Remember to put your blog link on Nano Poblano spicy page Blog Roll

The first day of November has arrived. Time to post the first of your monthly blogs to share with Nano Poblano, Team Pepper, the Little Peppers. NaBloPoMo will allow bloggers to meet new bloggers, read new blogs, and make their world more interesting by joining together and sharing ideas, comments and the results and their…

For those of you less sarcastic potential poblanos

It strikes me that some of you on the fence about joining forces for NaBloPoMo have less of a caustic writing bone than I when it comes to choosing the flags to fly on your blog. That’s why Fish of Gold produced two logos for Nano Poblano, aka Team Pepper, and being called Little Peppers,…

A movie on HBO makes me think about my little slice of America

I started to watch my HBO-recorded version of “Lone Survivor” on my flat screen with my movie critic eyes. Mark Wahlberg was cool under fire as soldier Marcus Luttrell, caught with his team in the mountains, battling the Taliban on its terms. Peter Berg wrote and directed this true story from Luttrell’s book with a…

You can Marvel at their list that stretches to 2019

I have to give it up for Marvel Studios. The honchos have their stuff together. This week they put on a big to-do in LA to unveil Phase Three of their comics-to-silver-screen parade, and the list goes on to ………. 2019. Yowser. New characters getting movies of their own will be Doctor Strange, Black Panther,…

Three hats off to the San Francisco Giants

Madison Bumgarner is bigger than life. The San Francisco Giants are the newest sports dynasty. Major League Baseball had a season to win back fans. Grand statements all, most certainly. As I watched the happy squad from the city by the Bay hop around the field in Kansas City after holding off the brash-to-the-last Royals…

Halloween has become quite the adult holiday

For a while there, I was a Halloween Scrooge. Didn’t care to dress up anymore. Kept the porch light off. Skip my place, kiddies. No candy here. Bah. But you can’t be that way and live in Syracuse, N.Y., I am convinced. Halloween is pretty darn big up my way. So big, in fact, that…

Back To The Basics

When you think you’re overwhelmed, take a deep breath, and see what Colleen has to say.

Why she’s always my dear wife Karen

After hauling the 50-pound bag of gourmet food preferred by Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to the car Sunday, I was informed by my dear wife Karen that I was getting dropped off at home before so she could tackle the supermarket stop all by her lonesome. Something about special ingredients for a surprise anniversary…

Fabulous Ripcords, Gunrunners, Joanne Shenandoah up for Native American Music Awards

No doubt, Fabulous Ripcords can rip with the blues. I’ve been appreciating these guys’ talent for years, since my time covering the Syracuse scene for the big daily. I remember walking around the outdoor festivals, spying them on an outdoor stage, and stopping for a song. Two. Three. Half the day. Well, that’s a bit…

Shortly after I tweet about my ‘St. Vincent’ review …

I’ve heard the phrase so much I’m surprised it hasn’t made me ill. Go viral. Go viral. Go viral. Yeah, I know. Shortly after the Syracuse New Times site published my review of “St. Vincent” today, I tweeted the link on my Twitter account. And while I was social media-ing this and that regarding my…