Michael's Musings
Friday's Events in Paris
by Michael B. Druxman on 11/14/15November 16, 2015
Friday's tragic events in Paris are still upsetting me. I know that there is nothing that I can really do about what happened personally, but the fact that politicians (ours and the world's) allowed this to happen with their ultra liberal policies makes me wonder what became of the world that I grew up in.
Where are the Winston Churchills, the Dwight Eisenhowers the George Pattons and all the other great leaders of the last century who recognized an evil and dealt with it in the harshest terms possible?
Hell, I'd even settle for a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood.
Earlier in the week, I was upset with the protests that are going on in Missouri and other college campuses.
I can't believe it. These stupid kinds want "safe zones," so that their poor little feelings won't get hurt.
And, these are our leaders of tomorrow.
If you think Obama is bad, just wait a few years.
This is not the country...or the world...that I grew up in. That world was destroyed by the Politically Correct, and now look at what we have.
You have a creative week.
Michael
Taking Care of Sandy
by Michael B. Druxman on 11/07/15November 9, 2015
Not a lot to report this week, which I've pretty much spent at home, taking care of wife Sandy after her operation. We saw the doctor last Tuesday and she is healing well. Unfortunately, she cannot lift anything over five pounds and cannot drive herself. We've been out to lunch 2-3 times and we even went to the grocery store together.
I, finally, finished watching BLACK SAILS, Season 2, and that review is now up on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the link on the Introduction section of this page. The show is excellent; certainly the best pirate movie (i.e. TV show) I've ever seen.
You have a creative week.
Michael
I'm Back
by Michael B. Druxman on 10/31/15November 2, 2015
The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic, which is why there was no blog posting last week.
On the 22nd of last month, wife Sandy underwent neck and spine surgery at Lakeway Hospital, which is about an hour away from our home. She could have left after two nights, but the weather was terrible and we didn't want to drive the back roads that, in some cases, were flooded. Thus, we stayed a third night. The hospital was kind enough to give me an empty room next to hers, so that I could get a good night's sleep.
We got home last Sunday (25), and since then I have really been too busy to sit down and write a blog.
Sandy still has a sore throat, but she is doing better every day.
I have taken the time to write a couple of DVD reviews that are now posted on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the link in the Introduction section of this page. They are THE MAKING OF THE MOB, a limited docudrama TV series, and THE GIFT. Coming up are reviews for BEFORE WE GO and BLACK SAILS, Season Two.
There's really not much else to report just now, so you have a creative week.
Michael