Monthly Archives: April, 2022

Sunday Cinema – “Aftershock” (2008)

April tends to be the month when natural disasters start to strike from tornadoes to mudslides & floods from the melting winter snow. All this month we look at movies with a natural disaster theme.

Aftershock (2008)

Depicts the various dilemmas of people fighting for survival after an earthquake & tsunami hit the country of New Zealand.

Someone posted it online for all to partake & enjoy!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

(Meme courtesy memecenter.com)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

The Guardians are gonna kill somebody with this drink concoction

The MLB has approved the use of PitchCom to hopefully prevent signal stealing and speed up the games. Average 9-inning game topped 3hr10min7sec. The Tigers aren’t going to use it..

The MLB will also start making in-park announcements explaining umpire decisions during the review process, the NHL/NBA/NFL have adopted this years ago…

Albert Pujols is divorcing his wife of 22 years & announced it mere days after she had brain tumor removal surgery. Talk about timing…

MLB parks will be offering “Cracker Jill” for a $5 donation that will benefit the Women’s Sports Foundation. They have even rewritten the decades-old jingle sung during the seventh-inning stretch…

Tiger Woods is playing the Masters for the chance at another green jacket, but all people can talk about is his shoes…

A bump from a stranger can mean you’re being robbed or that you’ve won $10 million

Sunday Cinema – “Hurricane” (1937)

April tends to be the month when natural disasters start to strike from tornadoes to mudslides & floods from the melting winter snow. All this month we look at movies with a natural disaster theme.

Hurricane (1937)

A sailor is imprisoned for standing up against an island bully. He attempts escape from prison when a huge hurricane threatens the island. Directed by John Ford and starring Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, & Mary Astor, it is a little-known classic of early action cinema.

Someone posted it online for all to partake & enjoy!

Sunday Cinema – “St. Helens” (1981)

April tends to be the month when natural disasters start to strike from tornadoes to mudslides & floods from the melting winter snow. All this month we look at movies with a natural disaster theme.

St. Helens (1981)

A dramatization of the actual events revolving around the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Stars Art Carney as Harry R. Truman, a prospector & caretaker that refused to leave his home at the foot of the mountain and died under 150ft of volcanic debris.

Someone posted it online for all to partake & enjoy!

Five Fingers

(Meme attributed to anonymous poster)

Five Fingers

What happened at the Oscars last week reminded us of the Charlie Murphy story involving Rick James...

Was apprehensive being a Seth MacFarlane show, but actually enjoyed the series. Can’t wait for season 3 to begin in June!

We are sure the ticket sales are surging because they hope to hear Chris’ story of what happened before/after the incident…

South Korea upholds ban on tattooing, claiming that only medical professionals are able to safely do them.

The Black Crows former drummer is suing the band for unpaid royalties, but cannot specify how much he is owed

1 in 5 Americans have dabbled in cryptocurrency, I’ve got some Shiba Inu, just a little north of 709k (or about $23 worth)…

After a mandatory 71 years, the census records from 1950 will be released to the public digitally. Should be an interesting read…

One specimen of moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong NOT in the hands of the government will go up for auction at an estimate of $1.2mil. The owner sued the government to successfully retain ownership of it.

After more than 20 years, we finally have a complete map of the human genome

Sunday Cinema – “The Blizzard of ’78” (2010)

April tends to be the month when natural disasters start to strike from tornadoes to mudslides & floods from the melting winter snow. All this month we look at movies with a natural disaster theme.

The Blizzard of ’78 (2010)

A PBS documentary of the blizzard that rocked the midwest in 1978 effectively shutting down towns & cities for days. Photos, videos, & personal accounts share the feelings of that point in history.

Someone posted it online for all to partake & enjoy!