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Grab Bag: Winter Olympics wrap, with a shocking result in one competition, Dogs gone wild, and several history making results! Also a couple of TV show reviews ! And Golf?!?
Welcome back! We're deep into the Winter Olympics now, so lets dig into some of the highlights I DID see (basically no skiing stuff for me!) ! First lets rip the band-aid off off with that shocker: Heavy, heavy favorite to win the Gold in Men's Singles Figure Skating , Illa Malinin, having won every competition world-wide in the last year, had a disastrous free skate/long program, as he fell TWICE and was just out of sync though the entire program. The Olympic pressure nerve
Mar 36 min read
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Grab Bag: My Favorite movies of 2026. And some flicks I would like my time back, please! Also drama at AO, and some sportsball!
2025 was a very good year for scary movies, that could be horror, psychological, supernatural, etc...and my list reflects that. I've also added Not so favorite, to spare you the time! Oh, and some Sportsball stuff after the movies! Sinners : Congrats on the record breaking SIXTEEN Oscar nominations; the voting board got this one right! Michael B. Jordan deserves the Best Actor Oscar for playing two gangster brothes who return back home to start a business in Mississippi in t
Jan 307 min read
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Grab Bag- ICYMI: Vol 3! A New College Football Champion is crowned, Niners playoff run hits a wall, and Hockey(rare goalie fight!)?? Plus the big hitters I'm reviewing in Movies and TV!
Those who know me, are NOT surprised at all at the banner I chose! I've seen the series (six episodes) SEVEN times already. This screenshot saves me some time in the review section (gee, I wonder if I will RECOMMEND?) in that it features two of its main stars, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, along with the book cover and the author's name, Rachel Reid, who has written six more books in this MM hockey romance series! UPDATE: Rachel just announced a new book, titled " Unriv
Jan 2210 min read
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Grab Bag- ICYMI- Vol. 2! A wild Wild Card Weekend! Movies and TV shows to check out (or not!). Good news for SF's nightlife and theater industry!
SF 49ers win a wild one over the Philly Eagles, upsetting the Super Bowl champs, 23-19! It's Indiana and Miami for the Collage Football Championship. TV and Movie reviews!
Jan 157 min read
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Grab Bag Returns! The In Case You Missed It- Vol. One Edition! Sportsball, Movies, TV, and a drunk raccoon!
Hey gang, it's been a minute, actually almost 2 months, but the Bag is back for the new year or 2026, and as the title suggests, this and the next two, will be ICYMI versions, like condensed soup, but with words, and based on my memory- yikes!.Lets dive right in! Sportsball: SF Giants made MLB history by hiring a college coach to be the new manager of the team for next year ( I want to say a 2-3 year contract). Tony Vitello, who has led his Tennessee college baseball team t
Jan 87 min read
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Grab Bag: 49ers pull off stunning upset, Cal Bears start hot, end frigid, and two different types of horror flicks! Super Bowl halftime act is chosen! Plus My Marlena video song tribute.
Hello gang!! No scary eyeball alien to greet you this week! Thanks to all that made thru that last post, I can promise this post will be...
Oct 9, 20258 min read
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Grab Bag Late Summer Edition! Valkyries make herstory, US Open Slam time, Cal Bears kick off college football season, Giants notes. Wednesday Part One and Two reviews, and an odd movie or two!
Oh, it's been a minute! Getting used to my new living digs (liking it!) and running all over town getting medical tests done, plus an...
Sep 5, 202513 min read
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Summer Sizzle Grab Bag: My DEI version! Wild Wimbledon, Giants All-Stars, Valkyries. Reviews of Sinners, IronHeart, SandMan, Downton Abbey. Oh, and Cow-cuddling!
Hello readers! Hope your summer is going well. With what's happening in the US political climate, I decided this post, especially the...
Jul 17, 202510 min read
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Grab Bag Summer Shade: Giants suffer from the June Swoon, big upsets early at Wimbledon, Carlos bio-series, Squid Game and Megan 2.0 reviews and more!
Happy post Pride, gentle readers! Into July we go, and for at least for one major league baseball team, that could not come soon enough!...
Jul 3, 20257 min read
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Grab Bag Pride Edition 2025: Giants make a blockbuster move, Valkyries impress, Auto-Racing movie reviews, and what's happening down in Antartica?? Anna Wintour resigns from Vogue!
Hello gentle readers! Happy Pride Month to all who celebrate! Are you working on your summer bod? Using sunscreen for this summer's...
Jun 26, 20259 min read
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Grab Bag Spring Cleaning: Wrap-up on Warriors, Giants updates, Valkyries debut, TV and movie reviews, and Only Fans supporting the National Parks!
Welcome back! Outside of Sunday's marathon French Open men's final and the Tony Awards, I haven't been motivated to write, as I just...
Jun 13, 20259 min read
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Grab Bag: NFL Draft time! Warriors bruising playoffs, Giants hold steady, and a slew of TV stuff, including my surprise fave new show of this season! And movies!
Good day, gentle readers! As baseball season is ramping up, the NBA is now into the playoffs, and the television season is winding down...
Apr 25, 20257 min read
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Grab Bag: Butler serves Warriors well, Gone Deebo Gone, Gravity defying dunks, and two of the most visually beautiful movies I have seen!
Howdy all! It's been a bit since I last posted a Grab Bag, and a few things have occurred, none of the political stuff you will read...
Mar 6, 20256 min read
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New Year, New Post: My list of the Best Movies I have seen in 2024. Update: with a late-add bonkers flick.
Welcome to 2025. 2024 is in the rear view mirror, and with all that will be going on, my motto for this year is "Survive 2025". The first...
Jan 9, 20259 min read
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Grab Bag Goodies: 49ers blow another 4th quarter lead, Cal gets squeezed by Syracuse, Twisters and Deadpool/Wolverine reviews and a HELL NO story...plus random eye candy!
Breaking : San Francisco Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken, who made history as the first woman on a major league baseball coaching...
Nov 22, 20248 min read
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Grab Bag: The misery continues in Minnesota for 49ers, SF Giants ghastly season stumbles along, A new #1 in College football, and a review of a classic flick!
San Francisco 49ers: Let's rip the band-aid off, the Niners have not won a game in Minnesota since 1992, and extended that streak to...
Sep 20, 20245 min read
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Grab Bag: A scary encounter for a rookie 49er, Purdy gets his Trent protection, Giants make a surprise signing extension, Scary movie reviews, and world's oldest penis discovered!
As just about everyone has heard, rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday. Miraculously,...
Sep 6, 20246 min read
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Grab Bag Goodies! Happy Pride Month! French Open nail biters nears its final matches, Doctor Who goes Black Mirror lite, Giants mired in losing streak, plus, Best Godzilla movie ever?
Oh, THAT happened last week! We don't do politics here, but a 0 for 34 is an awful batting average! Also, LOTS of the 2nd Grand Slam...
Jun 7, 20249 min read
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Movie Review: Oppenheimer. A movie in three acts that don't quite connect
Plot summary via Wikipedia: Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical war thriller film[a] written, directed, and produced by Christopher...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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Grab Bag Notes: Oscars and John Cena, NFL Free Agency, F1 Drama, Where is Princess Kate?
Not Just sports this time! The intrigue over where Princess Kate, Prince William's wife, has been since she went in for abdominal surgery...
Mar 14, 20245 min read
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