We went to see “Christopher Robin” this weekend. Normally, I would be rather lukewarm toward a live-action remake of a classic. I know Disney has done several and we’ve only seen “Maleficent” and “Beauty and the Beast”, both streamed at home year+ after release. “Maleficent” was good, a unique story, Read more…
When I was a kid I liked baseball. The Marlins* became the first MLB team for Florida when I was in elementary school which was pretty cool at the time. I played in some softball teams and had a few baseball cards. But I was never really a big fan. Read more…
As a kid, I loved reading the Berenstain Bear books. My Mom kept all of them so I was able to pass them on to my son. And he likewise loves them. Reading through all of the old ones there is a distinct 80’s ness about them. But they’re still good. Read more…
We went on vacation recently. We visited family but also stayed in some motels. From my perspective, the stay was adequate. Rooms were clean and well maintained. The shower actually had some water pressure so that’s a huge plus. The bed only hurt my back after a few days instead Read more…
I’ve been pretty silent here lately. Some of that is due to business elsewhere. Some of that is a burnout with engaging in political matters via the Internet. This isn’t a political blog per say but I did like to ruminate on things from time to time. Well, the last few Read more…
Hurricane Harvey has come, stayed and stayed and stayed and finally moved on. Personally, we made it through without any real problems. Our street got pretty high on Saturday when we received 14in of rain in a three-hour time span. But it never made it much more than half way Read more…
A few weeks ago I was browsing Reddit and came across a discussion about old Star Trek micro machine toys. I don’t really remember what the topic was about but I did make a comment about how I had bought some for my son to play with and that I Read more…
This post marks the last thing I will write on my old Toshiba laptop. Purchased in 2010 when I decided to trying this writing thing out full time it’s seen a lot of words. I’ve written four complete novels, three half novels that have either been discarded or aren’t done Read more…
How do you decide if you like something? Do you just roll with whatever subjective feeling you have at the time (ie first impression) or do you think about your experience later and analyze why you should or should not like something? Now that’s a pretty broad question. Objectively I Read more…
So it’s a new year. Yay? Many people have decried 2016 as the worst year ever. For some, the seeming abundance of celebrity deaths set the tone for the year. For others, politics overshadowed everything. And of course, personal experiences always trump (pun intended?) everything else. So was 2016 really Read more…