Monthly Archives: November 2022

Music Monday – The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special Soundtrack Should be Part of Your Christmas Party Playlist

by Christopher Ryan Christmas revelers have been listening to holiday music for decades. Bing. The Rat Pack. Elvis. Motown. Philly Soul. The Ramones. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Mariah. The list is endless. And many out there may know the … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Christmas Music, Fountains if Wayne, GuardiansofTheGalaxy, Hanoi Rocks, holiday hits, JamesGunn, Julian Casablancas, Kevin Bacon, Low, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Music, Old 97’s, partying, pop culture, The Pogues, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Waitresses, The Wombats, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

WTF Wednesday: How to Survive Thanksgiving

So this is Thanksgiving, And what have we learned? Another year older, And Charlie’s ego just got burned… While we welcome the idea of annually getting together to celebrate our gratitude, in theory anyway, negotiating the potential minefield of actually … Continue reading

Posted in #dogs, America, family, Thanksgiving, toxicity, holiday stress,, writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Music Monday: Roger Waters’ Comfortably Numb Video Makes Me Wish He’d Pull a Taylor Swift

I wandered onto YouTube last night and amid the “new releases” there was a video of “Comfortably Numb” by Roger Waters. Liking both the artist and the song, I innocently hit play. Mind blown. Not because it was part of … Continue reading

Posted in 2022, Music, pop culture, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb, The Wall, classic rock, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

WTF Wednesday: He’s Back, Uninvited

By Christopher Ryan I agree with the often expressed notion that it shouldn’t be this hard to talk about things. But it is. Let’s talk anyway. Somebody declared his intention to run for the office of the President of these … Continue reading

Posted in #community, #election, #inspiration, #POTUS, #voting, #WeThePeople, America, healing, horror fiction, Oil, POC,, politics, racism, America, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Music Mondays: Bright Harmonies Defeat Politics

By Christopher Ryan We have an ongoing relationship with music. Sometimes old friends come back to visit. Other times, new sounds energize us wonderfully. This Monday series is about all of that. Like most of the country, I was just … Continue reading

Posted in #amwriting, #election, Music, politics, pop culture, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment