All I Want for Christmas

So did you get what you wanted for Christmas?  Were all your wishes fulfilled?  Were you ecstatic or disappointed on Monday morning?  Maybe a little bit of both, I know how you feel, for the fifth year in a row I didn’t have a new BMW convertible in my driveway, actually for the fiftieth year…

The Miracles of Christmas

Miracle on 34th Street The Miracles of Christmas If nothing else I am expanding my movie repertoire, I hadn’t seen any of these movies prior to starting this series. I had seen bits and pieces but never the entire movie.    Miracle on 34th Street begins at the Macy Thanksgiving day parade when an Older bearded…

Post Mayan Apocalypse

Well, we made it through another “End of the World”. At least, if you are reading this I presume that the Mayans were wrong. If you’re not reading this, then perhaps one of the many and varied doomsday scenarios actually happened on December 21st. On the other hand, maybe you’re not reading it because you…

Be careful little lips

Let me start by saying I’m not fan of radio prank calls.  When they come on our local radio station I turn it off or find another station.  I also don’t like TV shows like “America’s Funniest Videos”, probably for the same reason.  I am really not into relishing  the humiliation or pain of others…

It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life (Begin with Clip from “It’s a Wonderful Life” scene where George meets Clarence and wishes he had never been born” It’s a Wonderful Life has consistently been ranked in the top 100 movies of all times, it has been called the number one inspirational film as well as one of the…

Dead?

Just a month ago, Dale Porch, 46, collapsed and died on his front steps after returning home from his night shift job.  The man’s death was certainly a tragedy at his age.  However, what makes it more disturbing is that the Denver man’s body remained on his front steps for two days before anyone realized…

The Scrooges of Christmas

Bah, Humbug,  Scrooge is like Bond, everyone has a favorite.  For some there is no Scrooge like Alistair Sim, he was the actor who portrayed Scrooge in the clip we just saw. He also reprised the role in an Oscar winning short film in 1970.  Maybe it is Albert Finney in the 1970 film simply…

The Scrooges of Christmas

Bah, Humbug,  Scrooge is like Bond, everyone has a favorite.  For some there is no Scrooge like Alistair Sim, he was the actor who portrayed Scrooge in the clip we just saw. He also reprised the role in an Oscar winning short film in 1970.  Maybe it is Albert Finney in the 1970 film simply…