Author: James Amos

  • How Will I Get to Heaven? Rounding at Iowa Podcast: End of life Doulas

    How Will I Get to Heaven? Rounding at Iowa Podcast: End of life Doulas

    I listened to the Rounding@Iowa podcast “End-of-Life Doulas” twice because I’m at that difficult age when I think about my personal death. I don’t think about it at great length, mind you, but when I think about it, I feel afraid. Early mornings tend to be the time I wonder how much time now until…?…

  • Cribbage Lingo in The Crib Song by Brett Kissel

    Cribbage Lingo in The Crib Song by Brett Kissel

    I modified the YouTube cribbage video “One for his nob short” to be about the same length as Canadian country singer Brett Kissel’s song about cribbage “The Crib Song.” I didn’t change any of the subtitles on the video because they fit the game play in the video. There is no audio in the short…

  • Whoops, The “One for his nob” Cribbage Song Vanished!

    Whoops, The “One for his nob” Cribbage Song Vanished!

    OK, sorry, I just noticed that my cribbage post “The Best Cribbage Song You Never Heard Of” has lost the video for the cribbage song “One for his nob” by British artist, Richard Thompson. I don’t know where it went (maybe abducted by extraterrestrials), but I think I found another one. It’s called “The Crib…

  • Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat”!

    Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat”!

    Calling all stations, clear the air lanes, clear all air lanes for the big broadcast! What do you get when you cross a black cat with a rubber chicken? Something else Svengoolie has to dodge. Keep reading for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts at this joke. The upcoming Svengoolie show movie this Saturday will be…

  • Two to Tango Cribbage Mistake Update!

    Two to Tango Cribbage Mistake Update!

    I already have an update to the cribbage kerfuffle I posted about yesterday! The American Cribbage Congress (ACC) representative clarified what to do if the non-dealer and dealer by mistake switched roles during the cut of the deck and picking the starter card. According to Dan: “This mishap of the cutting of the starter card…

  • Sena’s Garden Eatables and the Miracle Whip Saga!

    Sena’s Garden Eatables and the Miracle Whip Saga!

    We got patio tomatoes in early June, which I mentioned in a post on June 2, 2025. We now are getting cherry tomatoes and just recently saw a slicer tomato as well. Sena also has been growing garden oregano and parsley. Sometimes while she’s out there, red-wing blackbirds dive bomb her. It makes me wonder…

  • The “It Takes Two to Tango” Mistake in Cribbage

    The “It Takes Two to Tango” Mistake in Cribbage

    Yesterday while playing cribbage, Sena and I accidentally switched non-dealer and dealer roles during the cut and pick the starter card phase of the game. I was dealer and by mistake cut the deck. Sena was non-dealer and by mistake picked the starter card—which happened to be a jack. At that point we both realized…

  • Svengoolie Movie: “Invaders from Mars” and Zippers are Large!

    Svengoolie Movie: “Invaders from Mars” and Zippers are Large!

    I watched the Svengoolie movie “Invaders from Mars” last night. I saw this 1953 science fiction film last year but didn’t notice the extraterrestrials wore pretty obvious green velour body suits which zipped up the back. Anyway, the movie was directed by William Cameron Menzies and starred Jimmy Hunt as the boy, David MacLean, who…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “Wiggle Your Way Into People’s Hearts”- and Down The Rabbit Hole!

    Big Mo Pod Show: “Wiggle Your Way Into People’s Hearts”- and Down The Rabbit Hole!

    Hey, I’ve got some confusion about one of the tunes in the Big Mo Pod Show today. I heard most of the Big Mo Blues Show last night although I think I might have dozed off for a few minutes about the time one song came on about 7:40 pm. I guess I don’t feel…

  • Gorging Goldfinches Distract Us from Cribbage!

    Gorging Goldfinches Distract Us from Cribbage!

    We were distracted from our cribbage match today when Sena saw a couple of goldfinches out in the back yard. One of them was clearly a male, bright yellow all over except for his black wings. The other was probably a female because it was olive colored. The sunlight must have varied because at times…