by mike | Nov 30, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
It wasn’t exactly a fun time back in 2020, when this post first ran. But it WAS memorable. It’s July already, and this freaking coronavirus shows no sign of letting up. Truth be told, it’s only getting worse, and with no vaccine in sight it appears that we’re in this...
by mike | Nov 27, 2023 | Aging, Blowing Shit Up, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Wow, that’s a lot of “Fs,” just like there are lots of “Fs” (unnecessary F-bombs) in the fourth Expendables film (presented as Expend4bles). This one, sadly, should bury the once-popular franchise, which bombed big-time at the box office, got the lowest score of the...
by mike | Nov 23, 2023 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Why do aliens always want to suck out our brains and take over the planet? I first presented this post in 2020. I don’t usually write about multiple Guilty Pleasures in one post. But the sci-fi/action films, Battle: Los Angeles (2011) and Battleship (2012) have much...
by mike | Nov 20, 2023 | Adventure fantasy, Editing, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
Back in the day—the “day” being the 1970s and ’80s—I emulated my two muses, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, with a spate of novels in genres such as Lost Worlds, Sword & Sorcery, and—of course—Sword & Planet. My five-book Reglathium series—which has...
by mike | Nov 16, 2023 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
The Brokenwood Mysteries has just about everything you could want in a detective series. I first presented this post in 2020. Spending most of our time indoors these days, my bride and I have discovered a number of great shows from around the globe on some of the...
by mike | Nov 13, 2023 | Humor, Life, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Actually, Bob isn’t my uncle. My three uncles’ names were Ben, Lou, and Hymie. But this isn’t about family. It is about a delightful, often-used expression across the pond in Great Britain. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Watching as many British detective shows as I do, and for...
