Monday, December 29, 2025

I've been called conservative. I believe homosexuality is wrong. And I'm about to defend Will Byers on Stranger Things (buuuut...)

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 On Christmas Night I started watching the newest three episodes, volume 2 it's being called, of the final season of Stranger Things .  ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Why the Star Wars Holiday Special was so bad, in the words of the man who made it

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It's become something of a tragic holiday tradition for me.  Every year about this time, I watch The Star Wars Holiday Special  - consid...
Monday, December 22, 2025

The seventieth anniversary of Good Will to Men

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It was on December 23rd, 1955 - seventy years ago tomorrow - that Metro-Golden-Mayer released Good Will to Men .  This is one of my all-tim...

An Aviation First: Airplane touches down safely after deploying "autoland" system

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This is something I wish Dad were still here to tell about it too.  As much as he disdained computers, he would no doubt find this to be ver...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Fallout presents: The Ghoul Log

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The second season of Fallout  premiered a few days ago on Amazon Prime.  I haven't seen it yet but I'll probably watch it later this...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Ten years ago tonight, the Force awakened...

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It was on this day ten years ago that Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens  was released in theaters. I caught the first show of it on o...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Nine years ago tonight in San Diego...

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Nine years ago tonight I was in a movie theater in San Diego, California.  I was about to do something I'd never done before in my entir...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Regarding Rob Reiner: Not cool, Mister President

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By now everyone knows what happened yesterday.  Actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner, and his wife Michele, were found stabbed to death in their m...
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"It is time": Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 has a trailer!

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Since Thanksgiving night I have watched the first volume of the final season of Stranger Things  twice.  The shock still hasn't faded.  ...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Why churches using the Nativity to protest immigration enforcement are wrong.

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I'm reading a number of stories regarding churches turning their nativity scenes into political statements about immigration agents enfo...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Happy Sixtieth Anniversary to A Charlie Brown Christmas!

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  Premiered on CBS on December 9th, 1965. No matter how many times I've seen this, I always take time to watch it again every Christmas ...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Pennrose Mall will live again! Worst shopping center in North Carolina is getting an extreme makeover (Plus: Reidsville is getting a new bookstore!)

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I first heard about this about a week ago and it didn't seem possible.  There were photos though that proved it was true: Pennrose Mall,...
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Sunday, December 07, 2025

The ORIGINAL Star Wars: A New Hope is coming to theaters in February 2027!

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This is something that a LOT  of us have waited almost thirty years for!  It was reported a few days ago that  the original cut of Star Wars...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Just saw this Christmas-themed Publix commercial and I love it!

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Whoever came up with this ad deserves an award.  This spot is brilliant, tragicomic, heart-tugging, funny, and beautiful .  Publix has a lon...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Detroit finally gets its statue of RoboCop

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Way, waaaaay  back in 2011, I  posted about how a bunch of good-hearted geeks pitched in more than $50,000 to crowdfund a statue of RoboCop ...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Hair-raising true story of Yours Truly and manic depression

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So, TWO people have asked me the same question in private message on Facebook.  Having seen my new photo, they're wondering if I've ...
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