Making us afraid to go into the water for a full half a century. One of the greatest scenes in film history: Quint (played by Robert Shaw, w...

Hey gang!  Got something special for ya... A very dear friend of mine, Laz A. Mataz, has been working on his first novel for awhile.   Dimen...

This was supposed to be a weekly feature.  That notion has obviously fallen by the wayside.  But many of y'all have asked how is the boo...

Today is Father's Day.  And more than usual I'm feeling melancholy.  This is the eleventh Father's Day without Dad.  There's...

Of all things 1984 -ish, this story about Nineteen Eighty-Four  itself might be the most 1984 in the history of anything. Image from the mot...

Over the weekend I watched Gettysburg , the 1993 Civil War epic film about the Battle of Gettysburg.  It's one of my most favorite histo...

I love  this story!! I'm impressed by ChatGPT.  But I've also got a healthy respect for Atari Chess, a cartridge for the classic Ata...

The perfect movie about young adventure.  Released on June 7th, 1985. My family saw it in the theater about a week later, at the long-gone J...

Had some very good news today!  Wish I could share it but I had to sign all kinds of non-disclosure agreements and whatnot.  But trust me, i...

Have you noticed it also? There doesn't seem to be the degree of "pride" that there has been in the previous few months of Jun...

Well, I know what I'll be doing from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve in another six months... "RUN!!   RUUUUUUUNNNN!!!!!" V...

Things like this usually doesn't go past my notice.  Guess I've been so occupied with other stuff lately.  But yesterday was the ann...

Had a very vivid dream last night.  It's stuck with me all day.  I can't get it out of my head.  Maybe sharing it will let me be fre...

Yesterday a couple of dachshunds I follow on Facebook (the inimitable Barney and Fred) posted some pics of themselves that their "pawre...

A couple of things went online today that I've watch a few times.  I've got a good feeling about both of these. First, it's the ...

This may or may not be a fun time to share this.  But there's been a lot of good humor about the papacy in the past couple of days (I th...