by mike | Aug 4, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Readers of sword & sorcery, sword & planet, science fiction, fantasy, and horror undoubtedly know the name of Robert E. Howard. For the majority of people, not so much. But just about everyone is familiar with the name of Howard’s most famous creation: Conan...
by mike | Jul 31, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
Pairing Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) with his dad (Sean Connery) was classic! This post first ran in 2022. The third film in the Indiana Jones series introduced film icon Sean Connery as Indy’s father and involved a quest for a Holy Relic. It also brought the Nazis...
by mike | Jul 28, 2025 | Aging, Books, California, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Last year, after I lost my beloved bride to demon cancer, I hastily—and painstakingly—finished the book I had been working on, Perils of the Bike Path (A Jack Miller Senior Moment: Book Five), for quite a while. At that point, deep in depression, I swore that I would...
by mike | Jul 24, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
The Indiana Jones films provide a plethora of great lines. This post first appeared in 2022. Next year, 80-year-old Harrison Ford will reprise his role as the intrepid archaeologist (Indiana Jones and the Last Gasp?) in the as yet untitled fifth movie in the popular...
by mike | Jul 21, 2025 | Ghosts, Mysteries, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Well, it happened again, and I said that I’d keep you posted. Barely a month after my other two ghostly encounters—which I wrote about earlier this month—I experienced yet another one. And in a church parking lot, no less! THE CREAKING DOOR Last week, on my usual...
by mike | Jul 17, 2025 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
This post, about an inspirational film, first ran in 2022. To be accurate, Spirit Rider (1993) could also fall under the heading of “First Nations Film Gems.” The territory of the Ojibwa people—also known as the Chippewa—spans portions of Southern Canada and the...
