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 30, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The much-maligned 2017 film, Geostorm, is a disaster movie. And a sci-fi movie. And a political thriller. Guess what: I enjoy disaster movies; and sci-fi movies; and political thrillers. So despite its poor box office and terrible reviews, I love this film. (And as a...
by mike | Nov 26, 2020 | Books, Editing, Life, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Happy Thanksgiving, all. Now retired from teaching for years, I know that I could never stand in front of an “audience” again. This post first ran in 2017. What does former National Basketball Association great Bill Russell have to do with leading classes and...
by mike | Nov 23, 2020 | Aging, Humor, Mysteries, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
While hanging out in the quarantine cave for most of this year, my bride and I have watched a lot of police procedural/detective shows on BritBox, Acorn, and Prime. They range in presentation from intense (Broadchurch, Mystery Road, Prime Suspect) to outrageously...
by mike | Nov 19, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
A huge money-making film, despite its terrible reviews. This post first ran in 2017. The 1998 sci-fi/disaster flick, Armageddon, grossed well over half a billion dollars—so why is it a Guilty Pleasure? Doubtless because its reviews were uniformly awful. I mean, here...
by mike | Nov 16, 2020 | Aging, Books, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
Day 18,764 of the coronavirus pandemic: enough already! I mean, freaking enough! Are we back in the Dark Ages with the Black Plague? And it only seems to be getting worse. My bride and I are still hanging in there, doing what we need to do as high-risk seniors to...
