Category: Non Fiction

Life During COVID-19

My employer sells product to hospitals so I've still been able to work during this pandemic, which gives me an opportunity to get out of the house and traverse through my less peopled city.  It is strangely calming to see so much less activity despite the circumstances, and even though being out does increase my … Continue reading Life During COVID-19

Saul: Halfway Through Season 5

WARNING: SPOILERS So we are now halfway though season 5 of Better Call Saul, the penultimate season. Previously I've made predictions at the beginning of each season, almost all of which would turn out wrong, but I didn't for season 5 because what was going to happen seemed obvious. And at the halfway point, I … Continue reading Saul: Halfway Through Season 5

A Generous Bus Passenger

Last Thursday evening I bicycled to the Santa Cruz Metro Bus Station to catch a bus out to Soquel to watch a spoken word event.  I arrived five minutes ahead of the scheduled departure, but the bike rack on the front of the bus was already filled to its maximum capacity of three.  I queried … Continue reading A Generous Bus Passenger

A Book/Film That Has Changed The Way That You Think (7 Days 7 Posts)

(This is a prompt from the website daysixtyfive.com, day four of seven posts in seven days, subject: a book/film that has changed the way you think.  Link below.) https://daysixtyfive.com/2020/01/25/7-days-7-posts-your-daily-post-topics-starting-27-01-2020/ There are many books and movies that affected me in some way, and some more than others.  Of those that affected me deeply, most I would … Continue reading A Book/Film That Has Changed The Way That You Think (7 Days 7 Posts)

Fun With Pies

While looking for an appropriate image to respond to a friend's FB post, I came across this pie fighting GIF, and laughed for hours.  Enjoy No matter our differences, we can all agree that people getting hit in the face with pies is invariably funny and will always elicit laughs from everybody (except stiffs who … Continue reading Fun With Pies

Fosse, Verdon, And The Seamy Side Of Show Biz

FX has been airing the limited series Fosse/Verdon.  Admittedly I miss out on a lot of television, but being a longtime fan of Bob Fosse I decided to make room to see this engaging series. The first episode starts with Bob Fosse looking at himself in the mirror, sporting a tuxedo, a cigarillo dangling from … Continue reading Fosse, Verdon, And The Seamy Side Of Show Biz

Shakespearean Porn Titles

Everyone knows that the works of Shakespeare are rife with colorful (my apologies, colourful), witty sexual innuendo that was easily understood by Elizabethan audiences some 400+ years ago but is largely incomprehensible to modern English speakers, or at least to Americans. But what if his more luridly explicit language made its way into the titles … Continue reading Shakespearean Porn Titles