Category Archives: Movies

Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 3, 2023, or: A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That


“Monday is for people with a mission. Those who favor vacations, not weekends.” ― Cristina Imre Well, it’s just past midday here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, April 3, 2023. I’m off to a later-than-usual start because I woke up much too early this morning. As is too common for me, I had to answerContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 3, 2023, or: A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That”

Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second


Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, April 2, 2023. I’m off to a late start because Windows 11 tried to update itself this morning, but it didn’t complete the process because my hard drive didn’t have enough storage space. So, I spent some time looking at apps that IContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second”

Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First


Another weekend, another month. Another quarter-year. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, April 1, 2023 – another warm, humid, and sunny day in the Tampa Bay area. And as I sit here in what, for now, is my bedroom/writing room/mancave, I am, for once, not thinking about my new story (or, atContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”

Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, or: A Quick Hump Day Post


Time Flies, Even When You’re Not Having (Much) Fun It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and, as I write this, I’m marveling at how fast this month has “flown.” It seems that not so long ago I was writing about past – and happier – birthday celebrations as myContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, or: A Quick Hump Day Post”

Book Review: ‘The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III, 1999-2005’ (Taschen 40 Edition, 2023)


The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III, 1999-2005 – Taschen 40 Edition (2023) By: Paul Duncan, with Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc Publisher: Taschen Books Reviewer’s Note In January of 2021, I purchased, purely on impulse, the original Collector’s Edition of The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III, 1999-2005, a hefty 600-page tome about the makingContinue reading “Book Review: ‘The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III, 1999-2005’ (Taschen 40 Edition, 2023)”

On Writing & Storytelling: A Writer’s Rest Day & More Arrows for My Quiver


“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” ― Neil Gaiman It’s late afternoon here in lovely Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Since it’s the weekend, and sinceContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Writer’s Rest Day & More Arrows for My Quiver”

On Movies & Movie Collections: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One’ Warps into My Blu-ray Collection


Yesterday I received Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One in a three-disc Limited Edition steelbook case. It’s my penultimate pre-order from Amazon – Paramount’s Black Sunday (1977) on Blu-ray arrives next week – since I’m trying to cut back on non-essential purchases till I move to Brandon. It was originally scheduled to arriveContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Collections: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One’ Warps into My Blu-ray Collection”

On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March


This afternoon I decided to shake things up a bit, so instead of cloistering myself in my bedroom all day, I did something I rarely do: I turned off my desktop PC, grabbed a Blu-ray of a movie that was, incidentally, one of the titles on my most recent To Be Watched (TBW) list. ThatContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March”

On Movies & Movie Watching: My Sunday Afternoon Movie Selection – ‘Romeo and Juliet’


It’s late afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. I’m off to a late start with this post because I decided to change things up and watch a movie in the early afternoon rather than wait till nighttime. A few days ago – before I went down the rabbit hole of revisingContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: My Sunday Afternoon Movie Selection – ‘Romeo and Juliet’”