I mentioned in a previous post how we used to share weekly date nights with my sister Helen and her husband Tom before the birth of their first child. One weekend we decided to catch a new movie called Krull, a stinker fantasy film from 1983. It was opening weekend as I recall, and we … Continue reading “Bad Movies Part I”
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Maniac
Back in the late ’70s low-budget slasher films were all the rage in Hollywood. The success of movies like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street got producers hooked on the idea that cheap young actors plus fake blood equaled PROFIT! so they were cranking them out like crazy. And, of course, the Jersey … Continue reading “Maniac”
Star Trek Experience
My sister-in-law’s sister worked in Las Vegas for a while as a project manager setting up the Star Trek Experience exhibit. If you never got the chance to see it before it closed in 2008, it was a pretty cool thing setup in the Las Vegas Hilton. They had a an exhibit area which doubled … Continue reading “Star Trek Experience”
Return of the Ring
Way back in the olden days, when Mary and I were dating, we’d often meet up with the Jersey gang and go hang out someplace. One summer day, we picked up a watermelon and some vodka and drove out to the Alpine lookout on the Jersey side of the Hudson River. It was a small … Continue reading “Return of the Ring”
How Alarming
When Mary and I started planning our wedding, we arranged to get married in a church in her town. As a prerequisite for getting married in the church, they asked that we attend a pre-marriage counseling retreat that helps to prepare couples for the challenges of their pending nuptials. So we packed up our stuff … Continue reading “How Alarming”