by mike | Aug 21, 2023 | Baseball, Death, Sports, Uncategorized |
Raymond Johnson Chapman played shortstop in the major leagues for nine seasons. His legacy, sadly, is not one that Ray himself would have wished on anyone. DIRTY BASEBALLS Ray Chapman, born in Kentucky in 1891, was raised in Illinois. He realized the dream of so many...
by mike | Aug 17, 2023 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Big train running down the tracks…even though the line has been abandoned for decades. This post first ran in 2020. To be clear, we’re not talking about the city in Missouri, but rather a small town in Canada, located in the province of Saskatchewan. This rural burg...
by mike | Aug 14, 2023 | Death, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
The Dutch vessel was called the SS Ourang Medan, which translated from Malay to “Man of Medan,” the latter being a Sumatran island. So much has been written and discussed about the unimaginable incident that brought this ship’s name into the public spectrum. But what...
by mike | Aug 10, 2023 | Horror Movies, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Is your spouse really your spouse, or a pod person? Is delusional misidentification a real thing? This post first ran in 2020. In the 1956 classic sci-fi/horror movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a young boy insists that his mother is not his mother. This is...
by mike | Aug 7, 2023 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Our hero “is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,” right? Uh, no, that’s another guy. In the 2018 action/disaster film, Skyscraper, our hero, Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson), can leap his way into the world’s tallest building, which happens to be on fire, while...
by mike | Aug 3, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror I’ve had plenty of time to collect a whole lot of “stuff.” Here is a look at some more “Curious Possessions” floating around my domicile. This post first ran in 2020. MUCH ADO ABOUT “NOTHING” Yes, “nothing” is pretty much...
