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Category Archives: Popular Culture & Entertainment
50 Funny, Quirky and Very Human Status Updates
It hasn’t been a funny week. In fact, for some of my family it’s been a heartbreaking week. My first thought was to post something comforting. But then I remembered how much humor has consoled me during unbearable times. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Facebook, funny, human, memes, sarcastic, social media, status updates
17 Comments
The Longest Day of the Year
My Real Memoir Sixty years ago, Hollywood released The Longest Day, a movie about the D-Day landings in the summer of 1944. For Dad it was a must because he’d been in World War II, sort of. I’d read the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies, Poetry, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged funny, heat, longest day, My Real Memoir, summer solstice
22 Comments
My Next Big Box-Office Hit?
Horror thrillers and Movies for Women are among the most successful movie genres. Could this be my next big hit: A Filmmaker’s Journal 2020 was my biggest year ever as a filmmaker. Oddly enough, thanks to the-pandemic-that-shall-not-be-named, I had three … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged filmmaking, funny, Healing River, horror thrillers, Notzilla, romantic comedies
44 Comments
Bad Luck…or Bad Choices?
Today is Friday the 13th! Shocking statistics reveal that accidents are 100 times more likely to occur when people take stupid risks on a Friday the 13th (or any other day of the year)! In light of these facts, here … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged bad luck, foolish, Friday the 13th, funny, photoblog, photography, risks, superstitions
49 Comments
Making Something Real
Five years ago this month, we dared to enter our not-yet-finished movie Healing River (then titled after its setting, Cincinnati’s gritty inner-city neighborhood Over-the-Rhine) in the world’s largest Christian film festival. It was my first feature film as a writer-director-producer, … Continue reading
“Never Give Up!” Blogging
Thought for the Week WordPress is a large, genteel society built on the principal of mutual sociability: Create a blog (“New tea shoppe now open for business!”) Write posts with suitable tag words (“Hallo, care for a cuppa me-tea?”) Your … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Writing
Tagged blogging, difficulties, funny, resolve, solutions, thought for the week, Winston Churchill
97 Comments
April Foolishness
I’ve always appreciated good-hearted pranks, not the mean kind, but the teasy kind. The kind that end with an affable laugh. When I was in high school, I was invited to a ‘Girl Ask Boy’ dance. I arrived with a … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Videos
Tagged April Fools Day, funny, gifs, laughter, pranks, surprises, teasing
34 Comments
The Best Movies of 2021
This list is highly subjective, of course. Not only didn’t I see every movie released in 2021, but “Bests” are always a matter of personal taste (superior though my taste may be ;>). However, because I’m a filmmaker and a … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged 2021, Beldfast, best, films, Free Guy, Power of the Dog, Spider-man
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Time to Spring Forward Again!
Yes, it’s Daylight Savings Time. Again. According to a recent poll, about 75% of our population dislikes losing an hour every spring and regaining it every fall. And the 25% who like it? Well, I’m guessing they’re the same people … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged animals, Daylight Savings Time, funny, gifs, photoblog, photography, spring
25 Comments
The Fine Line Between Clever and Awkward
Clever, awkward, or just plain odd? It’s all in the eye of the beholder (or be-hearer, or be-smeller, or be-whatever-er). You decide. Click on any image to enlarge it, read caption, or begin slide show.
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged awkward, funny, memes, odd, photoblog, sarcastic, silly
15 Comments