An Interview with the Host of Tasting History, Max Miller I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Max Miller, the host of the amazingly popular YouTube channel Tasting History. Tasting History is a show that is like no other. Max introduces a recipe from the distant past or not-so-distant, reinterprets it for the modern kitchen, […]
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Mining For Gold On YouTube Going on to YouTube can be a daunting experience. People get confused and sometimes don’t find the programming they seek. Others find, when they go on, that they are faced with offensive material and don’t go back. YouTube can be a deep and mysterious place, but I’ve been on the
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Breakfast at Timothy’s Novel by Richard Tyler Jordan Review I have been a fan of Richard Tyler Jordan for many years. I discovered Richard when he wrote the book But Darling I’m Your Auntie Mame. The book was a history of the character of Mame Dennis, who appeared in a novel by Patrick Dennis called
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How To Have A Not-So-Scary Halloween Halloween used to be filled with all kinds of community gatherings and fun events. Children could freely go from house to house and gleefully collect as much candy as their greedy hearts desired. Mom and Dad got to stay home and distribute candy as they didn’t have to worry
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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O’Reilly, along with Martin Dugard, have, in my opinion, written one of the best American History books I have ever read. Killing The Witches is a thorough account of the horrible time in Salem, Massachusetts when women and men were jailed, tried, and hung for being
Why We Love Middle-Earth Why We Love Middle-Earth is a new book by Shawn E. Marchese and Alan Sisto. Shawn and Alan are the co-hosts of the popular Prancing Pony Podcast. The book grew out of the podcast. Why We Love Middle-Earth is a trip through the world of JRR Tolkien. Your tour guides are
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Stan Lee Disney+ Documentary Review Stan Lee is a new documentary about the life and work of Stan Lee, the creator or co-creator of many of the Marvel Comics stable of superheroes. The documentary begins with Stan’s birth on December 28th, 1922. He was born Stanley Lieberman to immigrant parents in New York City. Though
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Television in the Era Before Cable and Streaming Growing up in the 60s and 70s was a strange time for entertainment. The USA went from every script having to go through a committee for a film to be made to the rating system where movies were judged and rated by their content. Television changed as
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Tasting History: Where Food and Knowledge Meet In February of 2020, Max Miller started the YouTube show Tasting History with Max Miller. It soon became an internet sensation. And Max an almost overnight success. I didn’t find Tasting History until a year ago when it popped up in my YouTube feed and what a delight
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Peter Pan Does Not Fly Disney+ released on its platform a new movie Peter Pan and Wendy a new version of the timeless tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up. (light spoilers follow) Peter Pan opened originally as a stage play in 1904. It quickly became a great success catapulting the author, J.M. Barrie
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Rings of Power Episode Three Legendary Leaders Review Episode three of Amazon’s series The Rings of Power premiered on Friday, September 9, 2022. The episode’s title is Legendary Leaders, and it lives up to its’ name with Galadriel still in the main spotlight and introducing Isildur and Elendil. Elendil is Isildur’s father, and both will
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Rings of Power – Episodes One and Two Review Let’s start with the fact that I am a Tolkien fan. I’m not a Tolkien scholar. I have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and bits and pieces of the other works published by Tolkien after his death by his son Christopher.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power The first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will air on Amazon Prime on September 1, 2022. Or should I say the first two episodes as Amazon airs two episodes on its premiere date. The balance of the 8 episode season
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It was just before Christmas when I last wrote about my weight. A lot has happened since then. First Christmas happened. Christmas was a lovely day spent with my housemate. Knowing and understanding the need to social distance my family did not gather for our yearly holiday celebration. At one level that really bothered me.
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The New Year celebration is seeped in tradition and folklore. Almost as much as Christmas. Kissing the one you love as the clock strikes twelve. Champagne to toast the New Year in, Fireworks and noisemakers that bring a loud sound of joy as one year passes and another starts. New Year Eve has always been
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And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the fields and keeping watch over their flocks by night, when lo an angel of The Lord came upon them and the glory of The Lord shown round about them and they were sore afraid, but the angel said unto to them “Fear Not! For
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Last week there was no My Weight Loss Adventure. This is because I was living the adventure with an illness that knocked the stuffing out of me. In more ways than one. It first hit my housemate d she did not feel good at all. It lasted 48 hours and she began to feel better.
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Thanksgiving week proved to be a challenge as there was so much really good food to eat. The positive points were in getting the meal from an outside source there wasn’t much leftover and also we added extra vegetables so there were more veggies on the plate than starch. I want to go over a
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My Weight Loss Adventure – Thanksgiving It is week four of my journey and I am still unable to get weighed. This makes the task a little harder as I really don’t know if I’m moving forward or not. I have done my best to implement the suggestions made by the dietician and I am
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Start Now. Start where you are. Start with Fear. Start with pain. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just….Start. -Zig Ziglar The Long Weight Going into week three I have no weight to report. The county that I live in has
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The Covid-19 Test The update is that at my last doctor’s appointment I gained a pound But it was at a different time of day than I usually go and I had eaten two meals and not eliminated anything that day from my system. I think it was a false gain. I am going back
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First off my name is Mike and as you are going to get to know me fairly well in the next several months we might as well start off with some basics. I was born in 1961 which makes me 59 years old but closer to 60. I have gone up and down with my
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