by mike | Mar 23, 2023 | Basketball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
In keeping with the season—that’s the Madness of March season—this post, which I first presented in 2020, is about a remarkable team—and its coach—that changed the face of college basketball forever. I believe it is significant that I’m writing this post on April...
by mike | Mar 20, 2023 | Basketball, Sports, Uncategorized |
When Neil Sedaka sang this song back in the day, I was a mere juvenile (but not a delinquent). Now, I’m pretty sure Neil wasn’t referring to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, but I certainly am, because—wonder of wonders—two of our teams are still dancing! Yes, the Lady...
by mike | Mar 16, 2023 | Aging, Editing, Humor, Life, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing Quotes |
You would have to be quite wise in order to be quoted as often as this literary giant. I first presented this post in 2019. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is considered this country’s greatest humorist. William Faulkner even...
by mike | Mar 13, 2023 | Basketball, Sports, Uncategorized |
The title of this post is a real line of dialogue—the last in the film, actually—from the much-honored classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958). It is shouted by a character called Major Clipton as he observes men destroying one another during a World War II...
by mike | Mar 9, 2023 | Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Travel, Uncategorized |
I devoted a whole chapter about this weird island in my novel, Back on the Bike Path. This post first ran in 2019. There is an otherworldly place not far from the heart of the sprawling Mexico City called La Isla de las Muñecas—the Island of the Dolls. It is located...
by mike | Mar 6, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Books, California, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
Well, I sure hope so, because I’m turning 77 today. Holy crap, how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did that happen! Wasn’t I just roller-skating along the mean streets and back alleys of the Bronx neighborhood where I grew up? Didn’t I just graduate from college and...
