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Big Mo Pod Show: “The Dark Side of Legacy”
This was a fascinating episode of the pod show for more than one reason. The title is interesting if only in the sense that it might a reference to B.B. King—who wasn’t on the playlist either last night or the song selection for today’s podcast. Briefly, what we learned was that B.B. King had a…
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Quick Video on Installing the Case for iPhone 17 Pro
So, about a week ago, I posted a YouTube video about my first ever time installing an OtterBox protective screen on my new iPhone 17 Pro. I installed the case the same day. I also have a holster with belt clip. If I can do it, anyone can. My smartphone situation is pretty much back…
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The Zamboni Can Help Skaters Only a Little
Hiked out to the mall today and watched the Zamboni smoothing out the ice-skating rink. It can help skaters a little. It was pretty crowded this afternoon and there were several beginners. They’re easy to pick out because they fall a lot and tend to pull themselves along using the handrails along the sides of…
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Protecting the Universe from the Scum of the Earth
The title of this post might sound familiar to those who have seen the movie Men in Black way too many times, like me. There’s a trailer poster from the 1997 MIB movie showing Agents J and K holding huge space guns and the title is “Protecting the Earth from the Scum of the Universe.”…
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Svengoolie Show Upcoming Movie: “Young Frankenstein”
Here we go again with the conflict in schedules of the Svengoolie movie, the 1974 Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein this coming Saturday and the Iowa Hawkeye football game. On October 18, 2025, the Iowa Hawkeyes play Penn State starting at 6:00 p.m. Of course, that interferes with the Svengoolie show which starts at 7:00 p.m.…
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I Made a New YouTube Channel Trailer!
I made a new YouTube Channel trailer today since it’s been a couple of years since I made the previous one. Thanks for watching! James Amos, MD (who prefers to be called Jim but his YouTube handle is @JamesAmosMD) is a retired psychiatrist who graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, did his…
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Svengoolie Movie: “Them!”
OK, so because I didn’t want to miss the Iowa vs Wisconsin football game (Hawkeyes won 37-0!), I watched the hit science fiction movie, “Them!” on the Internet Archive. This is a 1954 film directed by Gordon Douglas and which won an Oscar for best special effects! At the time, creature effects must have been…
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Big Mo Pod Show: “Across the Blues Universe”
I heard the Big Mo Blues Show last night and the Big Mo Pod Show today. The podcast song selection was part of the Lunch with Chuck portion of the show, which I don’t know a whole lot about. The Lunch with Chuck thing I’ve heard Big Mo talk about and I think it involves…
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What’s Up with the Van Meter Iowa Visitor?
OK, so last night I watched Don Wildman’s Van Meter Visitor (supposedly a mysterious Van Meter, Iowa cryptid) episode first seen over 100 years) from his show Beyond the Unknown. The season 3 episode first aired in October 9, 2021, and I’d never seen it before. Wildman said that somebody investigated the history of…
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Installing the iPhone 17 Pro OtterBox Glass Screen Protector
I did something for the first time today, which was to install the iPhone 17 Pro OtterBox Glass screen protector (that’s a mouthful). I remember putting the screen protector on my old iPhone many years ago and it wasn’t anything fancy. There was no device to help you line things up and apply the screen…
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