Emergency Room Visit 2019No research. No preparation—other than life—for this week’s episode. This week I will share with you my lovely experience (note the sarcasm) at the ER and hospital with my husband because he could not breathe last Satu

Overboard (2018) Film Review

Apr 26th, 2019 7m 21s

RR177 Film Review Friday: Overboard (remake)2018 PG 13 1hr 52 min IMDb 5.9/10, Comedy Romance. 24% Rotten Tomatoes Comedy, Romance Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria. Director: Rob Greenberg Written by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenber

W.O.W. Usury

Apr 24th, 2019 7m 45s

RR176 Word of the Week: UsuryCambridge: the activity of lending someone money with the agreement that they will pay back a very much larger amount of money later; the lending of money at extremely high interest ratesOxford English: The action

Credit Cards and Usury

Apr 22nd, 2019 12m 31s

RR175 Topic: Credit Cards, Inception, Interest and in general.I find myself back in the hospitality industry and am reminded of how we tend to pay for food and drink. I remember the days of Master Charge and Bank Americard Bank Americard (fr

Max Steel Film Review

Apr 19th, 2019 7m 45s

RR174 Max Steel Film Review2016 PG 13 1hr 32 min IMDb 4.6/10, Action Adventure Family. 0% Rotten Tomatoes Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy Drama Starring: Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello Director: Stewart Hendler.

W.O.W. Notoriety vs. Publicity

Apr 17th, 2019 7m 16s

RR173 Word of the Week: Notoriety vs. PublicityI went over this word back in 2017 before the show was broken down into three segments. I want to go over it again only because I have heard folks using it again presumably thinking it is the same

Blue Light Up all Night

Apr 15th, 2019 19m 31s

RR172 Blue Light Up All NightWARNING Expletive PG-13 words damn it and GodBlue light is good for you if you want to stay awake. If you are hoping to fall asleep anytime soon avoid it. This means any source of blue light including your phone,

The Dirt Film Review

Apr 12th, 2019 8m 55s

RR171 Friday Film Review: The DirtExpletive WARNING: "shitty" and "sucks"2019 TV-MA 1hr 47 min IMDb 7/10, biography comedy drama How? There are self-proclaimed scenes that never happened?. 40% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Starring: Douglas Booth, I

W.O.W. Zealot

Apr 10th, 2019 5m 19s

RR170 Word of the Week: ZealotTo me this word sounds like some sort of vegetable...like Brussels sprouts (yeah, it's plural). But zealot is another thing entirely; a not so good thing. More not so good than Brussels sprouts.ZealotCambridge

Adulting, Grown-Ups and Arrested Development

Apr 8th, 2019 8m 37s

RR169 Adulting, Being a Grown-up and Arrested DevelopmentI re-watched a TEDx talk by Alan Watkins and was again intrigued by his explanation of levels of awareness and the phrase “Disease of Meaning” A lot of the talk circulates on how we hand

Fantasic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald Film Review

Apr 4th, 2019 11m 57s

RR168 Film Review Friday; Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of GrindelwaldPlease pardon the faux pas of my mispronouncing the name of the antagonist. Apparently I had National Lampoon’s Vacation and the Griswold’s on my mind. 2018 PG-13 2hr 14 min

W.O.W. Reciprocity

Apr 3rd, 2019 5m 44s

RR167 Word of the Week: ReciprocityThis word is a good one to remember if you would like to have a beneficial relationship. It applies to business relationships and personal ones...even when there are amorous.Definitions:Cambridge: a situati

April Fools' Day Origins

Apr 1st, 2019 7m 21s

RR166 April Fools' Day Origins and a couple epic pranks.WARNING Expletive: Damn itAccording to History.com16th century France the Pope switched from the Julian (4713 BC) to Gregorian calendar change from April to January but there is a probl

Aquaman Film Review

Mar 29th, 2019 9m 19s

RR165 Friday Film Review: Aquaman(click on the podcast title to listen)WARNING Expletives Kick Ass(sort of) S-H-I-T and M-F not said but spelled out. And the word GodEpisode 165 - Rental Movie Review: 19. 0329Aquaman2018 PG-13 2hr 38 min

W.O.W. Extrapolate

Mar 27th, 2019 6m 31s

RR164 Word of the Week: ExtrapolateI have no idea why this word came into my head...wait I watched Orville; don't all those SciFi space travel shows talk about extrapolating data?In any event, the etymology is a little long on this one but I

What are Nootropics?

Mar 25th, 2019 14m 43s

RR163 Subject: NootropicsCould NZT be real...or some form of it? Nootropics are smart drugs. When I watched the movie Limitless I fantasized about being able to recall all my knowledge and memories at a moment’s notice when I wanted it. Now

The Circle Film Review

Mar 22nd, 2019 9m 38s

RR162 Film Review Friday: The Circle2017 PG-13 1hr 50 min IMDb 5.3/10, Drama SciFi Thriller. 15% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Mystery Suspense Starring: : Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega Director: James Ponsoldt. Written by James Ponsoldt (scre

W.O.W. Inverse

Mar 20th, 2019 6m 45s

RR161 Word of the week (WOW): InverseWhen I was searching for info on if tinnitus can be mitigated by hypnosis I found a reference to an ncbi study on the inverse relationship between caffeine and tinnitus. As it turns out the article seemed

Healing Time (after surgery)

Mar 18th, 2019 11m 15s

RR160 Healing Time After SurgeryWhy does it take so long to heal? I am wondering about this since my movement it still compromised since my surgery. The body cannot multitask. If your body is fighting a bug, bacteria, or virus other repair me

Christopher Robin Film Review

Mar 15th, 2019 10m 21s

RR159 Friday Film Review: Christopher RobinThis movie started out slow for me and I feared that I would have to abandon it but after about thirty eight minutes I was delightfully enamored by the Pooh Bear view point. Christopher Robin2018 PG

Podfest 2019 Experience

Mar 9th, 2019 7m 42s

RR158 Podfest 2019 ExperienceI attended my first Podfest and I must admit it was a little overwhelming. So much to do. So much to learn. So many interesting people. If you are interested in podcasting I highly recommend attending. If you cann

Dial M for Murder Movie Review

Mar 8th, 2019 9m 33s

RR157 Friday Film Review: Dial M for MurderWARNING: said God twice; as in Oh my God!Well I really was disappointed with the selection of movies at my disposal so I decided to check out what streaming flicks were available on the Hoopla app t

W.O.W. Induce vs. Deduce

Mar 6th, 2019 5m 46s

RR156 Word of the Week: Induce vs. DeduceThis week we are going to compare and contrast induce vs. deduce. But more specifically Induction vs. DeductionI came across the idea for this a episodes ago because it reminded me of a criminal justic

Becoming an Overnight Success

Mar 4th, 2019 11m 1s

RR155 Becoming an Overnight SuccessYou might hear about this. You might think it is something that actually happens. Success is more than luck. Hear a few examples of people who have made and some believed them to be overnight successes.Lik

Little Nicky Film Review

Mar 1st, 2019 6m 14s

RR154 Little Nicky Friday Film ReviewWARNING: contains the phrase pissed offI watched Little Nicky are Amazon Prime last night because I think it is a funny movie to watch as long as you are in the right frame of mind and you enjoy movie just