Category: humor

  • Svengoolie Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster”

    Svengoolie Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster”

    So, this movie ‘Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” is high in cheese content and don’t expect to see the Frankenstein made famous by Boris Karloff. It was released in 1965 and directed by Soupy Sales, no wait, it was Robert Gaffney. Marilyn Hanold played the big female lead, Marcuzan, the amazonian leader who looks nothing…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “Smoke Stack Howlin”

    Big Mo Pod Show: “Smoke Stack Howlin”

    I got a big kick out of the Big Mo Blues Show last night. And the Big Mo Pod Show this morning was another great teaching session by John Heim aka Big Mo. It’s also another peek into the lives of blues and rock musicians which would appeal to the headshrinkers in the listening audience,…

  • Bottoms Up Prune Juice!

    Bottoms Up Prune Juice!

    We were having a prune juice moment early this morning. I didn’t know Sena was going to buy it about a week ago. I’m not having any problems with getting enough fiber in my diet. I draw the line at prune juice and also Metamucil. This brings back memories. When me and my younger brother…

  • Sena Gets her Measles Vaccine-and Will Not Be Defeated!

    Sena Gets her Measles Vaccine-and Will Not Be Defeated!

    Sena got a measles vaccine booster today just to be on the safe side given the increase in the number of measles cases all over the country, including Iowa. The history of the measles vaccine is fascinating by the way. It can make it challenging to figure out who might need a booster. Despite the…

  • Will Not Be Defeated!

    Will Not Be Defeated!

    Sena has again been winning virtually every cribbage game. We always play 3 games, best of two wins and skunk wins don’t count. I think I play pretty well. She just plays better. It reminds me of the song “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better).” It’s a song from the musical “Annie Get…

  • Svengoolie Schlock Alert!

    Svengoolie Schlock Alert!

    “Calling all stations, clear the air lanes, clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” (Svengoolie show intro). Fee Fi Fo Fum, something shlocky this way comes! Next Saturday the Svengoolie show will present the movie “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.” It’s not the Frankenstein’s monster you know and love necessarily, and it involves Martians…

  • Svengoolie Movie: “Village of the Danged Eyeballs!”

    Svengoolie Movie: “Village of the Danged Eyeballs!”

    OK, so the name of the film is actually Village of the Damned, released in 1960 and directed by Wolf Rilla. It stars George Sanders as Professor Gordon Zellaby and Barbara Shelley as his wife, Anthea Zellaby. It’s based on a British Novel, The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. The gist of the story is…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “Grab a Twelve Pack and be Somebody”

    Big Mo Pod Show: “Grab a Twelve Pack and be Somebody”

    I caught the Big Mo Blues Show last night and the podcast this morning, titled “Grab a Twelve Pack and be Somebody.” I had a hard time picking out any of the five songs having anything close to a lyric that would be close to “Grab a Twelve Pack and be Somebody” but it’s easy…

  • More Mall Walking for Everyone!

    More Mall Walking for Everyone!

    I don’t get out often to the mall to do mall walking, but I did today. I put on a little over 2.5 miles on my step counter. Mall walking is OK for exercise although I have to drive over there. Right next door to the entrance to the mall is the outdoor entrance to…

  • The Lone Turkey in Our Back Yard

    The Lone Turkey in Our Back Yard

    We have this lone wild turkey who hangs out in Sena’s backyard garden. I’m going to refer to it using male pronouns because I think it’s a jake, which I think is proper lingo for young male turkeys. We saw 4 or 5 turkeys last year traipsing through the yard. I think the winter was…