I know this sounds lame, but a great way to scratch the travel itch is just to remind yourself of some of the great places you've been in the past. Silverback Sal and Silverbelle Mimi (Post Island SBs) have gone to some exotic locations that have been magnificently chronicled by Sal's very professional video presentations.... Continue Reading →
What’s the craic, lads?
2021-02-23T16:00:00 days hours minutes secondsuntil"Scratch the Travel Itch" Week. Tell us how you are doing it these days.. I listen to The Blindboy podcast. "What's the craic, lads?" Craic, pronounced "crack," is Irish slang for cool. The Blindboy produces the #1 podcast in Ireland. He's a former HipHop artist (one half of the duo Rubberbandits),... Continue Reading →
Recomendo
Stay with this post to the end, as last week's focus on reviews and recommendations resulted in some excellent suggestions from The Jungle. Recomendo is weekly newsletter that gives you 6 brief personal recommendations of cool stuff. They have also put out a book: https://amzn.to/2KpkGhV You can subscribe for free here: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/Recomendo There are a lot... Continue Reading →
It’s My Birthday!
It's all about me today! I am king of the Jungle I will begin by mating with all the Silverbelles in my harem: That will make me hungry, so I will eat some breakfast: Royalty-free stock illustration of a gorilla standing up as it eats a banana. Now, what to do? I think I'll practice... Continue Reading →
Special Edition … Today is Truck Day
Fans write messages on the truck before it leaves Fenway Park to deliver equipment and supplies to the Red Sox spring training site in Ft. Myers, Florida Today is a religious holiday for Red Sox fans, as the equipment truck will be loaded and leaving Fenway to head south. Thus begins the 2021 baseball season.... Continue Reading →
Universe of Two
Rated: A double-thump, and 5 out of 5 Oo-oos by Silverback Jim (Enjoy Yourself Silverbacks) What a pleasure for the reader to see an already fine novelist grow and get even better with his skill and commitment to excellence. Vermont author Stephen P. Kiernan’s past works were fine, much more than competent novels, but his... Continue Reading →
If you find Mesmerism, Mysticism, Drugs, and Sex appealing …
Babylon Berlin is For You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV202fHfAnQ TV SERIES : FOREIGN FILM HIGHLIGHT A recommendation from Silverbelle Mimi (Post Island SBs) For an intriguing and atmospheric trip to the Weimar Republic in the wild and sexy 1920's, head to my favorite foreign series,Babylon Berlin. The series opens with a mystery and solving crime is the ostensible... Continue Reading →
The Smeltdog Man
"I brushed the crumbs off of the fish and back onto the counter, threw the smelts in the frying pan while I got the eggs out of the fridge and cracked one." The Smeltdog Man is the story of how a Cape Bretoner marshalled his accidental invention, a marijuana-induced, munchie-inspired Smeltdog, into the most successful fast... Continue Reading →
The Dig
Going to the movies is different these days. At 5:30 pm on January 29, we (Silverbelle Sandy and moi, Silverback Stephen) were just finishing our nightly cribbage game (she won) and were about to launch into our nightly dual discussion of "What do you want for dinner?" and "Do you have any plans for the... Continue Reading →
The Quiet Game … review by SB Alec
Penning Some Good Popular Fiction! SB Alec Hastings Here's the thing. The Quiet Game is popular fiction. Now before you think I'm being a snob, I happen to like popular fiction. In fact, this book has two points in its favor right off the bat. One is that author Greg Iles is part of a... Continue Reading →