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Getting Their Hands Caught In The Cookie Jar Is Some Sweet Revenge

This time last week, there’s a good chance 99.9999 percent of the world didn’t know who Andy Byron is nor had they heard of Astronomer. Yet, days ago, he was caught on a “Kiss Cam” Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Byron was shown to the crowd on theContinue reading “Getting Their Hands Caught In The Cookie Jar Is Some Sweet Revenge”

Tree Planted In Memory Of My Late Mother At New Echota

I wasn’t able to make it to the event because I live about 800 miles away now. But recently, an American Beech Tree was planted at the New Echota Historic Site near Calhoun, Ga. The site used to be the capital of the Cherokee Nation prior to the removal of Native Indigenous People during theContinue reading “Tree Planted In Memory Of My Late Mother At New Echota”

‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence

Nowadays, it seems just about anyone with some recording material and a website domain name can become a podcast celebrity. Times change and we as a a society have to change with them. Therefore, I can see that we may be in the autumn years of the talk show format. Do we really need celebritiesContinue reading “‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence”

‘Under The Rainbow’ A Dark Comedy That Pulls No Punches

The 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz is considered the definitive adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. There’s been countless variations, adaptations and spin-offs. You have Wicked of both the stage and screen. Then there is The Wiz, also of the stage and screen. Yet, it wasn’t the first adaptation.Continue reading “‘Under The Rainbow’ A Dark Comedy That Pulls No Punches”

‘The Mortician’ Docuseries Digs Into Disgusting Desecrations Of Deceased

In college, there was a young woman in my freshman orientation class who joked she took a test to determine what career she should be in and she said it was to be a mortician/undertaker. The instructor then said, “Well, that’s a proven constant industry.” My brother and I paid about $10,000 to bury myContinue reading “‘The Mortician’ Docuseries Digs Into Disgusting Desecrations Of Deceased”

‘Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow’ A Notable Superman Tale

With the new Superman movie getting rave reviews (and silly social media criticism from the right) and making money, the modern day superhero/comic book era has been ongoing since 1985 with the publications of Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns changing things up. DC Comics decided to movie away from the Comic Codes AuthorityContinue reading “‘Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow’ A Notable Superman Tale”

‘Luckiest Man In America’ Presses Liberties On Outrageous True Story

The Luckiest Man in America takes a stranger than fiction story then fills it with too much fiction. The story of Michael Larson has been known for years. At one time, Bill Murray was considering doing a biopic based on it. Back in 1983, Press Your Luck premiered. It was a daytime game show inContinue reading “‘Luckiest Man In America’ Presses Liberties On Outrageous True Story”

Anyone Still Believe This Horseshit?!

When I was working as a reporter down in south Georgia near Plains, I was covering an event where former President Jimmy Carter was speaking. I was taking notes and got this feeling I was being watched. I glanced to my left and saw a Secret Service guy standing five feet away or so staringContinue reading “Anyone Still Believe This Horseshit?!”