zondag 26 april 2026

zondag 26 april 2026 Spending my last moments in lovely St. Paul, MN in my hotel room. I've discovered that at my age, I can't do all the exploring that I used to do. My train leaves at 11:15 PM for a 36-hour trek across the country. I'm sure that I'll have an interesting experience. I'll meet regular and weird people. The chances that Amtrak will provide Wi-Fi for blogging is 50-50. So, I'm posting this early.

While I'm waiting, I'm just sitting and thinking... watching MST3K. 😄

Breaking news! Trump Whisked out of WHCD... Developing...

zaterdag 25 april 2026

zaterdag 25 april 2026 Spend a mellow evening with another MST3K Marathon. Mike gives Crow a valuable lesson about gentle pressure, but Crow forgets... with drastic consequences. (He blows up! 💥) 🤣

Always keep a light on in your hotel room... or stumble your way through the darks when you have to go potty. Poor Nick Wilkins. They're trying to tell you! (So funny and cute!) 😂

A narrow band of rain is bringing wet weather for the Twin Cities. 💦

Express bus #94 to downtown Minneapolis. The town is a bunch of No Fun on the weekends. However, I found the Mary Tyler Moore statue!

Over to the Minneapolis Central Library to relieve my bladder. This place IS busy! (I just had to go bad!) What a cool building! Read, lounge, or study on one of the four floors surrounded by unique curated art.

Into Five Guys to get lunch. These friendly guys make a hamburger for me. I'm taking it back to the hotel to eat. Yum! 😋

vrijdag 24 april 2026

vrijdag 24 april 2026 Trump's interventionism comes for Spirit Airlines. Analyst: I guess it would be the Amtrak of the skies...

Colbert's advocacy for Amtrak comes by channeling good ol' Joe Biden. It's a beautiful day in St. Paul - 53°F and abundant sunshine. The downtown is quiet. (It has that reputation.)

Me... the train guy... I'm taking the Metro Green Line 👉  to d'town Minneapolis' Government Plaza. Hello Nur House Cafe. It's an Ethiopian sponsored cafe. This is a delicious Salted Date Caramel Cloud! OMG! ☺️

donderdag 23 april 2026

donderdag 23 april 2026 Joel: Oh there's a marshmallow rainbow waiting for you, with kitties and doggies too. 🌈  Joel and the bots sing a song about Happy Thoughts after watching Bert I. Gordon's horror Tormented. It's creepy to see Vi's head floating around.

The view from my bed at my hotel. Sheez! I'm tired. I'm exhausted!

Train from CLE at 3 AM. Travel, travel and travel. Finally, I crash the frontier of Trumplandia at 10:36 AM. I'm freeeee! 🕊

I'm at Union Station Chicago. Lovely lunch break at Potbelly... until 6 ICE agents show up. 😑 Back at the station. Ready for the trip to St. Paul.

The Hyatt Place - St. Paul is gorgeous! Look at that beautiful bed!  Good night! 💤😁

woensdag 22 april 2026

woensdag 22 april 2026 Midnight movie - MST3K: Secret Agent Super Dragon. Joel and the bots spice things up with a cool jazz song... Secret Agent Super Dragon. Fabulous! 👈 🎶

Grant: Steve, you know what this is don’t you?... It’s a Time Space Warp! Watch MST3K: The Day Time Ended. It's a stupid 1980 American sci-fi film. Poor family is harassed by UFOs and aliens. Last night, I was harassed by thunderstorms, and I'm anxious about my trip.

It turns out to be a beautiful day. Skies clear. The sun is beaming. 🌞

dinsdag 21 april 2026

dinsdag 21 april 2026 Drennon Davis and his talking cats - Doug & The Business Cats (Newt, Frog & Toad) - celebrate 4/20 with catnip. Watch My Cats are on Drugs. Craziness!

Speaking of party animals... Let's talk about sophisticated - upscale - exclusive! Oh, la la la la la la! C'est chic! C'est magnifique! FBI director Kash Patel's favorite hangout... one of the best places in Las Vegas... The Poodle Room. (Your precious tax dollars at work, folks.)

They've been sayin', "You're sophisticated". They're complainin', overeducated. You are saying all the words I'm dreaming. Say it after me... The Adults Are Talking - a song by rock band The Strokes. BASEBALL!! ⚾️ Casablancas scores!!! Yay! 😊 

maandag 20 april 2026

maandag 20 april 2026 It's a fantasy - adventure - muscle marathon. Our peplum heroes: Maciste, Atlas, Hercules, Spartacus and Kindar. A legendary strongman (Gordon Mitchell) battles an evil queen and a one-eyed monster in Atlas Against The Cyclops. They're always testing the hero's strength.

Hercules vs the Barbarians. Our hero (Mark Forest) must rescue a beautiful princess from Genghis Khan and protect Poland from the Mongols. Hercules vs the Black Pirates. This time Alan Steel is the Hercules figure fighting pirates to rescue a kidnapped girl and stop the villainous Black Corsair. Next: Challenge of the Gladiator. I'm wondering how Peter Lupus got involved in peplum. Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. Spartacus and his band of rebels capture the treasure for Thrace. At last, Kindar the Invulnerable. Mark Forest is back to play the hero Kindar.