Welcome to Day 21,915.September 8, 1966 to September 8, 2026.Sixty.That seems like a rather large […]
In the autumn of 1774, a curious experiment in colonial teamwork began in Philadelphia. Imagine […]
Continental Congress – A Revolution
Long before movie ratings warned you about “brief nudity” or “mild language,” Hollywood had a […]
Hollywood’s Morality
Every spring, millions of people stumble groggily toward their coffee makers wondering why the sun […]
Daylight Saving Time
The claim that fantasy leagues and online sports betting have “ruined” professional and even amateur […]
The Sports Betting Fantasy
When the subject of early cinema comes up, the title of “first movie with sound” […]
Talkies – Cinema’s Revolution
The flat Earth idea has a certain rebellious charm. It feels contrarian, cinematic, almost poetic […]
The Flat Earth?
Curling: The Olympic Sport That’s Sweeping Physicists Off Their Feet (And Into a Spin) Ah, […]
Curling’s Sweeping Mystery
When the Ice Got Too Hot to Handle Curling; the genteel winter sport where athletes […]
Curling’s Olympic drama
Picture this: a 44-pound chunk of granite slowly gliding across ice while four people in […]
Curling – Art of Stone and Ice
Driver plows into New Orleans crowd killing 10.Cyber Truck explodes at Vegas Trump Tower.San Francisco […]
2025 Collected Events
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day. A cultural and religious holiday that has evolved into an international […]
St. Patrick’s Day: A Shamrock-Shaken Spectacle
Seattle over Vegas 3-0 at Winter Classic. Michigan 14 and 0 with Rose Bowl win. […]
2024 Collected Events
Anita Pointer, 74.Jeremiah Green, 45.Kim Jung makes noise – “exponential” nukes.Jeremy Renner survives accident.Bengals Damar […]
2023 Collected Events
Heads vs. Tails “Tails never fails” might not exactly live up to the expression, but […]
Super Bowl Shenanigans
The nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards are official, and this year brings some interesting […]
2023 Academy Award Nominations
So now it’s “climate amplified” events.New year’s snowfall.Richard Leakey, 77.Antonio Brown makes a sideline scene.Holmes […]
2022 Collected Events
Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which […]
Wee bit o’ whiskey
The surge is still on. Plane crash into Oakland County home. Tanya Roberts, 65. Wait… […]
2021 Collected Events
The Crapo Family legacy and Swartz Creek story. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing […]
Apart from the Herd
IJC Movie Review – Easter edition. The Greatest Story Ever Told. George Steven wrote and […]
Review – The Greatest Story Ever Told
Nobody had any idea what was in store. A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad […]
2020 Collected Events
A running commentary and resource for information. As this continues, each section will include the […]
Covid-19: Running Commentary and Info
Mort Drucker made a career of subversive satiric images. Drucker joined Mad Magazine’s gallery of […]
That Mad Legacy of Mort Drucker
Haven’t revisited this in awhile, but always entertaining…
Totally Looks Like…
So, again with the end; and a new beginning… Gretchen takes office. Mean Gene Okerlund […]
2019 Collected Events
The Indianapolis 500, held every year since 1911 in Indianapolis over Memorial Day weekend, is commonly […]
Indy 500 – An American Tradition
Continuing commentary on the finality of Game of Thrones… So, who is the Three-Eyed Raven […]
Game of Thrones conundrums
So, you want to delve into Sword and Sorcery films? To begin, you should probably […]
Sword and Sorcery in celluloid
Fascinating flicks of 2018 – reviews in roughly 140 characters Should have been a great […]
140 character Reviews 2018
Episodes 1 & 2 – The Great War and Modern Memory / Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye […]
Review – True Detective Season 3
Well it started unobtrusively… Caldwell out after 4 seasons. Oh well, again. Kim Jong Un […]
2018 Collected Events
Aretha. Inarguably the Queen of Soul. No denying it; she had a voice – so pure […]
Aretha – Queen of Soul
You can say what you like about John McCain. He was no saint. He had […]
John McCain – American Patriot
A wee bit o knowledge for the Irish fact deficient… To begin, most importantly, for […]
St. Patrick’s Day Edition O’ facts n’ fiction
PyeongChang (fun to say) Opening ceremony is interesting but that’s about it. Although it’s nice […]
2018 Olympics
So, from least to most favorite, a brief synopsis of my film reviews from 2017. […]
140 character Reviews 2017
Okay, here’s the 2017 events for your consideration… Red Wings blow outdoor matchup. Lions clinch […]
2017 Collected Events
And so, another year. Ladies and gents, I give you 2016… Wayne Rogers, Trapper John […]
2016 Collected Events
Game reviews! And more! Check out the bonsai tips. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur […]
Connor’s Crazy Comments
Contrary to what Gordon Gecko extolled, greed is not good; however, let’s not confuse capitalism […]
Confusing Capitalism
Continuing the tradition for 2015…Let’s see; where do we begin? Howzabout at the beginning… […]
2015 Collected Events
Carrying on the running diary from last year (2014)… Tried to keep it shorter and had […]
2014 Collected Events
I carried a running diary this year and these are some of the things that […]