MELE KALIKIMAKA OR MERRY CHRISTMAS
Mele Kalikimaka or Merry Christmas. In the native language of Hawaii Mele Kalikimaka is Merry Christmas. Both my parents were VERY hard workers. As a child, and as a young man [...]
I’M NO GRINCH BUT I LIKE MAX
I'm no Grinch, but I like Max. Max was the Grinch's little dog. OK, I love Christmas. I don't argue about keeping the "Christ" in Christmas, everyone can have their own religi [...]
RELIGION IN DECEMBER
Religion in December. Let's talk some religious "Holiday" talk in the Holy month of December. As we ease into December some consider the upcoming holidays of Christmas, Hanukk [...]
MY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY
My country, your country, our country. As I watch professional athletes engage in their right to do as they see fit during our national anthem, I applaud the anthem itself wri [...]
THANKSGIVING PRAYER
Thanksgiving prayer. As we close towards Thanksgiving let us really give thanks and look at history. The holiday was initiated by the words of a great, great man who gave ever [...]
THE SMUGGLER’S BLUES
The Smuggler's Blues. I've spent some times on different sides of the law. For that info you can read some of my "not so" fictional books. Here I'd like to include the words o [...]
SCARS ON THE INSIDE
Scars on the inside? We've all got them. I have more scars on the inside than I do on the outside: I've had knee surgery, numerous tumors removed from my chest and legs, and t [...]
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Today before Halloween I include the lyrics from a song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. When I was younger a mass troop of half degenerates went [...]
MOST INTENSE FILM DIALOGUE
Most intense film dialogue. Recently I was contemplating the scariest lines in film ever. Then I expanded it (and narrowed) to horror films. The dialogue itself did not have t [...]
BEST U.S. SHORT FILM LIFF
Best U.S. Short Film at LIFF. I'm so happy to announce that at the Laughlin International Film Festival (LIFF) our short film LOVERS was selected as the best U.S. Short Film. [...]