“When You’re Young and in Love” is best known from the 1967 Marvelettes version but Ruby & the Romantics recorded it in 1964.
Author: Harris L
‘Sinners’ is an outstanding film
Tired of franchise and superhero movies? Want to see a completely original film? Then ‘Sinners’ is for you. It’s not like any other film I can name. It’s a unique Black Horror film. It’s got the blues, 1930s history, look and sound, vampires and great actors. Michael B. Jordan plays twins but this never seems like a stunt.
I watched the Blu-ray disc and recommend watching the bonus features, too. They are much better than normal and give insights into how the film was made. Usually, the bonus features are the director talking about how great the actors and and the producer and actors complimenting the director.
I wasn’t a horror fan but it seems that is where most of the really original films are. I’m thinking of Jordan Peele’s movies, ‘Talk to Me’, and ‘Late Night with the Devil’ to name a few. They all have a fresh contemporary look at horror.
The bad history of the Ford Pinto
I saw a car that had a bumper sticker that said “I’m a Pinto bomb” many years ago.
National Mac and Cheese Day – July 14th
It’s going to be impossible to rebuild the government after Trump
The employees and all of their knowledge will be gone – they will have moved on to other jobs or retired
Trump will have gotten rid of the buildings
I assume that the Trump administration will have destroyed paper and digital records so there will be no history or baseline to start from.
Nobody will want to work for the federal government. There is no job security. A future Republican administration can get rid of them and their work. The Supreme Court is Trump’s accomplice.
Republicans will try to block funding to rebuild agencies. Their increase to the debt from their tax cuts for rich people will also make it harder to get funding.
Trump suffers no consequences for lying
Bluesky posts on climate change
The MLB draft starts today. Here are all prior Orioles first round picks
The Orioles have four early picks – 19, 30, 31 and 37. I hope they draft some college pitchers instead of the usual position players.
The Orioles 1999 draft was a real disaster. They had seven of the first 50 picks and only got one good player out of them – Brian Roberts. Here’s a column by Roch Kubatko on that draft.
Why The Orioles Are Now One Of The MLB Draft’s Most Fascinating Teams
My reply to a Washington Post Bluesky post on Trump’s influence
The Post has been part of the problem. They have some good writers but their ownership and leadership has shifted to right. Many Post employees have left. I trust their judgement.
I knew the Supreme Court would cave in to Trump but I have been very disappointed by the behavior of some law firms and universities. They will learn that Trump treats compliance as weakness and will keep asking for more.
Orioles pitcher Brandon Young throws an immaculate inning
An immaculate inning is when a pitcher throws nine pitches and gets three strikeouts. It’s only been done 116 times. It is rarer than a no-hitter (326 times).
Update – Andrew Kittredge threw one on August 6, 2025.
Sad! 