I wasn’t going to write anything today, because it’s Christmas and all. But the presents are open, the desserts are chilling, and I have about an hour until we put the prime […]
AITA? Yeah, Kinda, and Merry Christmas
Memories of Christmas Past, Part 1
This goes way back. I was adopted and raised as an only child. My parents were 39 & 40 when they “got” me. I don’t remember many of my early Christmases. Mostly […]
Movie Review: Die Hard – Redefining the Action Movie Genre for a New Generation
Written by Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de SouzaDirected by John McTiernan I can remember way back in 1988, a friend of mine told me about this test screening he went […]
Movie Review: A Christmas Carol – Going Where Everyone Has Gone Before
Written by Peter Barnes and Charles DickensDirected by David Hugh Jones One production I had wanted to see back when we lived in New York was Patrick Stewart’s one-man play depicting Charles […]
Movie Review: Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) – Give Peace a Chance for Christmas
Written by Christian CarionDirected by Christian Carion As I look back over the last century, perhaps the greatest change has been the personalization of conflicts throughout the globe. By that, I mean […]
My December 2021 Round-Up
As much as this was a rough year, it also felt like it went by really fast. Perhaps that is because I threw myself into geocaching as a means of escape, and […]
Book Review: Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich – Is Stephanie Going After Santa Claus?
When breezing through all of the numbered books in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, it seemed like something happened between the eighth and ninth novels that I’d missed. I even went back […]
Movie Review: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – There’s No Such Thing as a “Perfect” Holiday
Written by John HughesDirected by Jeremiah S. Chechik When it comes to the holiday season, I’m one of those people who don’t like to take it too seriously. It seems that when […]
Christmas with the Simpsons – America’s Most Dysfunctional Family Celebrates the Season
In the last two decades, you would have to be under a rock somewhere not to have heard of the animated television family, The Simpsons. They are sort of the anti-family; a […]
It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown – Just Your Ordinary Christmas Fare
When I saw this special, I thought I’d missed out on another classic similar to A Charlie Brown Christmas. I couldn’t remember ever seeing this special on television, so I thought I […]
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