**A Word of Friendly Warning**I wrote this little piece initially way back when I was in the confines of a not-that-great Midwestern Lutheran College in Hypothermia Falls, Minnesota. Now, I have reedited it a bit, so if you’re one of those ancient folks who remember reading it in the school paper back then, it will …
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Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies AGAIN!: Day 3 White Christmas
Ah yes, time for another non-controversial choice for a movie selection! But first if you’re just jumping into this series by accident or by direction of a court order, all the best of the season to you and yours! This slew of postings started with A Charlie Brown Christmas and then National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. …
Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies AGAIN!: Day 2 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Please wholeheartedly receive the compliments of the season until those compliments just seem like gratuitous sucking-up after a while! Yes, another post! Trust me, no one was more surprised as I was about it! With this slew of postings, I started with A Charlie Brown Christmas and now National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? Could my holiday …
Almost Equal Sequels Part XII: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Ye gods, it has been a terrifically long time, hasn’t it? I feel like I’ve finally awoken from hibernation as I make the long journey to Jupiter’s moons, I tell you! Now that I coincidentally on purpose mentioned Jupiter’s moons, I think the time has come to talk about a sequel to an acclaimed and …
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What’s A Mother’s Movies To Do?: Bringing Up Baby
Well, kids, it has been a while, hasn’t it? Aside from work and family commitments, it has been tough to carve out some time to talk about…well, anything! So I thought I’d start up a new series idea that I will probably let flounder and eventually lose interest in, but hey, let’s give it the …
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Almost Equal Sequels Part XI: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Space…the sheer amount of space that has happened since I last wrote something, I tell you! And to focus on a universally highly regarded sequel as Star Trek II? Could I take a more softball approach? I mean there’s no controversy here. The Wrath of Khan, or TWOK as the real geeks call it, is …
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Did Mary Know About LEDs, Multiple Scrooges, and Neil Diamond?
Now that we are past being up to our sleigh bells as yet another Christmas holiday season fades into the distance, I thought it would be a wonderful time for quiet reflection. Earlier today for instance, I simply stopped what I was doing. I took a deep breath of the crisp winter air. The whistling wind …
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Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies: Day 4 Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Seriously, I was joking. When finishing my last award-seeking blog post for Day 3, I had no real intentions to talk about Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Honestly and truly, it was never my thought! I just wanted to end on a semi-lame, partially weak joke. You know, like I do with most of my postings, if not all …
Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies: Day 3 How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Well here we go again into the wondrous wonderful world of wonder that we know as the Christmas holiday movie! Frankly, after knocking it out of the park with my first holiday film choice and then being forced to retreat into more conventional holiday fare with my second, I don’t know which way to turn. Sure, I …
Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies: Day 2 Scrooged
Season’s Greetings! Thanks for taking the time during your hectic holiday hustle and bustle to stop over and read yet another one of these admittedly pleasant holiday ramblings! Due to the overwhelming response of fusspots and fussbudgets and other words that start with the same letters, I’ve buckled and decided to talk about a supposedly actual “Christmas …
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A Full Rich Blather 