original series, McDonald and Dodds—a British crime drama whose setting is the historic city of Bath—ran for four seasons. There will not be a fifth. And that’s a bummer. To begin with, four seasons may sound significant, but they were only comprised of...
