Yard/Estate Sale Scheduled

If you’re going to be in NW Georgia or the vicinity this weekend, please stop by my mom’s house where my family is holding a yard/estate sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day Friday to Saturday, May 16-18. The house is located at 195 Dogwood Dr. SE, Calhoun, Ga. It’s located approximately halfway betweenContinue reading “Yard/Estate Sale Scheduled”

Why The Arachnids Were Totally Innocent In ‘Starship Troopers’

When it was first released back in 1997, Starship Troopers was heavily criticized for endorsing fascism and violence. Late film critic Roger Ebert noted that it often takes two of three of the troopers to kill an Arachnids with conventional gunfire. He was also a reader of the source material novel by the same nameContinue reading “Why The Arachnids Were Totally Innocent In ‘Starship Troopers’”

‘Companion’ A Sci-Fi Expose Of Toxic Relationships And Gaslighting

It’s very easy for a movie like Companion to miss the mark with the same stuff we’ve seen before. I don’t blame Warner Bros. Discovery who distributed the movie through New Line Cinema for dumping it in late January. Companion is the ying to the yang that was Subservience, which opened in September of lastContinue reading “‘Companion’ A Sci-Fi Expose Of Toxic Relationships And Gaslighting”

Fort Gibson Celebrates Old Fort Days

The Oklahoma town of Fort Gibson took advantage of the nice, sunny spring weather to have its Old Fort Days celebration with activities on Friday and Saturday. Activities included concerts, food trucks, street dancing and demonstration of life in the 1800s when the town was found. Town Administrator James Walters encouraged those in attendance toContinue reading “Fort Gibson Celebrates Old Fort Days”

Please Vote For My Friend To Be A Cover Model

My friend, Cloe, is in the running for a contest to be the cover model on Inked Magazine. She is very excited about this and really needs it as she’s had a rough few years. Last year, her grandmother passed away. A couple of years ago, she was in a car wreck. She wasn’t permanentlyContinue reading “Please Vote For My Friend To Be A Cover Model”

A Mean Green Mother This Weekend With ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’

For our senior musical play, we did Little Shop of Horrors. And like the 1986 film adaptation, it suffered its own set of problems. Some of the seniors were upset because it only had a few woman roles but that was changed. It’s not like all the girls I went to school with were JulliardContinue reading “A Mean Green Mother This Weekend With ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’”

Congratulations To The New Pope

For the first time in history, an American has been elected by the conclave as Pope. On Thursday, March 8, Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has elected the new pontiff taking the name Pope Leo XIV. And already, the Christian conservatives don’t like him. But I was happy to know that he’s from Chicago and alsoContinue reading “Congratulations To The New Pope”