All of the prognosticators in the film industry are now posting their ideas on Oscar winners. Most of them are not very good. If you want good information for your yearly Oscar poll, you would be better off checking the Screen Actors, Directors, Producers, and all the other Guilds. There is a more interesting source. […]
Traditional or Non-Traditional, Make Your Celebration Special If any of you have been reading or listening to my rants, you know that I believe that days like Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, and others are commercial holidays. Recognized and promoted by restaurants, florists, card companies, and others. You will notice the […]
Duane’s Nominees The Oscar nominations came out today. The Awards will be made on ABC on March 27th. Time to start checking them out. Maybe watch something a little new. Today I would like to give my opinion of which movies I would have nominated. The Academy can award up to 10 movies, but must […]
Who Will Move Forward Four games, three decided on a game ending field goal and one went to overtime. (Will the owners ever realize how important field goal kickers are to their success and draft them and pay them well. And quit playing in Wisconsin snowstorms.) Now for the odds on who will go all […]
Something for Everyone Many groups and associations select their favorite movies of the year. The Screen Actor’s Guild is the largest industry group with 160,000 members. Since they are all actors, their picks might be fine. Many years their picks mirror the Oscars. However, last year the SAG picked The Trial of the Chicago Seven […]
Intercollegiate Tennis Some boomers may understand this post. On August 19th, 2020, Renee Richards became 86 years of age. When I met her, she was named Richard Raskin. I met her at West Point in the Eastern intercollegiate Tennis Tournament. In the round of sixteen Richard beat me. The next day in the New York […]
Years Ago… …in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Years ago in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Let’s […]
The Value of Sports Did I learn anything of value in spending so many hours over so many years practicing, playing, thinking, stressing and dreaming about sports? Yes. First, I learned that the adage about “You can do anything you want, if you want to badly enough” is not true. There is a small fact […]
John Hancock Tower I posted this photo on Facebook a few days ago, and many people knew the answer. In front of a green screen, but it was on the 94th Floor of the John Hancock Tower on Michigan Blvd in Chicago, Chi-Town, Windy City, the toddling town, etc. Michigan Avenue The Magnificent Mile on […]
On Season The basketball season is over. It finally ended halfway thru June. Good to see the underdog win this year and yea for Canada. Off Season Now the off season begins in earnest. Already the LAKERS have gone big and arranged a trade for Anthony Davis. They did mortgage the future a little. As […]
