Sometimes walking presents real hazards, like this branch that fell across the fitness path after a storm. Which of course happened at night when I wasn't out there. Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.
Most mornings I try to go for a walk. It gives me the illusion of exercise, and it gets my folds to jiggling. Jiggling folds are happier folds. But after carefully studying my fellow walkers I’ve decided I’m doing something… READ MORE
Image courtesy of 20th Century Studios. — “Prometheus” Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron. Directed by Ridley Scott. 124 minutes. Rated R. Del’s take Going into “Prometheus” I warned myself against indulging expectations; I had, after all,… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Paramount. — “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol” Starring Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner. Directed by Brad Bird. 133 minutes. Rated PG-13. Plot summary: An American black operations team is framed for blowing up part… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Relativity Media. — “Immortals” Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, John Hurt. Directed by Tarsem Singh. 110 minutes. Rated R. Del’s take OK, Mom and Dad. Do not – I repeat, do… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Universal Pictures. — “The Thing” Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton and Ulrich Thomsen. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. 103 minutes. Rated R. Mladen’s take Let’s call Director John Carpenter’s 1982 film “The Thing, A.” Let’s… READ MORE
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OK FB haters, I’m going to do something I vowed not to do because, frankly, I was hoping the people who haven’t figured it out would never figure it out as they tend to be the loudest complainers. Let’s say… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Warner Brothers. — “Contagion.” Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Ehle, Elliot Gould. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mladen’s take Remember the best scene… READ MORE
Mom's pesky TV remote looks like the control panel of an ICBM silo. Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.
Yesterday Mom experienced her first crisis with the new TV. It took me only two hours and three phone calls to get it fixed. Seems one of the batteries in the remote started leaking, creating that white, powdery film we… READ MORE
The beach down around Cape San Blas is nice-looking but the sand is darker than what we're accustomed to in Fort Walton Beach and Destin. What's really scary is the thin sliver of land extending out into the Gulf of Mexico. You feel like you're aboard a very small boat that could capsize at any moment. Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.
After Mexico Beach was named (by whom I forget) one of the nation’s coolest beach towns, I became curious about that stretch of the Panhandle. I’ve lived in this region since 1964 and apart from a quick snorkeling adventure to… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Paramount. — “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand. Directed by Michael Bay. 157 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mladen’s take Two questions frequently visited my mind as… READ MORE