Thirty years ago, I watched an amazing comedy movie, one that at the time was so far out of left field it could have been in an other stadium. Two slackers, tasked with writing a high school history paper, use a time machine to travel back in history, they meet up with famous people, they…
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Ten racehorses die in fiery highway crash…
On Sunday morning, ten racehorses were on their way from Florida to New York. They rode in a luxury hauler, ostensibly on their way to Saratoga Springs for entry into the eventual 2020 Saratoga racing season. These horses had raced at Tampa Bay Downs and Gulfstream Park, two thoroughbred tracks that stayed open during the…
Read MoreFour years of Dracourage
Last Saturday, I took my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, “Dracourage,” to DePaula Chevrolet for its annual inspection and registration update. And as they went over the car from fender to fender, I waited (fully masked up, as part of our new world) in their waiting room. And I realized, in those moments … this car has…
Read MoreWhen Vietnam was a drama series: Tour of Duty
It was a bold and untested concept in 1988. CBS would air a brand new television drama, one that followed a platoon of soldiers as they fought in the Vietnam War. And it was called Tour of Duty. The initial response to the show was mixed. Would people want to watch a drama in which…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 6, 2020
Hi everybody, hope all is going well with you and you made it through another week. Now it’s time to check out this week’s collection of blog posts, photos and writings from my good friends on my blogroll. You can enjoy my writings each week, but I’d like you to check out these other bloggers…
Read MoreSo who are my Top 5 WWE female wrestlers of all time?
This popped up in my Twitter feed yesterday. Who are your top 5 female @WWE Superstars of ALL TIME:1.2.3.4.5. Drop the names below and then tag two friends who should share their top 5! — WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 4, 2020 I didn’t bother tagging anyone with my response, but … If I’m going…
Read MoreWait, it wasn’t even the correct Bible??
It’s the political gaffe that keeps on gaffing. The other day, Donald Trump set up a last-minute photo opportunity in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church by having the military use tear gas and chemical weapons on peaceful protestors to clear area. Then he strode toward the church, held up a Bible, and posed for…
Read MoreMy entries into the 2020 Washington State Fair photo contest are …
So … this will be a very weird Competition Season 2020. Some of my competition locales are open; others are not, and others … I have no idea. So I’ve decided to practice a special photographic version of “social distancing” here. Follow along with me. If I can mail in my entries and they can…
Read MoreTear gassing Americans for a photo opportunity. Donald Trump is a craven coward.
I’m just going to leave this here. “No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.” Psalms 101:7
Read MoreMy Neighbor Totoro on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club
My son Kris is a big fan of Hiyao Miyazaki films. Kris even has some of the Miyazaki characters as personal tattoos. So when my HBO Now subscription upgraded to HBO Max, and I discovered I now had access to the entire Miyazaki catalog, I asked Kris which film I should start with. “You could…
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