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 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...
by mike | Feb 27, 2023 | Books, Mysteries, Mystery Novels, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Bestselling American author Elizabeth George published her first Inspector Lynley mystery, A Great Deliverance, in 1988 to much acclaim. To date the series is still going strong both here and in the United Kingdom, with over twenty titles in print. And in 2001 the...
by mike | Feb 20, 2023 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Learning about some of these spooky truck roads almost makes you not want to get behind the wheel. But drive we must, so here are a couple more that you might want to think twice about navigating. A SCENIC AND SPOOKY BYWAY Stephen King gave us plenty of (fictional)...
by mike | Feb 13, 2023 | California, Humor, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
On one of my daily walks last week—sun shining, 70° here in Southern California—I got to thinking about why I relocated to the San Diego area in the first place over fifty years ago. For sure, to be able to walk along the beach on a balmy mid-winter day had to be one...
by mike | Feb 6, 2023 | Fantasy, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
As I’ve noted before with episodes VII and VIII in the Star Wars universe, The Rise of Skywalker—episode IX—does not nearly approach the plethora of memorable quotes from the original trilogy, aka episodes IV, V, and VI. I mean, some of them have become part of the...
