For the third year in a row I attended the Regal Theaters Best Picture Film Festival. I highly recommend it if you’ve not ever attended. For $35 you can see each nominated film as many times as you’d like. Plus, you could get a small popcorn/small drink combo for $5 at each movie if you… Continue reading And the Oscar Goes To…
How Deep Does It Go?
The following are just my musings and wonderings. They have no basis of fact whatsoever. Ever since the Republicans and Republican leadership started to back this administration, at all seemingly costs, I’ve had several burning questions running through my mind. How deep does the corruption and greed go? What does Putin have on this administration… Continue reading How Deep Does It Go?
National Emergency!
I don’t know about all of you, but I actually am feeling less safe after the White House called a National Emergency. People crossing the border have never worried me. I’ve not worried about anyone from another country taking my job. Hearing languages other than English has not frightened me. Frankly, I didn’t think much… Continue reading National Emergency!
Potholes vs Taxes
‘Tis the season for potholes. It snows, it rains, it freezes. Snow plows grade the roads while throwing salt down. All ingredients for the piecemeal pothole repairs to pop out and just normal weather wear and tear. ‘Tis this season too for the complaining about the potholes. Why aren’t they being fixed faster? Have you… Continue reading Potholes vs Taxes
Beto/Stacey: Dream Team for 2020
If I knew them personally, I’d beg Beto and Stacey to get in the race together as a team from the get go. This would be a ticket to bring the many communities together the Democrats will need to win back the presidency. They know how to energize young folks, people of color, progressives and… Continue reading Beto/Stacey: Dream Team for 2020
Childish Nincompoops: Our Elected Officials
800,000. 800,000 families without a paycheck. 800,000 families in which at least one person in the family appears to be working as an indentured servant, meaning he/she must show up for work, without knowing when he/she will be paid, in order to serve their lord and master all the while bills continue to mount. All… Continue reading Childish Nincompoops: Our Elected Officials
Dear Joe, Bernie and Elizabeth, Please Don’t Run for President
Joe, Bernie, Elizabeth, and anyone else who has run for President before, or declined to run in 2016, other than ego, there is no reason for you to be in this race. Your times have come and gone. It is time for you to step aside. It is time for you to be elder Statesmen.… Continue reading Dear Joe, Bernie and Elizabeth, Please Don’t Run for President
“Boy Erased” and Coming Out Stories
I just got home from seeing Boy Erased. If you’ve not seen it yet, I highly recommend it. No matter your beliefs or your “persuasion,” this movie will make you uncomfortable, but in an enlightening way. As I watched it, for me, I began to see it as a coming out story. Yes, it was… Continue reading “Boy Erased” and Coming Out Stories
If You Think Adulting is Hard, Try Parenting
It has been a bit of a trying past couple of days with choices being made by our children—all teens. When our parents told us, this was going to hurt them more than it hurts you, who actually believed this to be true. I’ve known this to be true for a while, even more so… Continue reading If You Think Adulting is Hard, Try Parenting
Ovens are Important
I like to bake. I think I’m pretty good at it. Those who have tasted my baking say I’m pretty good at it. But, lately I’ve wondering if I’ve lost my baking mojo. Why do I think that you might be asking? Because my main thing, banana bread, has not been turning out in the… Continue reading Ovens are Important
Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man 