I had a good year in reading books. Considering a few years ago I couldn’t read at all due to a head injury, this is a great accomplishment. I had my goal this year […]
2023: My Year in Books
Series Rewatch – Outlander: Season 1, Episode 10: By The Pricking of My Thumbs
Written by Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, and Ira Steven BehrDirected by Richard Clark This is a character-driven episode that pivots the direction of the story. Up until now, most of it has […]
Book Review – Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond by Henry Winkler
I looked forward quite a bit to Henry Winkler’s autobiography. I grew up with Happy Days, watching it throughout its run on television, and like most people, I loved the character of Fonzie […]
Sometimes Life Gets in the Way: The Start of My 2023 Round-Up
December is usually a time of year I travel. For 27 years, there has been a group of internet Disney enthusiasts who meet in Walt Disney World. Back when it started, there weren’t many […]
Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Gropos – Pure Filler
Written by J. Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillioDirected by Jim Johnston After an episode that sent so many things in motion, it was time to take a few steps back and rest. […]
Audiobook Review – The Greater Journey: American in Paris by David McCullough – 19th Century Cultural Mecca
There was a time, early on in our country when we didn’t have some of the great schools that we have now. To become a doctor, for instance, most students had to […]
Movie Review: River’s Edge – What If Someone Was Murdered and No One Cared?
Written by Neal JiminezDirected by Tim Hunter I have a general worry about this country that we as a society have lost any sense of empathy for anyone outside of our own […]
Book Review: Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen & William Montalbano – Cracking the 80’s Drug Trade
Published in 1982, this early Hiaasen work would seem to indicate that everyone in Florida was corrupt back in the day. It’s not the only book I saw this in from that […]
Movie Review: Unfaithful (2002) – Everything Falls Apart Then I Get to Put It Back Together
Written by Claude Chabrol, Alvin Sargent, and William Broyles Jr.Directed by Adrian Lyne What makes a marriage fall apart? For many people, there’s no definitive answer – no moment when things change […]
Book Review: The Secret in the Old Attic – Nancy Drew Uncovers Plagiarism
The original stories in the Nancy Drew series of books were shortened and updated throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The results were often positive, with the newer version becoming more relevant and […]
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