by mike | Jan 30, 2025 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Well, the best thing I can say about Jurassic World Dominion is that it merged the old crew with the new one. This post first ran in 2022. The long wait is over! (Drum roll here.) Jurassic World Dominion is here, so I said back then. I hadn’t seen a film inside a...
by mike | Jan 27, 2025 | Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If the underachieving 1995 sci-fi/horror flick, Village of the Damned, is remembered for one thing, it is the final appearance in a theatrical film for its star, CHRISTOPHER REEVE. Later that year he would suffer the equestrian accident that would paralyze him and...
by mike | Jan 23, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
My next book is still in the “thinking” stage. This post first ran in 2022. When the pandemic drove us indoors in early 2020 (and wiped out the NCAA basketball tournament; I’m still not over that one…), I found a number of ways to keep busy. At that point I hadn’t...
by mike | Jan 20, 2025 | Baseball, Death, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
We lost a national treasure last week. Bob Uecker, former major league catcher, baseball announcer, comedian, and all-around great guy, passed away at the age of 90. Mr. Uecker turned an uninspired baseball career (lifetime batting average of .200) into a new vocation...
by mike | Jan 16, 2025 | California, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
A Ghost Blimp? Some things just can’t be explained. This post first ran in 2022. I’ve written about ghost ships and ghost trains, but a Ghost Blimp? This true story about an incident that took place during World War II ranks way up there on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid...
by mike | Jan 13, 2025 | California, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
…when the volcano blows! You might ask, What volcano? It’s the one that is located—as the crow flies—about a mile from my California home. Seriously? WHAT THE HECK IS A PLUG DOME? I live in a 55+ community in north San Diego County whose large campus sports 1,600...
