The Avengers are gone. We don’t have time to build another Ironman. They tried to replace Captain America, who couldn’t handle the pressure. They kept cloning Spiderman so many times the characters have become weak. The Suicide Squad were good only for a one time. All of the others have outlived their usefulness and made …
Read MoreSummertime Pictures
The trees are turning green with new leaves. Early Springtime flowers are in bloom. I know in the coming months the amateur photographer I am desires to capture the colors and emotion associated with summer. I also wish to share those photos with friends and family. Some I will share on social media, others from …
Read MoreApril 2025 is Not the Time to Fool Around
The stock market is sliding to a level we know not what. Prices at the stores are rising. Jobs are being lost by men and women who thought they had secure employment. Others will have their hours cut because those businesses have lost income. People with medical problems from all this stress fill hospitals and …
Read MoreYard Sale Season
The temperature is getting warmer. Tress is budding out and flowers are in bloom. This is the time of the year when people look at the stuff around their house and think about Spring Cleaning. This past weekend I attended the indoor flea market at Expo Idaho. From now until late September or early October, …
Read MorePlanning for Camping
It has been a couple of decades since I have done any real camping. If it wasn’t for work, family, and unplanned emergencies, I would have loved to be sleeping under the stars on a warm summer night. I had to settle for a getaway for a conference and hotel room. Considering the current economy, …
Read MoreWhat Is The Question?
To AI or not to AI that is the question. Whether it is nobler in my mind to suffer the slings and arrows of criticism for not using AI to help me write multiple books and stories? Or by opposing AI to use words and phrases that reflect my own personal heart and soul? The …
Read MoreSweet Italian Dinner
If you put one leg of a wishbone in Emmett Idaho and the other leg of that bone in Horseshoe Bend, the breaking point would be Sweet Idaho. In Sweet there is a building known as the Syringa Hall. Every January for the past seventeen years a fundraiser has been held by the Ladies of …
Read MoreWhen Is Star Trek Not Star Trek
When is a Star Trek movie not a Star Trek movie? When its characters and spaceships look borrowed from other sci-fi movies and TV shows. I have followed the Star Trek franchise since the early days in 1966. Over the years I have been mildly underwhelmed by some of the Star Trek franchise releases. But …
Read MoreA Sweet Diner – Holding Tradition
The diner as we know it today comes from a line of evolutionary changes. It had its beginnings back in 1858, when Walter Scott at seventeen-year-old started selling sandwiches and coffee in gentlemen’s clubs. By 1872, he progressed to a horse drawn covered wagon, going around selling food and coffee. This was the early form …
Read MoreOpen Mic and O’ Michael’s
The hardest part of any budding musician is leaving their bedroom and perform in front of a group. Of course, there is the difficulty of finding a group that is willing to listen to them. Then if everything goes okay, the next step is performing as an opening act for a big-name artist. Very few …
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