by mike | Oct 15, 2018 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
With the MLB playoffs in full swing and the World Series looming (please, Great Spirit, not with the Dodgers!), I thought it might be fun to visit a few quotes from some of the most popular baseball movies. Having seen just about every one ever made, I’m sure it would...
by mike | Oct 11, 2018 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Take a journey to the center of the Earth for a quick “repair” job on the planet. This post first ran in 2014. It is not for lack of box office that the 2003 sci-fi/disaster flick, The Core, is a guilty pleasure, because it supposedly made back its production budget,...
by mike | Oct 8, 2018 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Why does a rural road in Nebraska appear on current lists of the scariest places in America? How come there is so much documented paranormal activity along this creepy byway? The following scenario offers some clues as to how the legend of Seven Sisters Road began. AN...
by mike | Oct 4, 2018 | California, Films About Writers, Movies, Romance, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
H.G. Wells told some pretty amazing stories, considering how long ago he wrote them. This post first ran in 2014. My previous posts in the “Films About Writers” series, Finding Forrester and Misery, featured fictional writers. In the 1979 movie, Time After Time, we...
by mike | Oct 1, 2018 | Life, Uncategorized |
A relatively new “tradition” honors children who are dealing with life-threatening illnesses. Call it The Iowa Wave, The Hawkeye Wave, or simply just The Wave; this event has warmed the hearts—and brought tears to the eyes—of millions during its brief existence. The...
by mike | Sep 27, 2018 | Books, Humor, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
Acceptance of cannabis has come a long way since this delightful novel, The Everweed State, was published. The post first ran in 2014. Dude, you gotta read this book! About a year ago I had the great pleasure of working on The Everweed State (subtitled E Cannabis...
