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Tom Jones!
I haven’t written about the concerts I’ve attended in years because I got behind then decided, the hell with it. However, I couldn’t let Tom Jones appearing in Austin slide! At 82 going on 83, he’s still got it. Women … Continue reading
RIP Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon’s voice was a constant when I was growing up in the Seventies. In my opinion, he was the leading artist towards the formation of Adult Contemporary as a radio format. Sure you’d hear him on Pop stations (WLS, WGN, … Continue reading
The Return of the Jedi as the header
It’s the movie that gets the least respect in the first trilogy. In many ways, Lucas deserved the grief he received over it but then again Empire was a tough film and story to follow. He could’ve lessened the disappointment if … Continue reading
Welcome May 2023! I stand with the WGA
While the rest of the world celebrates Labour Day (added the ‘u’ since it’s Un-Amerikan), we just go, meh. I think it’s very fitting though. Today the Writers Guild of America goes on strike and I’m behind them all the … Continue reading
RIP Harry Belafonte
Sorry to delay such a pretty cool guy. People still know his “Banana Boat Song” to this day. I often hear it at the local hockey games and it was a key scene in Beetlejuice. Harry had a great episode of The … Continue reading
The cat will figure it out when she’s hungry
This is the signature move for about half the cats in my house!
Farewell Kuroneko
Last night I got to have my final goodbye to one of the sweetest cats I’ve ever known. Somara was gracious enough to let see Kuroneko, give her cuddles and whisper in her ears why I loved her so much. … Continue reading
Doing a nice thing for a dragonfly
Yesterday, I was walking on the work campus, enjoying the post-rain situation when I spotted this poor dragonfly on the sidewalk. It seemed to be pretty helpless because its wings were soaked. That was my hypothesis as I recalled how … Continue reading
1983: Weird Al’s first album!
The world is a better place thanks to his 40-plus-year run! Although Weird is a hybrid of several previous singles Al released intertwined with newer material (for 1983), it remains a great album. The five parodies present have held up like … Continue reading
2024 looks like a shitty repeat of 2020
I keep having to remind myself that politics is more fluid than most people think as the Corporate Media presents. Three quick examples: 1991: Everybody thought Bush the Elder would coast through 1992 thanks to his Gulf Distraction I but … Continue reading
Renfield: Must See but not for weak stomachs
Another, way much better movie Universal made after their Horror Universe to compete with MCU, collapsed spectacularly under Tom Cruise’s mummy flick. Their first was that scary invisible man thriller with Elizabeth Moss. Now they go for comedy with Dracula … Continue reading
Sensible Gun Control is overdue, once again
One of these “misfires” happened nearby too, the cheerleaders who accidentally got into the wrong car tragedy. What makes it even worse, the ammosexual got out of his vehicle to shoot the young lady. That’s not defensive, that’s murder as … Continue reading
Mama squirrel just having one of those days
I know these aren’t cats but they are one of their nemeses! Especially the one outside my home office’s window who enjoys taunting Aggie, “You can’t catch me!” This trio I spotted on a bicycle cage. It seems mother took … Continue reading
200,000 calories!
Woo hoo! As I keep getting into the groove of exercising in the morning, I crossed this threshold on the bike at work that tracks all I’ve done on it. No luck on getting it to add what I did … Continue reading
The D&D Movie: Actually worth seeing
Twenty-three years later, Hollywood has tried again and this time Paramount and Hasbro succeeded in making a film based upon the D&D property with successful; something the overrated Gary Gygax could never do. Now admittedly, I wasn’t seriously onboard because … Continue reading