Ridiculous Opinions #290
In praise of The Oklahoma City Thunder… For those of you not interested, that’s fine, but this is my little treatise on my favorite basketball team. Buyer...
Ridiculous Opinions #289
We are currently in the middle of the wilderness. It’s the kind of wilderness where you barely go outside because of the blackflies and mosquitos. They bite....
Ridiculous Opinions #288
Why are people afraid of new things? That’s a legitimate question that I ask. And I don’t ask this question from a sense of, “Hey, I try new things all the...
Ridiculous Opinions #287
Ridiculous Opinions #286
"Sinners" brings me back to the fold of cinema.
Ridiculous Opinions #285
Bored!
Ridiculous Opinions #284
We're launching Sunday Comix to reclaim our comics from Big Tech and connect directly with you!
Ridiculous Opinions #283
We're launching "The Sunday Comics Collective" to reclaim creative control from corporate platforms!
Ridiculous Opinions #282
I experimented with AI to bring my art thief movie idea to life...
Ridiculous Opinions #281
Exploring AI's limits in a tech-weary world.
Ridiculous Opinions #280
Trump's rhetoric towards Canada reveals a chilling potential for chaos and fascism in the U.S.
Maurice Comics #1-5
The first five Maurice Comics
Ridiculous Opinions #279
Amidst the chaos of bad news, find joy in the present with Marvin Sapp's captivating NPR Tiny Desk performance.
Ridiculous Opinions #278
Most of the time when you live overseas, people think that you live an exotic lifestyle. To a certain extent, that’s not true. We all get bogged down in our...
Ridiculous Opinions #277
Or you could simply pay me for this newsletter, which is just as good. It’s a beautiful morning and I am typing this as I sit on my balcony, listening to the...
Ridiculous Opinions #276
A comic from an online acquaintance that I think sums up how things are for the current folks around! Read his other work at the link! Things I like! I sit...
Ridiculous Opinions #275
Comic artist extraordinaire, Mike McKone. It’s Saturday morning where I’m at. Yet another beautiful day. As I have told you many times before, I am...
Ridiculous Opinions #274
Stolen from Bluesky… Since I refuse to write about the crap show that is politics in the United States, I am going to write about things that I am working on...
Ridiculous Opinions #273
One of the greatest movie posters of all time, which I had hanging in my room for years…Wish I still had it. This week David Lynch died. I would assume that...
Ridiculous Opinions #272
It’s that time of year again! That time of year when billionaires think that you are too beholden to their wares that they will practically crap in your...
Ridiculous Opinions #271
What are you writing about today, Randall? Last week, we went to see Robbie Williams play a show here in the city. For most readers of this newsletter, the...
Ridiculous Opinions #270
THOUGHTS AND GOALS AS WE APPROACH 2025! Well, I started writing about films and it appears to have lost me a ton of subscribers. Perhaps those people could...
Ridiculous Opinions #269
Opining the joy derived from the film Point Break...
Ridiculous Opinions #268
GLADIATOR II (Spoiler Alert) I don’t know if you know this, but him picking up the dirt is a call back to the original Gladiator. I’m glad we got that out of...
Ridiculous Opinions #267
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about Ridiculous Opinions as of late and I’ve come to the conclusion that things are a bit stale. Sure, you all love to hear my...
Ridiculous Opinons #266
Bizarro summed up current American politics in the 60s. I have stopped reading the news. This should come as no surprise. It doesn’t really seem like there’s...
Ridiculous Opinions #265
Ridiculous Opinions #264
Oh, hi there! I’ve been busy, and quite frankly, not that interested in writing the newsletter as of late. Partly because I’ve been exhausted (teaching is...
Ridiculous Opinions #263
As a teacher, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about AI recently and I still hold firm to my belief that AI is simply a pyramid scheme designed to prop up a...
Ridiculous Opinions #261
In which the author muses about things on a sleepy Saturday morning… Not sure what to do with myself this morning. Should I go for a swim? Maybe. But there’s...
Ridiculous Opinions #260
Quick emergency edition… I just thought I’d let you all know that the movie I made, “The Bean” is now available on Amazon.com. If you want to watch it, you...
Ridiculous Opinions #259
My cats woke me up this morning. These dumb cats are used to being fed at a certain time of the day (before we go to school), so if you want to sleep in on...
Ridiculous Opinions #258
Every person from an older generation looks down on younger generations. This opinion usually doesn’t stem from disdain, but more from pity. Now, whether...
Ridiculous Opinions #257
Thoughts on liberalism and conservatism by someone who just read a long article about Lou Reed's "Dirty Boulevard".
Ridiculous Opinions #257
This morning, I received an email from my credit card company that said, “IMPORTANT: DATA BREACH ALERT”. The email basically said that my Social Security...
Ridiculous Opinions #256
Happy Saturday! We are back in action today, getting ready for school to begin next week. I have been teaching since 1995, with a couple of years doing other...
Ridiculous Opinions #255
A real-time photo of the author as he writes this newsletter. Once again, summer is winding down. I’ve been having these glorious summers for twenty-seven...
Ridiculous Opinions #254
Oh, hi! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Well, I’ve been busy. We are on the final leg of our literal journey around the world and I found myself with time to...
Ridiculous Opinions #253 (with image)
Poetry is important. We should be reading poems every day. We should memorize poems to enrich our souls and feel something deep within us that is strangled...
Ridiculous Opinions #253
Poetry is important. We should be reading poems every day. We should memorize poems to enrich our souls and feel something deep within us that is strangled...
Ridiculous Opinions #252
Howdy, folks! Summer break has arrived! I am sitting in my office, ready to begin that long process of detoxing from the school environment. Thus, today will...
Ridiculous Opinions #251
It’s Saturday and school is winding down. This means that I am settling down from levels of massive stress and experiencing new levels of exhaustion, as are...
Ridiculous Opinions #250
My mind is scattered this morning as I figure out what to type on this here 250th newsletter. So, today I write about how I became the pariah of Reddit for...
Ridiculous Opinions #249
Greetings, fools! It is the witching hour for teachers at this point in the year, so our brains are scattered and our ability to get things done is massive....
Ridiculous Opinions #248
UNFETTERED CREATIVITY AND THE PERFECT MUSIC VIDEO: AN ESSAY! Most of you know this, but my ultimate goal in life is to be the most creative human being on...
Ridiculous Opinions #247
I Hate Everything! Or at least, that’s what I assume that most people think about me. There’s a lot of stuff that I don’t like: people, movies, music, books,...
Ridiculous Opinions #246
The school year is winding down and I have to say that it feels like it should have ended about three weeks ago. The fact that we have seven more weeks to go...
Ridiculous Opinions #245
Hello on this Saturday! I’ve been thinking about travel as of late. When I grew up, I was scared. I was scared of a lot of things, but mainly what I think I...
Ridiculous Opinions #244
My friend, Chris, texted me the other day and said: I find it weird that I now enjoy old country songs. Like it reminds me of old cigarette machines in an...
Ridiculous Opinions #243
Our theme for the day... This morning, I read a scientific article. It was called "Reversing the causal arrow: Incidence and properties of negative backward...