No Posts this week. I'm taking my own advice from last week and stepping away from the screen. See you in the New Year.
Taking The Week Off
Book Review – Well In Time
Well In Time by Suzan Still - In a story that ranges from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe and the present day, we follow Calypso Searcy is a writer with an ability to see the future through her dreams. That power comes to her through a golden locket. She and her lover Javier must defend... Continue Reading →
Holiday Traditions
We are taking a brief break here at the end of the year, but I wanted to share a few of the end of year traditions in our family. This is the time of year when there are probably as many family traditions in play as any other. Here are some of ours: The Nut Bowl... Continue Reading →
All I Want For Christmas – media version
Just a short post for this holiday week. When we were children it was the time when we began the intense anticipation of what might be waiting for us under the tree. With that memory in mind let me take a look at what I'd like to see under my "tree" in the way of... Continue Reading →
A Little Bah Humbug!
Thought I'd take a break at the end of the year on the movie reviews. They will return in 2015. Things get busy and it can be hard to maintain my discipline of watching lots and lots of movies. But it's the secular "Christmas season" (as a person of faith I hold to the orthodox... Continue Reading →
Christmas TV and Movies reprise
(This was a post I wrote back in 2010. It is still my definitive list) And the usual ranting about Christmas is well under way. The "Happy Holidays" rant, the "They've stolen Christmas" rant, all the usual suspects. I'm tempted to add a little rant of my own, mostly about how tired I am of... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Cyclops Conspiracy
The Cyclops Conspiracy by David Perry - (2012) Jason Rodgers has harbored a devastating secret. A secret that nearly ended his career and cost him the love of his life. After the death of her father, his mentor, Christine's father, Jason returns to confront his own mistakes, questions about the older man's death and a conspiracy that... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – The Black Hole
The Black Hole (1979) - A deep space exploration mission discovers a vessel missing for twenty years. Inside they will meet the mad genius who has found a way to travel through a black hole to a different location in spacetime. Other secrets will be revealed as they explore the life he has created in... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Down Solo
Down Solo - A Novel of Suspense by Earl Javorsky (2014) - Charlie Minor is a small-time detective with a list of less than reputable characters filling his life, a borderline crazy wife and a daughter with whom he doesn't spend nearly enough time. But when he wakes up dead, his life gets really complicated.... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – The Game
The Game (1997) - Wealthy and emotionally remote San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad (Sean Penn): a live-action game that consumes his life. So, it turns out I reviewed this movie before. I had no memory of that (which is probably not a good thing... Continue Reading →
