On January 20th, 1984 I left the realm of being single and became a married man. That same year, NW Ohio was under a bitter cold spell and the daytime high temps were below 0 Fahrenheit. I was also blissfully happy, as all newlyweds should be. On January 20th, 1994 I was married for 10 […]
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Now that I’ve read the first installment in the Harry Potter series, I decided to watch the movie make the story come to life. I wasn’t disappointed, but I much prefer the book – the movie leaves out a lot of details. It was obvious that was going to happen otherwise the movie would be
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…I think. Haven’t felt much like blogging lately. Tired, somewhat overworked from my car job. Last week I subbed for the first time in over a month (español), but still did cars four of the five days. Subbed today (7th LA), still hoping for tomorrow. Sorry I haven’t been reading all of your blogs lately
That seems likes an oxymoron since the United States originated the concept of the musical. It seems like we were in competition with our cousins across the big pond in the 1970s & ’80s with the Second British Invasion and the shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber and others like Les Miserables. Richard Rodgers and Oscar
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Years ago, I came across a cassette tape of the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan soundtrack. I loved it until I realized that it contained maybe a sampling of the entire score at best. A few weeks ago, I learned that a remastered edition with the entire score with all the musical cues
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I have an 18-month-old little boy, and the other day, he tried cheesy fiesta potatoes from Taco Bell. I think the title of this blog post pretty much says it all.
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Last night, I attended WCCT’s annual Willie Award Ceremony. I had a good time with many of my wonderful friends I have made over the past nearly four years and two I made just over a year ago! Before I attended the event, I bought a small bouquet for my favorite nominee. When Megan and
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This guy learned the hard way that there was no escape from Lake County Illinois Sheriff’s deputies. He fled from a courtroom, trying to escape, and well, it didn’t go quite as planned… Oops, I didn’t have the time to try to figure out how to embed this video, so click here to see it.
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Just in case you haven’t heard the new singing(?) sensation that is 63 year old Larry Platt and his soon to hit the late night talk show circuit hit, you are in for a rollicking treat. I know that the age limit for American Idol is 28, but somehow sometimes the producers allow gimmicks such
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How I wish I were talking about real life, but ‘Easy Money’ is the title of a board game we’ve recently discovered. As you may have read in the past, my husband and I collect board games. We used to go to thrift stores and pick up any games we saw that were missing from
