I once did a presentation at a professional conference about pop culture for librarians. I was prompted to do this presentation after I mentioned Bruno Mars to several people in the profession and they had no idea who he was. This was back when he was first gaining popularity. At the same time, I overheard … More Being Pop Culture Ignorant is Not Cool
Every day in the news and on Twitter see people talking about the Southern Baptist Convention and all of the bad stuff that has been allowed to happen within the denomination. I’ve seen stories of people from the church calling a woman who reported abuse a whore and an enemy of Christ. A large number … More Some Thoughts on Religion
I have written about this before. It has reared its ugly head again. I don’t use my real name on the blog. I have a Facebook page for Tater. The Tater page was not started for the blog. It started as a joke and then was the place I sometimes posted things I didn’t think … More The Down Side of Being Known
One thing that has changed since the pandemic is the number of cooking shows I watch. It started when my daughter was home and was watching the Great British Baking Show on Netflix. I got sucked in to multiple seasons of that and even watched the Derry Girls episode when I was home alone recently. … More Short Reviews of Some Cooking Shows
A while back I wrote about how it’s Hard to Be a Blogger When You’re Boring. I am reminded of that as I sit here contemplating what to write. I live in a place where everything is open at full capacity. I am fully vaccinated. Our positive percentage rate is below 1%. We have fewer than … More Still Boring
Another relatively uneventful week with the exception of one day. I feel like that will be the norm going forward. I need to find ways to get out of the house more. Here’s the good I can remember. My daughter is back for the week. My son is safely back from his trip. I went … More What’s Good in Tater Town 6/13/21
A Bowling For Soup cover of Hanson’s Where’s the Love featuring Hanson. The video is a pretty good Scooby Doo themed story.
A second, bonus post today. I had a dream last night I wanted to discuss b01ut also didn’t want to get off schedule with my weekly post about what I watched and read. So, t got that one out and now I will talk about my dream last night. In the dream, I was part … More Dream Analysis Time
A fairly uneventful week when it comes to my reading and viewing. Here is my week. Movies We watched Without Remorse on Prime. It is based on the Tom Clancy book and stars Michael B Jordan as John Kelly. It was a good action movie. I like Michael B Jordan. I’m not sure why they … More My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/11/21
I wrote recently about how I needed to let go of my feelings about my old job. I know I will never be able to completely let go. I can get most of my books and movies from my local library, but I know on occasion I will have to go there to get something. … More Let It Go Indeed
