Sox Fam
A Quote to Start Things Off
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Breakfast Serials: Marty Television Presentation Part II
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Dick Allen's Famous Chili Dog Game
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Breakfast Serials: Marty Television Presentation 1953 Part 1
Monday, June 2, 2025
12 New Movies: Saturday Night 2024
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As with all the 12 New Movie reviews , I will attempt to do the following:
- Rate each movie on a 1 (worst movie ever) to 5 (best movie I have seen) scale.
- Provide a 2-3 sentence summary of the movie.
- I will share 1 theme from the movie.
- Write one thing I liked about the movie and 1 thing I disliked about the movie.
- State who I think would make the best audience for this movie.
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Poetry Friday: Life In A Hall of Mirrors
It's Poetry Friday time and since this is my first Friday since school ended, I thought I might celebrate the start of my ntwith sharing a poem here.
I wrote this poem 32 years ago when I was in my late 20's. I came across it today when going through boxes stored in our Garage Attic or the Grattic as we like to call it.
I recited this poem publicly some 30 years ago. It went over like a lead balloon like all the poems I recited that night. I tool one of them out of mothballs and posted it here on Poetry Friday 3 years back. It was well received so I thought I'd share this one as well.
Life In A Hall of Mirrors
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Rock Musicians keep dreaming until Jesus Rocks their world.
Introduction: Vladimir Lebedev is one of my favorite people in the world. I have thought this about him almost since I met him in Khabarovsk, Russia in December of 1992. Vladimir has has worn many hats in the time I've known him. chauffeur, itinerant musician, soldier, interpreter, pastor, international student, father, husband, missionary but with every hat he's always tried to adorn himself with humility, wisdom, grace, and a desire to show God to others.
To that end, I was delighted, but not surprised, when Vladimir shared some thoughts on musicians using their platforms on his Facebook page earlier this week. I am sharing them here with links to some of the songs that he referenced. I'll add some of my thoughts about his musical musings at the end.
Rock musicians keep dreaming. Good intentions. Strong lyrics. Terrific music. Is there a solution to the world’s evils? Can humanity come together to live in peace? Can we stop hypocrisy and greed in the governments to bring wars to an end? Can we finally start caring for one another instead of looking for reasons to separate and hate?
Long ago, John Lennon with his “Imagine.” Freddy Mercury of Queen with his “Show must go on.” Ozzy (Osbourne) with his “Dreamer.” Russian rockers of various types Zemlyane, Kruiz, and Aria with their “songs for peace.” And more recently Udo Dirkschneider with his soul-shattering “One Heart, One Soul.”
This indeed is a passionate call for common sense, for something every human soul feels deep within. But where is it really taking us? Is there something missing in this search? Is it not crying out into a void? It is impossible to, in the words of Bono from U2, "find what we are looking for" without turning to our Creator and Savior who revealed himself to humanity in the person of Jesus the Christ. He has everything that our whole beings are craving for.
Maybe Blacky Lawless of WASP is right when he sings:
Jesus, I need you now
Show me, I'm lost somehow ...
Is there no hope for me?
Oh, somewhere you'll show for me?
Ooh, Lord remember me, take me up tonight
(Golgotha, 2015)
Imagine by John Lennon
Monday, May 19, 2025
Stand-Up and Win - SNL
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Team Saturdazzle: The One With Roasted Hope and the zest of Lemon
Friday, May 9, 2025
Eureka College Commencement Address: President Reagan's Commencement Add...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Judson University Choir, Featuring Bob Bennett - "Come and See"
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Wordless Wednesday (Sort Of): What's the difference between false advertising and hyperbole?
The Rant: I have worked a myriad of jobs and at none of them have I always felt valued. It is a promise that no employer can keep especially one like McDonalds with a long history of exploiting their workers.
Monday, May 5, 2025
12 New Movies: The Train (1964)
As with all the 12 New Movie reviews , I will attempt to do the following:
- Rate each movie on a 1 (worst movie ever) to 5 (best movie I have seen) scale.
- Provide a 2-3 sentence summary of the movie.
- I will share 1 theme from the movie.
- Write one thing I liked about the movie and 1 thing I disliked about the movie.
- State who I think would make the best audience for this movie.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
When Corona Is Gone (Original Song)
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Team Saturdazzle the one with the 5k and the bobble head
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Welcome to our first post A to Z Challenge Team Saturdazzle of the year. |
I am on the road today so I am literally phoning this post in. I am emailing this directly to my blog from my phone.This morning Amy Charlie and I participated in the Northern Illinois Foodbank 5K. It was a lot of fun. We all finished in less than an hour. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to run the entire race without walking but I was able to.
In the A to Z challenge this year in the A to Zs of me J stood for Jester and I was in full jester mode at the race. Where my self designated task was to bring fun and merriment wherever I went. I would make jokes as I passed people and say things like don't these Saturday DMV lines get longer every year. When I ran past the 2 mile marker I told one of the many volunteers encouraging us along the path to ask me to tell her a Broadway themed 5 k pun when she obliged. I said 1 mile more and I'll be less miserable.
The Jesting did not end after I finished the race. I waited for Amy to near the finish line and let the audience in on the big reveal...
After the race Amy and I grabbed some lunch and drove to the Rosemont L station where we took a blue line train then a red line train to Comiskey park in Chicago. Now in fairness it hasn’t been called Comiskey since 2003 it’s now on it’s 3rd name change I’ll just call it Sox Park.
Today the White Sox played the Astros and despite getting 5 strong innings from their starter and scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the first for an early lead they lost to Houston 8 to 3.
This is not what brought Amy and I to the ball park today. Amy went because she’s always up for an adventure and I went for the commemorative Dick Allen bobble head.
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Photo by John Iacano/Sports Illustrated |
The Bobble head was modeled after the iconic 1972 Sports Illustrated cover of Allen juggling in the dugout in his first season with the White Sox. By the 1970's public perception was already changing about smoking. Allen was reprimanded by the White Sox for the incident. The bobble head is true to the SI cover except Allen is not smoking.
As I’ve said in these pages before, as recently as W is for White Sox fan, Dick Allen is one of the main reasons I became a Sox fan.
Allen was at long last posthumously elected to Baseballs Hall of Fame earlier this year. Several members of Allen’s family were on hand today for the celebration and will be in Cooperstown in July when Allen will be inducted into the Hall. It was really quite a day.Thanks for joining Team Saturdazzle today.
Friday, May 2, 2025
A to Z's of Me: A Reflection

H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Dave Out Loud: Undecided, Undeclared, Unsure Day
Z is for Zoo Afficianado

My A to Z Challenge Theme this year is the ABC's of me. Each day in the month of April with the exception of Sundays I will be posting about one aspect of my life that begins with the letter of the day. Today's letter is Z so let's get right to it shall we?
H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife
Today is the last day of the challenge and to wrap things up here is Dave Out Loud reporting from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicag Illinois.
Here are some zoo pics from the last year or so
R.I.P.O Rhino In Photo Only Indianapolis Zoo September 2025 |
St. Louis Zoo March 2024 |
Lincoln Park Zoo Aoril 2025 |
Blog Tryouts - A to Z Challenge 2025 Edition
Snow Kidding!
These "kids" now range from 19 to 25
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