This trip occurred in May of 2001. I was travelling back to Nashville from Oklahoma City. There were changes to my itinerary which ended up routing me through Atlanta even though I wasn’t originally scheduled to go there. But this was a better alternative than not getting home when I had planned. It’s no surprise… Continue reading Celebrities Galore!
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Marlo Thomas Ran Over Me
When I was in elementary school, I took voice lessons from a man named Joe Kincaid. Joe gave these lessons at the school where I went. He was also the band director. There were many kids from the area that took lessons from him, several that didn’t attend our school. He had success with several… Continue reading Marlo Thomas Ran Over Me
Meeting Happy Hal
When I was a little kid, I watched several kids shows on TV that featured cartoons. One of these was called The Happy Hal Show. It was hosted by a man named Hal Miller. He had an odd puppet called L’il Bow that he talked with on the show as he introduced the cartoons. One… Continue reading Meeting Happy Hal
Another Successful Diet Plan
I recently shared a story about losing 100 pounds. In that post I shared that Slimfast was the main tool that I used for my weigh loss. This was not the first time that I have lost a significant amount of weight although it is the most that I’ve ever lost at one time (Its… Continue reading Another Successful Diet Plan
How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
Dream about heaven Andrea and I were in heaven. I’m assuming we died and went to heaven. It wasn’t like we got a free pass to preview heaven. We were there under what would be normal circumstances. I don’t know how we died. If I dreamed that part, I don’t remember it. And I assume… Continue reading How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
Why Knife-wielding Maniacs Scare Me
Back in the early 1980’s, I discovered the Golden Turkey Awards books and my search for bad movies began. It was also around that time that video stores began popping up. Before the days of Blockbuster Video, it seemed like you could go to these smaller video stores and find many of these Golden Turkey… Continue reading Why Knife-wielding Maniacs Scare Me
Why Caretakers with Big Knees Scare Me
Anyone hardcore fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 should be familiar with the film Manos: The Hands of Fate. Manos is considered one of the worst films that ever appeared on the series. The premise of the show is that mad scientists have captured a test case and show him bad movies. The test subject… Continue reading Why Caretakers with Big Knees Scare Me
Why Corn on the Cob with Green Frosting Scares Me
During the early 200’s, my family and I discovered a new group of bad movies. This group of movies was labeled as “so bad they are good” to differentiate them from the films labeled as Golden Turkeys in the past. One of the first of this group was a Film called Troll 2. While I… Continue reading Why Corn on the Cob with Green Frosting Scares Me
Why Giant Apes Scare Me
In 1982 the film It Came From Hollywood was released. It is a documentary film with a compilation of clips from “Bad Movies” drawing heavily on the book The Golden Turkey Awards. There is a short clip of a film not covered in the book that I was unfamiliar with that featured a giant ape… Continue reading Why Giant Apes Scare Me
Losing 100 Pounds
I have lost over 100 pounds. I weigh over 100 pounds less than what I weighed in January of 2022. The weight loss was intentional. A lot of friends have been curious about what I’ve done to lose weight, especially those that are interested in dropping a few pounds. Below I will take you on… Continue reading Losing 100 Pounds