by mike | Dec 14, 2023 | Baseball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
I don’t miss many baseball movies, but this one almost got by me. I first presented this post in 2020. The 2019 drama, Bottom of the 9th, initially drew me in for two reasons. First, it’s a baseball movie, and if I haven’t seen every single one ever made, I’m pretty...
by mike | Dec 11, 2023 | Action/Adventure, Aging, Movies, Uncategorized |
Although the final film in one of the most enduring and endearing movie franchises, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, hit the silver screen this past summer, I did not watch it till earlier this month. Why not? Maybe I wanted to prolong the inevitable: the final...
by mike | Dec 7, 2023 | Aging, Mystery Films, Mystery Novels, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
This excellent police procedural series is still going strong. I first presented this post in 2020. She’s old; she’s short; she’s disheveled; she’s irascible. She’s also brilliant. She’s Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, head of the Major Crimes unit of the...
by mike | Dec 4, 2023 | Aging, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I guess this will have to serve as a “short & sweet” post. It is definitely not for lack of ambition, although as a retired old fart (I prefer young fart), you might think I have all the time in the world on my hands. Nope; oftentimes I get frustrated over not...
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...
