10/12/25 – At Some Point in Time

Current Events

At Some Point in Time

This was one of those points.

1970

Book of the Week

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by Robert Smith

Here is a fun and easy to read book for Halloween.

Movie of the Week

The Woman in Cabin 10 

If you like mysteries, you may like this Netflix one.

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/1QbfJzTPY4w?si=mIJ1oL9WGz_BmTL3

Music of the Week

This is the Bob Fosse’s choreography from the Rich Man’s Frug in the musical Sweet Charity. Very stylish and very well preformed (Source: Unknown).

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

https://youtu.be/afCB4vJChXU?si=dTb-kVuObD0zT-D6

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Diane Keaton

(January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025)

Art of the Week

This work is unnamed, so I named it

Life Is A Highway

 

By my favorite artist

C. Gammicchia 

Joke of the Week

You may have to be a Star Trek fan to get this.

Physical Traits

Are you willing to give healthy eating a chance?

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Don’t let a negative self-view keep you from

accepting compliments.

Learning Traits

This contains a lot of advice.

Give it a bit of thought.

Miscellaneous

You may want to also give this some thought.

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.

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

10/05/25 – Arguing Politics

Current Events

Arguing Politics

Book of the Week

Shopgirl

By Steve Martin

The New York Times, John Lanchester called it an “elegant, bleak, desolatingly sad first novella” and added, “The prose here is sometimes flat . . . the happy ending feels as if it has wandered in from somewhere else.” 

In spite of the above, I really liked this book.

Movie of the Week

Wednesday night I saw this film at a theater. There is nothing like seeing a film on the big screen, but I think you will enjoy this funny film regardless of how you see it.

“Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix. (Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com)  

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/kMqeoW3XRa0?si=J9Gw8m-DlGU138oR

Music of the Week

The Khreshchatyk Choir is a musical ensemble based in Kyiv, Ukraine, named for the central street of the city.

By Khreschatyk Choir

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

https://youtu.be/x9P03mg-TmY?si=i8t0Ym61IQPQqsc3

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Dr. Jane Goodall

Goodall’s work challenged prevailing scientific views by showing that chimpanzees make and use tools, hunt co-operatively, and display complex emotions and social structures once thought unique to humans. (Source: Wikipedia)

Art of the Week

Portrait of Sylvette 

By Pablo Picasso

Sylvette David was the daughter of a Parisian art dealer who, during the summer of 1953, met 73-year-old Picasso at his pottery.

Finding her appearance appealing, Picasso asked her to be his model and subsequently created 60 works inspired by her over the course of two months, including drawings, paintings and small metal sculptures. 

This was the most concentrated series of works that Picasso produced of a model in his lifetime. [Source Wikipedia]

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Sometimes True

Learning Traits

Communication skills are so important

You’ll do better, if you get better  at communicating. 

Miscellaneous

This is so true.

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.

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

09/28/25 – What are you waiting for?

Current Events

What are you waiting for?

Book of the Week

Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

Illustrated by Pete Katz

Graphic novels are both fun and easy to read. They may even inspire you to read the actual novel. This one should start putting you in the Halloween mood.

Movie of the Week

I felt it was like catching up with long-time friends.

“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/P_30wFRxlnA?si=kfHfu_S1RLM-q2ra

Music of the Week

Many may not realize it but Brigitte Bardot also had a music career, recording more than 60 songs. 

By Brigitte Bardot

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

https://youtu.be/m5dPPJsJhnA?si=fsIvsqNSnD9JuEbH

My bike in the late 1960s

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Happy Birthday to Brigitte Bardot

September 28, 1934

Art of the Week

Outside Lighting

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

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.

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

09/21/25 – The Observer Effect

Current Events

The Observer Effect

The observer effect is a principle in quantum mechanics, where the act of observing or measuring a quantum system alters its behavior and state.
If you have ever been associated with a time study, you know this is true on a more familiar level also.

Give it a try.

Book of the Week

Movie of the Week

The screenplay is a modernization of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. (Source: Wikipedia)

“10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/uE7qjQlfoRs?si=aF1U0XSqtWOHGPcp

Music of the Week

By M.C. Hammer

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

https://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo?si=JXeKaODl5CqEZ7SS

Extraordinary Person of the Week

https://youtu.be/Nu-RSMklxoM?si=OIU7FFGnz-yXnOBT

Don’t be like that guy.

Art of the Week

 Pond

Before

After

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

Please don’t be guilty of the above.

 Character Traits

Social Traits

You don’t have to hate people who have a different opinion. 

Learning Traits

Scams work because greed, loneliness, etc. overrides a person’s good judgment. If something is too good to be true, it probably isn’t true.

Miscellaneous

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.

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

09/14/25 – Time To Stop The Hate

Current Events

Time To Stop The Hate

Book of the Week

Movie of the Week

I thought this Netflix film well worth watching.

The Thursday Murder Club

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/50DYgzRBhFA?si=lTkCUEouOGN9VS_3

Music of the Week

KHAN’S WRATH OF FEVER

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

https://youtu.be/Ary_9clsMm0?si=TKhreFrT0uebpjkm

Extraordinary Person of the Week

https://youtu.be/2gN6VC8aig4?si=3BXbve_vYmQUkDwm

Art of the Week

I find excellent “Line Drawings” fascinating. 

Woman Reading

By Fréderic Forest

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

Watch only if you are curious as to who is creating this blog.

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.

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

09/07/25 – Detroit Zoo 5K Race

Current Events

Detroit Zoo 5K Race

What a great way to start a Sunday morning.

The last time I ran this race was in 2016, when I was 70.

I’m slower, but grateful to still be able to be  in this race.

To save you from doing the math, I’m 79.

