The Rocky Balboa movies

I am a sucker for boxing movies with formula plots.
As a whole the Rocky movies are really nothing special, but in their way, they are at least as good, and at moments better, than your typical run of the mill (to use a cliche to describe the cliched) action movies.
I decided to watch all six [...]

Cross Canadian Ragweed

This is not a post about an invasive plant species.
Cross Canadian Ragweed is a southern rock band out of Oklahoma. They have been around since the mid-1990s but did not hit my radar until a few years ago. I like ‘em.
I picked a song from their 2002 eponymous album to share. I [...]

90% Sure; 100% Wrong

I had another good trail building experience last week. I am still amazed at how much work a few folks can do when they set their minds to it. I have been helping to build hiking trails for the Buckeye Trail Association for over two years now. And I am still learning [...]

Investigating Narvik

It is amazing the things you can find when doing research via the internet. Even though I am writing fantasy/science fiction stories, I feel that getting basic facts correct is very, very important. It adds to the realism, the believability of the story.
I am working on a story based in the “Thistlethwart” world [...]

Taking a Big Step

I just took a big step with my writing. I just submitted a story that I wrote back in 1996. I am not holding my breath. I revised it a bit and sent it off because it fit the market. Submitting has always been hard for me mainly because I don’t [...]