Category: Iowa

  • More BoardGameGeek and Even AI Links to Our Chicago Cribbage Game Antics

    More BoardGameGeek and Even AI Links to Our Chicago Cribbage Game Antics

    I just discovered that I owe a big thanks to a guy called EndersGame who has posted both our YouTube videos about Chicago Cribbage on BoardGameGeek. Moreover, AI gives a direct link to my blog about Chicago Zombie Cribbage—which was not a demo about it but a joke about combining Chicago Cribbage and Zombie Cribbage…

  • Autumn is the Time to Slow Down

    Autumn is the Time to Slow Down

    We visited the Terry Trueblood Trail and relaxed. The temperature was in the 60s, just a little on the breezy side. Everything seemed to move slower, except for the lady bugs which tried to keep warm by landing on us everywhere they could. I thought they would get into my rolled up blue jean cuffs,…

  • Thoughts on Retirement, MIB Style

    Thoughts on Retirement, MIB Style

    Sena alerted me to an article about the 28th anniversary of when the first Men in Black movie hit the theaters in 1997. The author praises it and says it’s still pretty good. I can’t remember the first time I saw it, but it was probably not in 1997. I was in my second year…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “Cheers to Kevin”

    Big Mo Pod Show: “Cheers to Kevin”

    I’m a little slow getting to the Big Mo Pod Show after his blues show this last Saturday night. I guess that’s just the way things go. The title of the pod show “Cheers to Kevin” is a shout out to somebody important in Big Mo’s life. It turns out Kevin was really supportive of…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “The Dark Side of Legacy”

    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…

  • Svengoolie Show Upcoming Movie: “Young Frankenstein”

    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.…

  • I Made a New YouTube Channel Trailer!

    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…

  • Big Mo Pod Show: “Across the Blues Universe”

    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…

  • What’s Up with the Van Meter Iowa Visitor?

    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…

  • Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “Them!”

    Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “Them!”

    Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” This big broadcast is about the upcoming Svengoolie show movie, “Them!” on October 11, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. One problem I have with this schedule is that the Iowa Hawkeye vs. Wisconsin Badgers football game starts at 6:00…