Book of the Week

People who don’t read,

don’t know what they are missing.

Movie of the Week

I found this 8 episode Netflix series very entertaining and may even encourage to you observe things closer.

The Residence (March 20, 2025)

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/aYC2zCdcKW0?si=1hK72NSKMt6zyeRi

Music of the Week

I probably should call this Video of the Week, instead of Music of the Week, because I enjoyed this video so much.

By Junior Brown

Junior Brown’s song “My Wife Thinks You’re Dead” won the Country Music Video of the Year award in 1996.  The song’s music video also featured the 6-foot-7-inch Gwendolyn Gillingham. 

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

https://youtu.be/DaEzT5MusFs?si=YSMT_d8IyFVcyRsR

Extraordinary Person of the Week

https://youtu.be/kt9PfM2GZtY?si=3QfUmiRxtHnS10Ef

Art of the Week

I’m drawn to Art Deco, what a fantastic style.

Air King Skyscraper Radio

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

And yet so many would rather take a pill or shot, 

instead of changing to a healthy lifestyle.

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

I have no idea how many people have told me that they want to do something, but they are waiting for the time to be right or some other excuse for not taking action.

I just know that what they want to accomplish never gets done.

Miscellaneous

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.

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

08/31/25 – Happy Labor Day

Current Events

Happy Labor Day

I hope all of you are having a wonderful

Labor Day Weekend

And for those of you that have to work over the

Labor Day Holiday, 

Book of the Week

I like my self-help book, “I’m Tired of Being Ordinary, Are You?”, but this self-help book is better.

The Rest of Your Life

is The Best of Your Life

By David Brown

Movie of the Week

This film takes place in a time that no longer exists. This film will bring back memories for some of you and others of you may find the film irrelevant.

“American Graffiti” (1973)

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/OZ9Gp6Qc8LQ?si=uZPQitBO9-_-g7u_

Music of the Week

By Chris Montez

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

https://youtu.be/q0NOAUCwrwI?si=wrQk88Eq2BflMKzW

Extraordinary Person of the Week

https://youtu.be/z_3MZ7cIvdY?si=HKlrChkBgWIC3v-w

Art of the Week

Tattooing 

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

When I hear these generational labels, I often don’t know the ages of the people being mentioned.

Maybe this will help.

Miscellaneous

I think that 12 pack of back to school supplies may be for the teachers.

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.

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

08/24/25 – Putting Off A Chore

Current Events

Putting Off A Chore

Book of the Week

This is a very readable and practical book that will help your thinking. 

Philosophy for Everyday Life

By Trevor Curnow

For example, “Chapter 7 – I Have My Principles”, makes a distinction between tastes and principles.

Taste

If one prefers to drink organic fair-trade coffee and another prefers to drink the cheapest brand, that may simply be a matter of taste.  

Principle

But if one drinks organic fair-trade coffee on principle and would not drink the other brand on principle, that becomes much more than taste. Because when one acts on principle, than logically, they need to believe that everyone should do the same.  

Application

It is easier to get along with people when we have differences based upon tastes. It gets harder to do so when we feel those differences are based upon principles. So, are our differences really based on principles or are they merely differences in taste.

Movie of the Week

I found this 1951 film better than the 2008 remake.

I think you will too.

“The Day The Earth Stood Still” (1951)

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/51JoEE_znyI?si=TT8oChe6TIuUfyiT

Music of the Week

I got a kick out of this music video,

I hope you do too.

By Junior Brown

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

https://youtu.be/2un_jJMD4lI?si=XUZaLeY96DbvJ0Jb

Extraordinary People of the Week

Your Friends

Also there, were Dan and Carol, who took the photo.

Art of the Week

Tee Shirt Art

Joke of the Week

You may have to be a Star Trek fan

to appreciate this.

Physical Traits

One of my gym buddies just set an AWPC World’s Record

Impressive at 59 years of age.

The only difference between the World Powerlifting Congress

and

the Amateur World Powerlifting Congress

is that the Amateurs are prohibited from  strength enhancing drugs and are subject to random testing.

 Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

You may want to think twice

what you like or pass on to others.

Miscellaneous

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

08/17/25 – Knowing What You Have

Current Events

Knowing What You Have

Book of the Week

My friend Chris gave me this book to read

and

I found it most interesting.

Illusions

by Richard Bach

Movie of the Week

I found this film very entertaining.

“To Have and Have Not” (1944)

Please click on the link below to see a trailer:

https://youtu.be/E1ZXTMuBDf4?si=baaStit1FrmLRWby

Music of the Week

By The Beatles

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

https://youtu.be/Cs5vUfddkT8?si=Zl_kZWlMRhpYx8WJ

Extraordinary People of the Week

The Original Star Trek Crew

Art of the Week

Crocheting is really catching on.

Here is a little cat my friend made for me.

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

I know that feeling all too well.

 Character Traits

Social Traits

I think this says a lot about today’s society.

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

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

08/10/25 – Wine and Chocolate Cruise

Current Events

Wine and Chocolate Cruise

We went on this Wine & Chocolate Cruise

and

it was so much fun.

Book of the Week

Only a Star Trek fan should consider this book.

The Autobiography of

James T. Kirk

Disappointing Film of the Week

It you can’t say something good about something, 

you should say nothing at all.

Music of the Week

This is for all of us Star Trek fans.

By

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

https://youtu.be/1eqYswiW4eo?si=4lVEylOpVUmbAQJx

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Captain Kirk

Art of the Week

The painting in the center is a

Kurt Halsey Fredericksen original that I acquired.

Thank you Roger Bird

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

Whether cookies come from a bakery or a computer site,

some selectivity is probably a good idea.

 Character Traits

Maybe!

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

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