A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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I preparation for our trip, Laura has been making us watch movies set in London or in the English countryside. I’m beginning to wonder if there are any modern movies involving London that don’t star Hugh Grant. Here’s what we’ve watched so far… "Four Weddings and Funeral" "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but … Read More “Brit Movies” »
Saturday began and ended with flying disks. The first order of business was Disc Golf. Early in the morning John Kaup and I set out for Century Park in Greer. It was the first time either of us had played this course. It turned out to be quite a challenge, for more reasons than one … Read More “Disc Day” »
What do you call 500 bagpipes at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. When played correctly, and from a safe distance, the sound can be chilling. Up close and personal, it sounds like someone trying to run a bandsaw through a cat. Today we went to the first annual Highland Games at … Read More “I hate bagpipes. I really do” »
It was really nice of Dan Brown and Ron Howard to give our local ministers a sermon topic for this week. I passed several churches that had titles like "The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" on their marquis. They could have saved their breath. The movie version really took pains to placate the religious … Read More “Da Vinci Code Movie – A review” »
Three days until the movie version of "The da Vinci Code" comes out, and I’m still trying to reread the book before it opens. However, I can’t remember most of the plot, or at least I get confused because of all the similar books I’ve read recently. Here’s a quick rundown… The da Vinci Code, … Read More “Rockin’ the Christian World” »
It was a cool, gray, rainy day for spring – great to reading and relaxing. We discovered that SciFi was having a marathon of Ghost Hunter episodes. It would make a nice background as we cooked dinner, did laundry, and worked on other things. I love a good ghost story. I especially like those that … Read More “Haints and Haunts” »
I think it’s terrible that they handicap those race horses. Our good friends Chris and Vicky have a Derby Party each year. Once a year, my interest in horse racing moves beyond just reading Dick Francis novels. Could be three times a year, if there is a true Triple-Crown contender, but I don’t think that … Read More “Derby Day” »
I don’t know. I was going to come up with some catchy word beginning with V (other than Vendetta) to start my review of this movie. A quick Google search points out how highly unoriginal that would be. Seems there aren’t too many words beginning with V that would make sense in this context. At … Read More “V is for…” »
A couple of years ago I posted a list of things that would have already come to past if science fiction were true (Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 2004). Along these same lines, and courtesy of BoingBoing, I found The Movie Timeline. This timeline doesn’t limit itself to scifi, but includes all movie fiction. In the words of … Read More “Alternate Timelines” »
I have finally delved into the world of Podcasting. No, don’t expect a feed from here anytime soon. I’ve just gotten started looking at various subscriptions. Right now I’m probably oversubscribed – kind of like the early heady days of e-mail when you would subscribe to a ton of distribution lists, only later to regret … Read More “Quodlibet” »