Category: Movies
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 8, 2023, or, Summer Still Simmers on ‘Star Trek Day’ – and ‘Reunion’ Gets a Trailer AND a Review!
Late Morning, Friday, September 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on Friday, September 8, 2023, the last day of a holiday-abridged workweek and also the first week of both September and meteorological fall. Because of Labor Day, I still feel like this Friday feels more like a Thursday, and, as Arthur…
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On Writing & Storytelling: As Summer’s Heat Lingers in Florida, ‘Reunion: A Story’ Gets Its Very Own Book Trailer!
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in Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Anthony James (AJ) Hernandez, Autumn in Florida, Creative Writing, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movies, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaMidday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! Welcome to the first Hump Day post for September 2023! Here in the Tampa Bay area, it’s still summer-style hot even though we are now on Day Six of meteorological autumn. (Traditionalists who stick to the astronomical calendar: Yeah…I know. The autumn equinox isn’t until…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 5, 2023, or: A Tuesday That Feels Like a Monday? That Just Isn’t Right!
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s almost Friday, and Friday brings the weekend. But Tuesday? Nada.” ― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus Hi, everyone. One of the things…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – Wrap-up Edition
Late Morning, Monday, August 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another torrid late summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the temperature is 85°F/29°C under sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze of 9 MPH/14 KMH and humidity at a sticky 66%, the heat index is 93°F/35°C. That’s bad enough, but as…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Trouble in the Tropics Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Sunny in the Valley of Crickets, Sunny in the Village of Crickets, WeatherEarly Afternoon, Sunday, August 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another hot and muggy day in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin writing this, the temperature is 89°F/32°C under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 63% and a somewhat brisker than usual easterly breeze – a land breeze in this…
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On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Sunny in the Village of Crickets’
Hi, everyone! I hope you are all well on this late summer Sunday in August. Well, I have good news for you guys today! Popcorn Sky Productions, the small indie film production company that I’m affiliated with as a screenwriter, completed postproduction on the new short film by actor-director Juan Carlos Hernandez, Sunny in the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 13, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Hot as Hell Edition
Midday/Early Afternoon, Sunday, August 13, 2023, Lithia, Florida “An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the Bay!” – Rudyard Kipling, The Road to Mandalay The Tampa Bay area is nowhere near Mandalay, Burma. Nor is it across the Bay from China, for that matter. But summers here – as well as in…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First – Hellishly Hot Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning/Early Afternoon, Saturday, August 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida Another Hellishly Sweltering Day in the Summer of ‘23 Hi, there. Well, here we are again, on a stifling midsummer day in Florida, starting one of those weird “meh” weekends where I must figure out if I’m going to take the day off from working on…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 5, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray Collection, Boston Pops Orchestra, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, John Williams (Composer), John Williams in Vienna, John Williams Live in Vienna (2020 Album), John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Leap of Faith, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, MicroProse Software, Movies, Music, Personal Thoughts, Pops in Love: John Williams & the Boston Pops, Regiments (2022), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Saturday, August 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Another hot Saturday, another day in hellishly hot Florida. It’s late morning here in the Tampa Bay area, and even though…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 30, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Late Morning/Midday, Sunday, July 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster It’s another summer day. A long, simmering, unbearably hot summer day, at that. According to my…
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