Thoughts and words from some interesting authors
★★★★☆ People are probably going to beat me up for my review of Machete, but I don’t care. I watched this movie again recently because I wanted to have it rather fresh in my mind before watching the sequel. I have a soft spot for spaghetti westerns and some of…
Televisions used to be furniture. I remember our first color television. It looked much like this one. Yes, everyone put pictures and things on top of them. Yes, we had to get up to change the channel. I honestly believe for the baby boom was the fact you had to…
Remember when stereos used to be furniture? I do. My grandmother had one of these in her house. To this day I regret not having a place big enough to store it when she passed. It looked good and had a wonderful rich sound. I really only ever saw…
Fall is a great time of year. The turning of the leaves, harvesting of crops and crispness in the air all contribute to a certain feeling. Some might call it a yearning to get outside and enjoy it while you can. If you are of a certain age and live…
Everyone seems to be getting tired of being violated by Verizon Wireless. People are leaving them faster than political cronies line up for free government money. The downsize for those of us who just want a phone instead of an identity theft enabling device is that we have to learn…
Everyone involved in any part of writing, viewing or reading needs to consider this question. Just how much of a story is “enough?” This topic came up because of various books I’ve read and movies I’ve seen. The definition of “enough” seems to shrink in size faster than candy bars.…
I actually enjoyed this movie. Of course it is hard for a guy not to like a movie featuring a classic Pontiac GTO which looked rather stunning. Even though they had big name actors it appears they didn’t have the capacity to fix an annoying problem with vehicles of that…
