Month: June 2025

06/29/25 – Staying Positive During A Heat Wave

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Current Events

Staying Positive During A Heat Wave

Book of the Week

This is a fun and very quick read, that contains many helpful insights. 

Really Important Stuff

My Cat Has Taught Me

By Cynthia L. Copeland

Movie of the Week

I enjoyed watching the first six of this ten episode Apple TV series. Episode 7 will be available on July 2. The show is about a washed-up professional golfer, who turns towards a rising young star in the game to turn things around for himself. I find Owen Wilson is good in whatever role he is playing. Mariana Treviño Ortiz, who plays the mother is a joy to watch.

Stick (June 2025)

Please click on the link below to see the trailer

https://youtu.be/UPayOdeUPfk?si=ghgtg6Usd33EWMGp

Music of the Week

Summer Time Blues (1958)

By Eddie Cochran

Please click on the link below to see the music video:

https://youtu.be/zdIqME_JLaU?si=4rrmi-pcpMR6UziT

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Don Quixote

Don Quixote does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story meant for the annals of all time.

Perhaps more of us should be

“tilting at windmills”

The above is a 1955 sketch by Pablo Picasso

of the Spanish literary hero and his sidekick, Sancho Panza.

Art of the Week

The Healer (1937)

By Réne Magritte

The Cloaked Figure:

The figure’s anonymity, enhanced by the cloak, invites interpretation while obscuring identity, a common Magrittean technique. 

The Birdcage:

The birdcage, often a symbol of confinement or hidden truths, juxtaposed with the birds (symbols of freedom) creates a paradox, suggesting both restriction and potential for liberation.

Healing and Mystery:

The title “The Healer” suggests a focus on restoration or guidance, but the unsettling imagery hints at a deeper, perhaps more complex, exploration of the human condition.

Existential Ambiguity:

The painting can be interpreted as a meditation on the nature of healing, both physical and emotional, and the inherent mysteries of life and the human mind.

Summary

Magritte’s work often challenges viewers to question their perceptions of reality and the relationship between the visible and the invisible, and “The Healer” exemplifies this approach.

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

One of the competitors at the recent APF/AAPF National Powerlifting competition was 90 years old.

How to you envision yourself at 90?

 Character Traits

This can be a little scary.

Guard your thoughts.

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Learning a foreign language is

 helpful in keeping one mentally sharp.

Plus you never know when it could come in handy.

Miscellaneous

What are you putting off?

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

The Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of

Schuler Books is located at the Gateway Center, 7260 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Twp., MI 48322.

Their phone number is (248) 956-1515.

And if you let me know

that you bought a copy of the Uncle Tony Book “from” Schuler Books, I will mail you a free copy of:

Also, the Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of the

Self Esteem Shop LLC

9568 Marine City Highway, Building A

Casco, MI  48064

Phone (248) 549-9900

The Uncle Tony book  can also be found on the website of

Pages & Paws Bookshop

https://www.pagesandpawsbookshop.com/

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

06/22/25 – Backyard Visitors

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Current Events

Backyard Visitors

Book of the Week

I just re-read this book and the advice has stood the test of time, even if some of the suggested movies didn’t. 

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

By Wm. Allen

Movie of the Week

My Old Ass is a 2024 coming-of-age comedy drama film. It stars Maisy Stella in her film debut, and Aubrey Plaza. The plot follows Elliott, an 18-year-old girl who encounters her 39-year-old self (portrayed by Stella and Plaza, respectively) during a mushroom trip (Wikipedia). I found the film entertaining, but I was disappointed that Aubrey Plaza wasn’t on the screen more.  However, I would probably say that about every film Aubrey Plaza is in 🙂.

My Old Ass (2024)

Please click on the link below to see the trailer

https://youtu.be/zscHD496Qas?si=jjoqhf0IMyci93Os

Music of the Week

How about some soft, sweet and refined music.

Hot Hot Hot

By Buster Poindexter

Please click on the link below to see the music video:

https://youtu.be/EhZba-P7R18?si=Lr0ay0SijHEJwaTA

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Night Witches

I had to check this out on Wikipedia, before I posted.

Please click on the link below to go to Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches

Art of the Week

Cat Shadow

I thought this rather clever.

Joke of the Week

Uncle Tony has a great sense of humor, that I included at the end of each of his topics. This particular Uncle Tony story was at the end of his Topic 6: Arguments.

Speaking of arguments, Uncle Tony told me that one time he got into an argument with his furnace.

I asked, “What happened?”

Uncle Tony said, “Well, things got a little heated.”

Physical Traits

The follow may not be 100% accurate; however, I think it generally says a lot about the average American.

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

Thank you, if you like my posts

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

The Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of

Schuler Books is located at the Gateway Center, 7260 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Twp., MI 48322.

Their phone number is (248) 956-1515.

And if you let me know

that you bought a copy of the Uncle Tony Book “from” Schuler Books, I will mail you a free copy of:

Also, the Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of the

Self Esteem Shop LLC

9568 Marine City Highway, Building A

Casco, MI  48064

Phone (248) 549-9900

The Uncle Tony book  can also be found on the website of

Pages & Paws Bookshop

https://www.pagesandpawsbookshop.com/

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

06/08/25 – Be Like Pluto

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Current Events Be Like Pluto No, not that Pluto. This Pluto Book of the Week This book is packed with good advice. The Keys By DJ Khaled Play of the Week I saw this play years ago in Chicago and I just saw it again last Sunday. It is as fresh and funny as ever […]