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 […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas – The Spirit of Christmas Comes Through Loud and Clear
There are certain traditions that carry through for years and years. When I was little, I looked forward to watching A Charlie Brown Christmas each holiday season and eagerly waited to see […]
Movie Review: Home Alone – Learn the Value of the Family You Have and Laugh
Written by John HughesDirected by Chris Columbus Just about everyone has one of those moments when their family is just so completely on their nerves, that they no longer think they can […]
DVD Review: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – A Lesson in Acceptance
Written by Romeo Muller, Robert May, and John MarksDirected by Larry Roemer Producer Arthur Rankin had the good fortune to live next to Johnny Marks, who had written the song Rudolph the […]
Movie Review: Scrooged – A Twisted, Sarcastic, Semi-Modern Take on a Christmas Classic
Written by Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donoghue, and Charles DickensDirected by Richard Donner A few weeks before Christmas last year, I went to the store and looked at the newest releases on blu-ray. […]
Corona Virus Diaries – December 12, 2020
Our corner of the world has exploded with COVID cases since I last checked in. We have surged to 573 total cases since testing began. We are still at 2 deaths in […]
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