An Amazing Cinematic Achievement From Director Peter Jackson! Director Peter Jackson, known of course for his brilliant “Lord Of The Rings” trilogy among many other films, has now created more cinematic history! For this “Cult Movie Monday”, I want to… Read More ›
Time For Some “Ice Cold” Crime Fiction! For this week’s “Wednesday Bookmobile”, I want to share a style of mystery writing that I love right now: “Nordic Noir!” “Nordic Noir” is crime fiction that takes place in Scandinavia – Sweden,… Read More ›
“Don’t You Ever Worry When You See What’s Going Down?” These lyrics were part of a powerful protest song from 1972 – lyrics that resonate loudly today…and they were from an unlikely source: the pop/rock band Chicago! Listening to “Dialogue… Read More ›
Paul McCartney’s Continued Passion For Music! He’s 78 years old today, born in 1942 – but Paul McCartney keeps making music, and his latest album is one of his best! I’m celebrating his birthday by taking a trip through some… Read More ›
Welcome To The Hungarian Parliament! When Alex and I arrived in Budapest, we were told first and foremost to head to the Parliament Building…and what a building it is! In fact, unless you are across the Danube River, there’s no… Read More ›
Time To Go To The Movies! I love the communal movie experience: a packed theater laughing, crying, or being scared to death by the power of cinema…but cinema has another power as well: As this hilarious photo from the “Den… Read More ›
Scooters, Scooters Everywhere! Behold the new “rideshare” phonemenon! We’ve seen them seemingly everywhere, a social phenomenon that was created virtually overnight – the motorized scooters that you can rent, ride and drop off anywhere, and I mean ANYWHERE. According to… Read More ›
A Tiny Village Endangered By A Massive Iceberg! Regardless of how you feel about climate change / global warming, it’s NOT a political issue, it’s an environmental one and here is the latest example! The Washington Post has a great… Read More ›
Life, Death And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity! I wanted to share an amazing, although sobering, book about a way of life you probably could never imagine – as the Author describes here: “Abdul grabbed a fresh shirt and flew…. Read More ›
“Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell” by Roy Sekoff Here’s a great new memoir to share, and check out the deadpan quote on the cover from Larry David! Roy Sekoff has put pen to… Read More ›
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