Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, March 22, 2021, or: Where in the World Did the Time Go?
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, March 22, 2021. Currently, it is a chilly – by Sunshine State standards, at least – and gray day here; the temperature is 64˚F (18˚C) under cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the north-northwest at 7 MPH (11 KM/H) and humidity…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 21, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That…..
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The temperature is 60˚F (15˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 6 MPH (9 KM/H), it feels like 58˚F (14˚C). The rest of the afternoon should see partly sunny skies;…
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4K UHD Blu-ray Set Review: ‘E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – 35th Anniversary Limited Edition’ (2017)
“You’re not supposed to fall in love with your own movie but I fell in love with E.T.” – Steven Spielberg On September 12, 2017, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – 35th Anniversary Limited Edition, a three-disc (4K UHD, 1080p HD Blu-ray, and audio CD) box set which, along with the digital…
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Music Album Review: ‘By Request…: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra’
In 1987, the Dutch record label Philips Records[1] (Philips Phonographische in Dutch) released By Request…: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, a compilation album featuring 12 themes or overtures, two “special events” fanfares, and one television theme[2] composed by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer conductor John Williams. At the time of…
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My Blu-ray Collection Expands Yet Again, Thanks to Amazon’s Shop with Points Rewards Program
One of the few good things about my Chase Amazon Visa credit card is its 5% rewards point system, which “gives you back” five cents for each dollar you spend on Amazon and other selected places, plus lower amounts (3% and 1%) every time you use it at other places of business. Its main benefit…
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Why I Find Conservative Complaints About ‘Cancel Culture’ to be Bogus, Hypocritical
A Tale of Two Blogs For the past few years, I have ended my day by looking at the statistics for my two blogs – the original version of A Certain Point of View on Blogger, and A Certain Point of View, Too on WordPress – and keeping a tally of my published posts and…
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4K UHD Blu-ray News: Paramount’s ‘Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection’ Box Set to be Released on June 8
Indiana Jones fans, rejoice. The Man with the Hat and his adventures – well, the extant four – will be released on 4K UHD in less than three months. That’s right. On June 8, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark,[1] Paramount Home Media Distribution and Lucasfilm will…
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Remembrance of Things Past: ‘He Once Met a Girl Named Maria…’ (1987)
From January of 1985 to December of 1989, I attended what was then Miami-Dade Community College – South Campus.[1] I majored in Journalism/Mass Communications, and since I took so many history courses during my time there, you could make a good argument that I minored in that subject as well. For most of my frustrated…
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Condominium Review of East Wind Lake Village: Notes From a Long-Time Resident
I lived in East Wind Lake Village from February 1978 to April 2016. My mom bought a 3 bedroom/2 bath townhouse from plans in the fall of 1977 and did the closing in mid-February of ’78, two months after the promised completion date. So this pretty much is as authoritatively a review as East Wind…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, March 15, 2021, or: And Now, a Word from Our (Associate) Producer*
Yep, I’m a newly-minted associate producer. Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, March 15, 2021. It’s almost summery outside; the temperature is 84˚F (29˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 51% and the wind blowing from the west at 6 MPH (10 KM/H), the heat index…
