I just finished reading Mark Seal’s Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather. Eh. Not exactly a page-turner, the book did at least have the advantage of my all-time favorite movie as its subject. … Continue reading
Fifty-one down, 27 to go. It’s a labor of love, completing my Christmas list, and the only thing I like more than doing it is talking about it. For a further explanation, tune in to today’s episode of Math and Musings, … Continue reading
For the second time in a week I’m plugging something on HBO, the O.G. of all subscription services certainly in no need of any assistance from me. The documentary I suggest watching on said service concerns a musician. Of all … Continue reading
When you’re searching for the Holy Grail there’s no silver medal for second place. When you’re trying to reach the College Football Playoff there’s no prize for being five. My beloved Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have the unfortunate distinction … Continue reading
You know HBO’s old slogan, it’s not TV, it’s HBO. That’s kind of how I feel when watching one of said subscription service’s new(ish) offerings, How To with John Wilson. Trying to describe the premise of the show is like trying to … Continue reading
Borrowing one from Sports Illustrated here: This week’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us. From the generation that eschews coffee-pot coffee for peppermint mocha hot macchiatos with skim milk for $8.95, there is this. Now available at Target: plant-based oatmilk … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned previously about one of my labors of love, formerly my “quarantine goal” to read–yes, read–every single issue of Playboy magazine. So far I’m up to January 1964. Imagine my surprise in said issue to find an old joke. I’d always … Continue reading
Two years ago I posted my first “Christmas list,” 50 things one must see, do, eat, or experience between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Last year I added 18 more, noting that even in a pandemic I had completed not only these … Continue reading
Math lesson for today involves the folks we know as Pilgrims. Actually it starts with an English lesson. One does not say the Mayflower. It’s just Mayflower, and it sailed from England to the American continent in the fall of 1620. After … Continue reading
About every 20 minutes I get an e-mail from Dunkin’ (the gourmet coffeehouse once known as Dunkin’ Donuts) advertising its holiday creations. Among their other hyphenated offerings (I prefer my coffee unhyphenated) is something called the white mocha hot chocolate. … Continue reading