Movies Recap: Days 3 & 4 of the Christopher Plummer Movie Blogathon! 7 Jun 201718 Jun 2017 The Christopher Plummer Movie Blogathon continues rolling along! Today is now Day 4 of the blogfest, and I've got a lot of catching up to do, as my film blogger friends have…
Movies… “Confirmation,” Hill and Thomas, and the future of the Supreme Court. 2 Feb 20175 Apr 2017 This week (the first days of February, 2017), President Donald Trump--it's still hard for me to see that in print--nominated Neil Gorsuch, an appellate judge on the Tenth Circuit Court…
Heavy Metal… The HMO [Heavy Metal Overload] Top Albums of 2016. 1 Jan 20171 Jan 2017 So, the year just past is over (thankfully) and it's time to take stock of what the year brought us. This article from the Heavy Metal Overload blog presents a…
History… Looking back: a retrospective on 2016 in my life, and the world. 31 Dec 201630 Dec 2016 This is the final article on SeanMunger.com of the year 2016. It may already be 2017 where you live at the time you read this. The holidays will soon be…
Interact Looking back: a retrospective of 2016 on this blog. 30 Dec 201630 Dec 2016 I write this on Friday, December 30, 2016. In less than 48 hours it will be a new year, 2017. In years past I've taken the opportunity of the turn…
Environment… Environmental history on TV: “The Crown” and the 1952 Great Smog of London. 7 Dec 20166 Apr 2017 This year, 2016, has been a great year for groundbreaking television series. In addition to HBO's Westworld, which I analyzed in a video presentation, Netflix has brought us the historical drama The…
Heavy Metal… REVIEW: Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct (2016) 20 Nov 201620 Nov 2016 I admit I haven't been much of a Metallica fan in the last 20 years, after the disappointment of the Load/ReLoad albums of the 1990s (and lingering controversy from the Black…
News I voted. Here’s why you should too. 7 Nov 20167 Nov 2016 If you're a citizen of the United States, living here or anywhere else in the world, I have one message for you tonight. If you haven't already, please Vote. The…
Sports The “Curse” broken: my own dubious history with the Chicago Cubs. 3 Nov 20163 Nov 2016 Last night (November 2, 2016), the Chicago Cubs won the World Series in game 7 against the professional baseball team from Cleveland. As you probably know if you follow baseball--or…
History Those who win: the three kinds of people who become President. 26 Oct 201630 Dec 2016 We're now in the home stretch--thank God--of the tumultuous and tragic 2016 U.S. Presidential election. In the heat of horse-race polls, debates, gaffes, talking heads and predictions by everyone and…
Anomalous… The “Killer Clown” menace: the historical roots of our latest mass hysteria. 14 Oct 20166 Jan 2017 Aside from the political race, which is now (mercifully) almost over, the one subject that I've observed people talking about more often in the summer and fall of 2016 than…
Photos… Fields of metal now quiet: some views of Wacken in autumn. [photos] 12 Oct 201612 Oct 2016 Wacken Open Air, as many people who read this blog know, is a huge heavy metal music festival that occurs on farm fields around the small town of Wacken, Germany…
Book Reviews… “Vertical: Passion and Pinot on the Oregon Wine Trail” (Book Review). 11 Oct 201610 Oct 2016 Vertical, the sequel to the wine novel Sideways that was made into an immensely popular movie in 2004, is really two books in one. Rex Pickett's follow-up to what the cover…
History… Red telephone redux: the “Trump 3AM Twitter” ad and its roots in history. [video] 1 Oct 20169 Nov 2016 It’s 3 AM and our country’s in trouble. Would this guy stop tweeting to answer the call? pic.twitter.com/EsnPH6Fg89 — Priorities USA (@prioritiesUSA) September 30, 2016 Click on the video above.…
