Once again, my wife has been very generous and creative with her gift giving during my birthday month. A big thank you to her for making it a nice month-long celebration. Here is a list of this year’s gifts: 1 – The Bourbon Bible book about bourbon 2 – A tie multicolored with flowers 3 …
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Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?
I have never seen Die Hard. But I have an opinion about its status as a Christmas movie. I was recently asked my opinion as many of us are asked around Christmas. I thought you might be interested in my reply.
Christmas Playlist
I recently mentioned on Facebook that I have an eclectic holiday playlist on my iPod that I play every year around Christmas. In response, I received requests to share a list. Below, I not only share my list but some commentary about the evolution of the list and how it came to be what it …
My Christmas Movie Guide
We watch a lot of Christmas movies and television specials every year, usually starting on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I frequently make posts to Facebook when we watch some of these. Some of my friends asked me to post a list of our Christmas movies and this is a response to that request. This is …
The Worst Afternoon Movie Program
I grew up watching movies on TV on weekday afternoons. One of the stations in our area had a good catalog of films to draw from and showed classics in their time slot from 3 until 5. Another channel in our area tried various afternoon movie strategies to varying degrees of success. The worst of …
Why Judd Nelson Scares Me
Back in 1991, I heard about a movie called The Dark Backward. In this movie, Judd Nelson plays a garbage man that moonlights as an unfunny stand-up comic. His act career as a comic picks up a little when he grows a third arm out of his back. How would I not be interested in …
Why The Hideous Sun Demon Scares Me
I was at work when I received a call from home. I talked to my wife for a little while and then my oldest daughter wanted to talk to me. She was about 4 years old at the time. We didn’t talk very long. As we wrapped up our conversation, she said, “Daddy, do you …
Why Frogs Scare Me
The movie Frogs was released on my birthday in 1972 when I was turning 10 years old. I didn’t see it during its original release. But I remember seeing commercials for it on TV and ads in the newspaper. All the ads for the movie featured a frog with a human hand hanging out of …
Why Anitra Ford Scares Me
I loved watching television game shows in the early 1970’s. In 1972, CBS started showing The Price is Right, starring Bob Barker. This was an updated version of a successful show from nearly a decade earlier. Contestants guessed the prices of various products and some of the prizes they could win. I enjoyed seeing the …
Elvis Week 2024 – Same As It Ever Was
It’s now or neverCome hold me tightKiss me my darlingBe mine tonight” These were the words I heard being sung while I was standing at a urinal in the men’s room in the visitors center soon after I arrived at Graceland. But it wasn’t just Elvis singing. A guy standing at another urinal just down …